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Tranmere face a trip to Hartlepool United at Victoria Park on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Rovers have won 14 of the 48 games compared to the host's 23 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in September 2002, with Tranmere inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Pool in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Tue 22 Oct | Tranmere | 5 - 0 | Hartlepool | AM |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 10 Sep | Hartlepool | 1 - 2 | Tranmere | LC |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 15 Apr | Hartlepool | 2 - 2 | Tranmere | DIV4 |
| 1988/1989 | Fri 30 Sep | Tranmere | 2 - 1 | Hartlepool | DIV4 |
| 1987/1988 | Mon 04 Apr | Tranmere | 3 - 1 | Hartlepool | DIV4 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 21 Nov | Hartlepool | 1 - 2 | Tranmere | DIV4 |
| 1986/1987 | Fri 24 Apr | Hartlepool | 1 - 1 | Tranmere | DIV4 |
Recent respective form guides
Hartlepool United are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Pool, with 4 goals against.
The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 3 against.
Hartlepool's total of 3 points from their 1 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Natiowide League Division Two. Tranmere are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 3 points from 1 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hartlepool | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
| Tranmere | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Rovers could well see them head back from Victoria Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hartlepool | Unbeaten in the last 14 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Tranmere | Undefeated in last 8 away games. Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |