Vanarama National League match preview: Hartlepool United versus Eastleigh

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Tue 07.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Northern Gas and Power Stadium (7856 seats)

Hartlepool United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 36 points and a 17th position in the Vanarama National League table. Visiting Eastleigh holds 15th place with 37 pts.

Hartlepool United have less rest than Eastleigh in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a FA Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Oxford United.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Hartlepool United have to build on here at Northern Gas and Power Stadium in the Vanarama National League.

Hartlepool United lost their last game at Oxford United after a 1-4 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home Vanarama National League game against Harrogate Town that was lost 0-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hartlepool United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hartlepool United as they are travelling to their away game against Dover Athletic in the Vanarama National League. That match is four days after this one.

The Hartlepool United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. Hartlepool United have conceded 21 from these games.

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Eastleigh form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Eastleigh playing as the away team in the Vanarama National League this season.

Two away games in a row for Eastleigh, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Aldershot Town in the Vanarama National League. A 2-2 draw at Boreham Wood's stadium before that.

Eastleigh are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Eastleigh have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Eastleigh have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Eastleigh - Hartlepool United 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 0 Hartlepool United victories, 2 draws and 3 Eastleigh wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hartlepool UnitedG. Toure
G. Toure
11 goals
EastleighD. Hollands
D. Hollands
9 goals
EastleighT. Barnett
T. Barnett
8 goals

Hartlepool United missing players

Eastleigh missing players

Hartlepool United Eastleigh
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 14 27
9 4 1 Won W 1 4 9
9 5 1 Drew D 1 4 10
10 5 2 Lost L 1 6 8
41 20 4 Scored S 4 18 36
41 21 6 Conceded C 5 25 39
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
79% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 89%
57% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 44%
39% 43% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 30%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 15%
64% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 79% 74%
21% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
18% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 19%
 
5 5.4 3.8 Corners For (avg) C F 7 6.6 6.9
4.9 4.4 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 5.4 4.9
1.8 1.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.5
2 2 2 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
346 187 49 Total Shots T S 27 135 282
127 67 17 Shots on Target S O 11 52 111
32% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 32%
Key stats in Vanarama National League this season:
  • Eastleigh has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Eastleigh has the most points from losing position (20)
  • Eastleigh have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Eastleigh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Eastleigh haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Hartlepool United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barrow 28 17 4 7 57 30 14 9 2 3 26 11 14 8 2 4 31 19 27 55
2 Yeovil Town 30 15 7 8 54 36 15 8 4 3 28 16 15 7 3 5 26 20 18 52
3 Harrogate Town 30 15 7 8 47 37 15 10 3 2 25 13 15 5 4 6 22 24 10 52
4 Bromley 30 14 8 8 52 39 15 8 5 2 34 19 15 6 3 6 18 20 13 50
5 Notts County 29 12 10 7 46 31 15 7 6 2 25 14 14 5 4 5 21 17 15 46
6 Solihull Moors 28 13 6 9 42 28 13 10 0 3 25 10 15 3 6 6 17 18 14 45
7 Boreham Wood 29 12 9 8 43 32 15 6 5 4 21 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 11 45
8 Stockport County 30 13 6 11 44 46 15 8 1 6 26 25 15 5 5 5 18 21 -2 45
9 Woking 29 12 8 9 41 43 15 6 5 4 17 18 14 6 3 5 24 25 -2 44
10 Halifax Town 29 12 7 10 37 40 14 6 3 5 19 18 15 6 4 5 18 22 -3 43
11 Barnet 28 10 10 8 41 35 14 6 5 3 22 16 14 4 5 5 19 19 6 40
12 Sutton United 30 10 9 11 40 37 15 5 4 6 26 23 15 5 5 5 14 14 3 39
13 Dover Athletic 27 11 6 10 34 36 14 3 4 7 19 22 13 8 2 3 15 14 -2 39
14 Torquay United 30 11 5 14 49 55 15 7 1 7 24 26 15 4 4 7 25 29 -6 38
15 Eastleigh 27 9 10 8 36 39 13 5 6 2 18 14 14 4 4 6 18 25 -3 37
16 Aldershot Town 29 10 7 12 33 39 15 6 4 5 21 18 14 4 3 7 12 21 -6 37
17 Hartlepool United 28 9 9 10 41 41 14 4 5 5 20 21 14 5 4 5 21 20 0 36
18 Maidenhead United 30 10 5 15 35 43 15 3 4 8 15 22 15 7 1 7 20 21 -8 35
19 Dagenham & Redbridge 30 8 9 13 32 39 15 5 5 5 23 21 15 3 4 8 9 18 -7 33
20 Wrexham 30 8 8 14 37 43 15 6 5 4 20 16 15 2 3 10 17 27 -6 32
21 Fylde 28 7 9 12 33 44 14 4 5 5 15 19 14 3 4 7 18 25 -11 30
22 Chesterfield 30 7 9 14 39 53 15 4 3 8 20 27 15 3 6 6 19 26 -14 30
23 Ebbsfleet United 29 5 10 14 38 58 14 2 5 7 19 28 15 3 5 7 19 30 -20 25
24 Chorley 30 4 12 14 25 52 15 3 5 7 11 24 15 1 7 7 14 28 -27 24

Read more about Vanarama National League

The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.