Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Mansfield Town (8th, 75 pts) and Hartlepool United (23rd, 43 pts). Recent form flatters Hartlepool United's table spot — 19th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 23rd. Against a league average of 1.17 goals per team per game, Hartlepool United ran at 1.13 scored and 1.7 conceded, Mansfield Town at 1.57 and 1.2.
Across 11 recorded meetings, Hartlepool United have 3 wins to Mansfield Town's 4, with 4 draws, at 3.45 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 73% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 73%.
The venue was The Northern Gas and Power Stadium in Hartlepool, with room for 7,856 spectators. Hartlepool United led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.




