Match Report
12 points and 7 places separated them: Hartlepool United 23rd with 43, Walsall 16th with 55. Hartlepool United ranked 19th in the league on five-round form, well above their 23rd table position. Per game in the league, Hartlepool United were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.7, Walsall 1 and 1.07, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Walsall's last five games had all finished level.
The head-to-head ledger counts 11 games: 3 Hartlepool United wins, 4 for Walsall, 4 draws, at 2.82 goals per meeting. 64% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The Northern Gas and Power Stadium in Hartlepool, capacity 7,856, hosted the game. Walsall led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 5 goals for the 3-3 full-time score.