About Match
5 points and 11 places separate them: Gateshead 22nd with 4, Hartlepool United 11th with 9. Gateshead have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 18th in the league over the last five rounds against 22nd overall. Per game in the league, Gateshead score 0.83 and conceding 1.5, Hartlepool United 0.83 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game. Gateshead would climb to 7 points with a win and up to 15th (other results held equal).
Across 8 recorded meetings, Gateshead have 2 wins to Hartlepool United's 5, with 1 draw, at 4.25 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 88% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 88%.
Gateshead International Stadium in Gateshead, capacity 11,800, hosts the game.