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Sheff Wed face a trip to Hartlepool United at Victoria Park on Friday evening, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Wed 13 Aug | Sheff Wed | 2 - 2 | Hartlepool | LC |
Recent respective form guides
Hartlepool United have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Pool, with 3 goals against.
The Owls have had a decent run of form away from home recently, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Owls, and 9 goals against.
Hartlepool's total of 20 points from their 12 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division Two. Sheff Wed are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 21 points from 12 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hartlepool | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 |
| Sheff Wed | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Hartlepool is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hartlepool | No sequences of note |
| Sheff Wed | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |