HARTLEPOOL. Hartlepool United and Northampton Town draw 1-1. J. Umerah scored the first goal (37′) for Hartlepool United. S. Hoskins settled the score (81′).
The match was played at the The Northern Gas and Power Stadium stadium in Hartlepool on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Kirk with the support of Wayne Grunnill and Bradley Hall. The 4th official was Matthew Sowerby. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.2 degrees Celsius or 39.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 8 Total 13
- 4 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 88 Attack 107
- 46 Dangerous attack 50
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Hartlepool United was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Northampton Town that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Northampton Town was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Northampton Town to win the match.
Hartlepool United shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Northampton Town shot 13 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Hartlepool United received 1 yellow card (Euan Murray). Talking about the opposition, Northampton Town received 1 yellow card (M. Leonard).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Hartlepool United will have 30 points to remain in the 22nd place. On the other side, Northampton Town will have 60 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Hartlepool United will play away against Salford City on the 18th of April with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of Salford City (3 draws).
Northampton Town will play away agasint Sutton United on the 18th of April with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Sutton United (2 draws).
Hartlepool United – Formation
Hartlepool United
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59'
37'
Hartlepool United started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Keith Curle decided to play with the following team: Jakub Stolarczyk, David Ferguson, Euan Murray, Jamie Sterry, Edon Pruti, Taylor Foram, Callum Cooke, Mohamad Sylla, Daniel Kemp, Conner Jennings and Josh Umerah.
The home team had on the bench: Oliver Finney, Matthew Dolan, Nicky Featherstone, Daniel Dodds, Ben Killip, Wes McDonald and Brendan Kiernan.
Substitutions
Hartlepool United made 2 changes: Callum Cooke for Nicky Featherstone (63′) and Euan Murray for Daniel Dodds (74′).
Northampton Town – Formation
Northampton Town
Northampton Town started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Jon Brady played with: Lee Burge, Jon Guthrie, Ryan Haynes, Sam Sherring, Mitchell Pinnock, Jack Sowerby, Marc Leonard, Harvey Lintott, Sam Hoskins, Joshua Okpoda Eppiah and Louis Appere.
They had on the bench: William Hondermarck, Thomas King, Max Dyche, Paul Osew, T. Yengi, D’Margio Wright-Phillips and Kieran Bowie.
Northampton Town could not rely on the presence of William Hondermarck (injured).
Substitutions
Northampton Town made 4 changes: Josh Eppiah for Max Dyche (46′), Jack Sowerby for William Hondermarck (63′), Louis Appéré for Tete Yengi (70′) and Ryan Haynes for Kieran Bowie (71′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Swindon Town – Carlisle United – 1-2
- Doncaster Rovers – AFC Wimbledon – 2-1
- Crawley Town – Harrogate Town – 3-1
- Stevenage – Walsall – 3-1
- Newport County – Bradford City – 1-1
- Hartlepool United – Northampton Town – 1-1
- Gillingham – Tranmere Rovers – 2-0
- Grimsby Town – Rochdale – 1-0
- Barrow – Sutton United – 0-0
- Colchester United – Stockport County – 0-1
