Match Report
Hartlepool United, 23rd on 43 points, faced a 48-point deficit to Leyton Orient (1st, 91). On recent form Leyton Orient sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Hartlepool United were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.7, Leyton Orient 1.33 and 0.74, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Level finishes had become the habit for Hartlepool United: four in a row. Leyton Orient had drawn their last three, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 15 meetings between the two: 6 for Hartlepool United, 7 for Leyton Orient and 2 drawn, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Where history says 2.67 goals per meeting, the last five say 3.6.
The Northern Gas and Power Stadium in Hartlepool staged the fixture, a ground that holds 7,856. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.