Vanarama National League match preview: Hartlepool United versus Wrexham

Competition: England Vanarama National League
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Victoria Park

Hartlepool United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 23 points behind Wrexham.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

6 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Hartlepool United has to build on here at Victoria Park.

Hartlepool United manager C. Hignett and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Barnet (placed 19th) in the Vanarama National League. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Fylde (2-4).

Hartlepool United has scored 25 goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Hartlepool United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times.

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Wrexham form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 7 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

Wrexham are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Vanarama National League against Maidstone United (placed 23rd). Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Barrow.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Wrexham as they have only managed to score 17 times from 19 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (18 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Wrexham - Hartlepool United 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Hartlepool United won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and Wrexham has 2 wins.

Top Goalscorers

L. Noble
13 goals
J. Hawkes
8 goals
N. Muir
5 goals

Hartlepool United missing players

Wrexham missing players

Hartlepool United Wrexham
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 20 39
90% 95% Over 0.5 90% 87%
77% 84% Over 1.5 45% 54%
56% 58% Over 2.5 30% 26%
23% 21% Over 3.5 25% 18%
8% 11% Over 4.5 10% 8%
67% 79% Both teams to score 25% 28%
23% 16% Clean Sheet 65% 51%
21% 11% Failed To Score 20% 33%

  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 37 21 10 6 61 28 18 11 4 3 30 11 19 10 6 3 31 17 33 73
2 Solihull Moors 38 22 7 9 62 34 20 11 6 3 33 13 18 11 1 6 29 21 28 73
3 Wrexham 39 21 9 9 47 29 20 14 3 3 30 11 19 7 6 6 17 18 18 72
4 Salford City 38 20 9 9 64 38 19 12 4 3 38 19 19 8 5 6 26 19 26 69
5 Fylde 37 18 13 6 63 32 19 13 3 3 39 16 18 5 10 3 24 16 31 67
6 Harrogate Town 38 19 9 10 69 46 19 10 5 4 37 23 19 9 4 6 32 23 23 66
7 Eastleigh 38 19 7 12 49 46 19 8 5 6 22 20 19 11 2 6 27 26 3 64
8 Gateshead 39 18 8 13 50 39 19 8 6 5 23 16 20 10 2 8 27 23 11 62
9 Sutton United 39 16 12 11 48 46 20 9 7 4 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 24 2 60
10 Ebbsfleet United 38 16 10 12 53 37 20 9 3 8 28 19 18 7 7 4 25 18 16 58
11 Barrow 39 15 10 14 43 43 19 8 5 6 23 21 20 7 5 8 20 22 0 55
12 Hartlepool United 39 12 13 14 47 53 19 6 6 7 25 26 20 6 7 7 22 27 -6 49
13 Bromley 38 13 9 16 51 56 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 5 10 20 32 -5 48
14 Halifax Town 38 10 17 11 33 35 18 6 9 3 17 9 20 4 8 8 16 26 -2 47
15 Dagenham & Redbridge 38 13 8 17 44 47 19 7 6 6 27 25 19 6 2 11 17 22 -3 47
16 Chesterfield 39 10 16 13 43 47 19 4 8 7 16 22 20 6 8 6 27 25 -4 46
17 Barnet 36 12 9 15 34 44 19 6 6 7 20 23 17 6 3 8 14 21 -10 45
18 Boreham Wood 38 10 14 14 40 49 18 7 5 6 18 22 20 3 9 8 22 27 -9 44
19 Maidenhead United 39 13 5 21 39 62 19 7 3 9 22 31 20 6 2 12 17 31 -23 44
20 Dover Athletic 39 11 10 18 45 59 20 7 4 9 27 30 19 4 6 9 18 29 -14 43
21 Havant & Waterlooville 39 9 11 19 53 68 20 7 5 8 33 25 19 2 6 11 20 43 -15 38
22 Aldershot Town 38 8 8 22 29 61 20 6 4 10 16 25 18 2 4 12 13 36 -32 32
23 Maidstone United 38 8 5 25 30 65 18 2 4 12 15 30 20 6 1 13 15 35 -35 29
24 Braintree Town 39 7 7 25 37 70 19 3 3 13 17 39 20 4 4 12 20 31 -33 28

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