Match Report
6 points and 3 places separated them: Hartlepool United 23rd with 43, Colchester United 20th with 49. Colchester United's recent output outran their position: 11th on form over five rounds, 20th in the table. Against a league average of 1.17 goals per team per game, Hartlepool United ran at 1.13 scored and 1.7 conceded, Colchester United at 0.96 and 1.11.
Hartlepool United had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Colchester United, 10.
13 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Hartlepool United 3, draws 4, Colchester United 6, at 2.38 goals per meeting.
The match was played at The Northern Gas and Power Stadium in Hartlepool (capacity 7,856). On the scoreboard, Colchester United led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.




