Hartlepool-Port Vale, England League One
2004-10-30 16.00 CET
Pick: Hartlepool
Stake: 3%
Odds: 1,87 Note: Displayed as AH -0,5 on Pointbet
Final reasons
Hartlepool is one of the better home sides in the league. So far they are unbeaten with five wins from seven games played. To this game they come with two fresh defeats when playing on the road. However, Hartlepool is a completely different team when playing at home than away and therefore we think it is worth to put a stake on them tomorrow. They face another bad traveller Port Vale and it looks like a perfect opponent when aiming to extend their winning streak of three matches at home. We stake 3% on Hartlepool.
General comment about the game
14th placed Hartlepool faces 15th placed Port Vale. Both these sides are normally better at home then they are when playing on the road. For Hartlepool this is very much the case so far with five wins from seven games at home, and only three points from eight away games. For the moment Hartlepool has three straight wins at home against quite good sides. The two last games for Hartlepool were played on the road. Both these were losses. The game against Brentford looked to be a draw and it also should have been fairer if the game would have ended in a draw. However Brentford came from behind to earn a winning goal in injury time. The last game for Hartlepool was against Peterborough. Hartlepool could not create so much and although Peterborough being down to ten men Hartlepool continued to play without threatening. Defender Michael Nelson (15 apps) is suspended tomorrow. Also unavailable are long term injured forward Jack Ross (7 apps) and defender Hugh Robertson (5(2) apps). Hartlepool also has doubts for forward Adam Boyd (15 apps, 6 goals) and Gavin Strachan (7 apps, 2 goals), but the latest reports says that they probably will play.
As mentioned above Port Vale are normally a good home side and a less impressing away side. On the road Port Vale has taken four points from seven games played. For the moment they have three straight losses on the road against sides as Bournemouth, Colchester and Brentford. Hartlepool must be considered just as good as some of these teams when playing at home so it is very likely that Port Vale will get a tough game tomorrow. When looking at Port Vales recent games they now have taken four points at home from the two latest games. However playing 0-0 against Stockport, one of the worst performing sides in the league does not impress. The Vale players were booed from the field and this says much about the spirit in the team for the moment. The first half that was very uneventful and from few chances it is only worth to mention a good Port Vale header. After two people being sent off and both teams were down to ten men, the game continued in the same way with no team managing to score. Port Vale has defender Michael Walsh (2 apps) suspended. Also missing is forward Lee Matthews (7(4) apps, 2 goal) and goalkeeper Mark Goodland (5 apps). On the positive side is that striker Ian Armstrong (5(1) apps, 3 goals) is available again after injury.
Recent games for home team
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2004-10-23 |
Peterborough-Hartlepool |
3-0 |
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2004-10-19 |
Brentford-Hartlepool |
2-1 |
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2004-10-16 |
Hartlepool-Chesterfield |
3-2 |
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2004-10-08 |
Luton-Hartlepool |
3-0 |
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2004-10-02 |
Hartlepool-Hull |
2-0 |
Recent games for away team
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2004-10-23 |
Port Vale-Stockport |
0-0 |
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2004-10-19 |
Port Vale-Swindon |
1-0 |
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2004-10-16 |
Bournemouth–Port Vale |
4-0 |
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2004-10-08 |
Port Vale-Doncaster |
2-0 |
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2004-10-02 |
Colchester-Port Vale |
2-1 |
Home table
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Hartlepool |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
15-7 |
17 |
Away table
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Port Vale |
7 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
6-12 |
4 |
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