About Match
9 points for Hartlepool United (19th), 20 for Southend United (2nd): an 11-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 0.78/1.22 for Hartlepool United and 2.56/1.33 for Southend United (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.5. A win would lift Hartlepool United to 12 points and up to 15th (other results unchanged).
Hartlepool United have lost three in a row. Southend United carry a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 14 consecutive games. The five-game form split reads 3/15 points for Hartlepool United against 11/15 for Southend United.
13 meetings are on record — 3 won by Hartlepool United, 5 by Southend United, 5 drawn, at 2.31 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 31% of meetings won.
The Suit Direct Stadium in Hartlepool stages the fixture, a ground that holds 7,856.