Vanarama National League match preview: Hartlepool United believed to be the weaker party when Salford City pays a visit

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Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Victoria Park (7856 seats)

Struggling Hartlepool United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Salford City in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Hartlepool United form and stats

When playing at home, Hartlepool United have managed 8 wins, 6 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 22 games.

The fans are hoping that Hartlepool United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Vanarama National League game against Barrow. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Halifax Town in a game that was won 2-1.

Hartlepool United has scored 28 goals at home this season, in 22 matches. On the other hand, Hartlepool United have conceded 28 goals.

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Salford City form and stats

The visitors are W11-D5-L6 on the road this term. A great winning streak in away games for Salford City as they have managed to win five matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Maidstone United have they travelled home without three points.

The manager G. Alexander was unhappy after their last game, a Vanarama National League match played at their home ground Victoria Park. Salford City suffered a 0-1 loss to Fylde. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Boreham Wood.

Salford City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 32 away goals from 22 games. It's not easy to score on Salford City as they have only conceded 21 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Salford City - Hartlepool United 3-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Hartlepool United won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Salford City has 1 win.

Top Goalscorers

A. Rooney
20 goals
L. Noble
13 goals
R. Gaffney
11 goals

Hartlepool United missing players

Salford City missing players

Hartlepool United Salford City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
45 22 Played 22 45
53 28 Scored 32 75
60 28 Conceded 21 42
91% 95% Over 0.5 86% 91%
73% 77% Over 1.5 68% 78%
53% 55% Over 2.5 41% 49%
22% 18% Over 3.5 23% 27%
9% 9% Over 4.5 18% 13%
64% 73% Both teams to score 41% 47%
22% 18% Clean Sheet 50% 44%
22% 14% Failed To Score 23% 18%
 
6.4 6.6 Corners For (avg) 5.5 5.6
4.9 4.1 Corners Against (avg) 5.3 4.9
1.4 1.1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.6 1.4
2 0 Red Cards (total) 3 3
Key stats this season:
  • Hartlepool United is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leyton Orient 45 25 13 7 73 35 22 14 5 3 39 15 23 11 8 4 34 20 38 88
2 Salford City 45 25 10 10 75 42 23 14 5 4 43 21 22 11 5 6 32 21 33 85
3 Solihull Moors 45 25 10 10 72 42 23 12 8 3 38 17 22 13 2 7 34 25 30 85
4 Fylde 45 22 15 8 72 39 22 15 4 3 45 19 23 7 11 5 27 20 33 81
5 Wrexham 45 24 9 12 56 38 22 16 3 3 34 12 23 8 6 9 22 26 18 81
6 Harrogate Town 45 21 11 13 77 55 23 11 6 6 41 27 22 10 5 7 36 28 22 74
7 Eastleigh 45 22 7 16 59 60 23 11 5 7 28 25 22 11 2 9 31 35 -1 73
8 Ebbsfleet United 45 18 13 14 63 45 23 10 3 10 32 23 22 8 10 4 31 22 18 67
9 Gateshead 45 19 9 17 52 46 22 9 7 6 25 18 23 10 2 11 27 28 6 66
10 Sutton United 45 17 14 14 55 57 23 9 9 5 30 28 22 8 5 9 25 29 -2 65
11 Barrow 45 16 13 16 50 51 23 9 6 8 29 28 22 7 7 8 21 23 -1 61
12 Chesterfield 45 14 17 14 55 51 23 8 8 7 28 25 22 6 9 7 27 26 4 59
13 Bromley 45 15 12 18 63 68 22 10 5 7 35 29 23 5 7 11 28 39 -5 57
14 Barnet 45 15 12 18 43 50 23 7 8 8 24 26 22 8 4 10 19 24 -7 57
15 Dover Athletic 45 15 12 18 55 64 22 8 5 9 28 30 23 7 7 9 27 34 -9 57
16 Halifax Town 45 12 20 13 42 43 23 8 11 4 23 13 22 4 9 9 19 30 -1 56
17 Hartlepool United 45 14 14 17 53 60 22 8 6 8 28 28 23 6 8 9 25 32 -7 56
18 Dagenham & Redbridge 45 15 10 20 49 55 22 8 7 7 30 28 23 7 3 13 19 27 -6 55
19 Boreham Wood 45 12 15 18 50 62 22 7 6 9 23 31 23 5 9 9 27 31 -12 51
20 Maidenhead United 45 15 6 24 43 70 22 8 4 10 25 34 23 7 2 14 18 36 -27 51
21 Aldershot Town 45 10 11 24 36 67 23 7 6 10 19 26 22 3 5 14 17 41 -31 41
22 Havant & Waterlooville 45 9 13 23 62 82 22 7 6 9 37 30 23 2 7 14 25 52 -20 40
23 Braintree Town 45 11 7 27 48 78 23 6 3 14 25 44 22 5 4 13 23 34 -30 40
24 Maidstone United 45 9 7 29 37 80 22 3 4 15 17 37 23 6 3 14 20 43 -43 34

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