Portsmouth vs Hartlepool United Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

We are predicting a comfortable days work for Portsmouth this Saturday and are giving them a one goal handicap to overcome for our tip when they host Hartlepool. As the odds are quite short for the outright win, we are going to boost our return and back Pompey (-1) at 10/11 with bet365. For our correct score tip we like the look of a comfortable 3-0 home win at 8/1 with the same site.

Portsmouth will be keen to put another three points on the board as they try to keep pace with the league leaders and as one of the top scorers in the division they will be confident that they have the firepower to put their visitors to the sword. Pompey also boast the second best defensive record in League Two and with 14 points in their last eight games they are in decent enough form to expect to add to that tally this weekend.

Visiting Fratton Park is a Hartlepool side who are woefully out of form at the moment. They have managed to claim just six points from their previous eight games and things have been especially bad of late. Pool have lost three on the bounce and have conceded 11 goals without reply in the process. That amount of goals conceded is a theme that has dogged Hartlepool this season and they have the worst defensive record in League Two with 37 goals conceded in their 20 games. This figure is further magnified when we look at their away record and the fact that they have conceded 22 times in 10 away games this season.