Hartlepool vs Rochdale Predictions

• Both teams have scored in Hartlepool’s last five home league games
• Rochdale are unbeaten in four away league fixtures
• Hartlepool’s only three wins in their last eight matches have come in cup competitions

Hartlepool Tough To Beat At Home

Hartlepool, who only returned to the Football League this season, are seriously struggling for form away from home, but they have turned Victoria Park into a fortress, losing just twice in nine games.

They have already picked up nineteen points in the North East, but there are defensive concerns for new manager Graeme Lee to address.

The Monkey Hangers have conceded nine times in their last five home league fixtures, that after keeping clean sheets in three of their first four league games at Victoria Park.

Rochdale Strong on The Road

Robbie Stockdale has got Rochdale playing some good football, especially away from Spotland, suffering only two defeats and picking up thirteen points from seven matches on their travels.

They are drawing too many games, however. Their last three on the road have all ended as stalemates, as have five of their last seven games in all competitions, home and away.

Both teams have scored in six of Dale’s last seven, while they have only kept one clean sheet in their most recent ten matches.

I predict both teams will score in this one, as has been the trend for plenty of Rochdale and Hartlepool’s games this season, but they will cancel each other out, with a 1-1 correct score prediction.