HARTLEPOOL. Hartlepool United beat Oxford City to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Hartlepool United to strike first with a goal of Tom Crawford at the 55′. Then Joe Grey scored again for Hartlepool United in the 62′ minute. Eventually, Seydil Toure reduced the distance for Oxford City (78′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the The Suit Direct Stadium stadium in Hartlepool on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.51 degrees Celsius or 41.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 21 Total 4
- 6 On Target 1
- 15 Off Target 3
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 93 Attack 89
- 47 Dangerous attack 34
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 2
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 2
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Hartlepool United was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Oxford City that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Hartlepool United was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hartlepool United won the match.
Hartlepool United shot 21 times, 6 on target, 15 off target. Talking about the opposition, Oxford City shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Hartlepool United received 1 yellow card (Louis Stephenson). On the opposite side, Oxford City received 1 yellow card (Lewis Coyle).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Hartlepool United has 31 points like Southend United and Boreham Wood to remain in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Oxford City will stays with 24 points to remain in the 22nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the National League, Hartlepool United will play away against Fylde on the 9th of January with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Fylde (2 draws).
Oxford City will play away against Woking on the 20th of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Oxford City (0 draws).
Hartlepool United – Formation
Hartlepool United
66'
55'
Hartlepool United adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager John Askey decided to play with the following team: Joel Dixon, Louis Stephenson, Manny Onariase, Luke Hendrie, Adrien Silva, Tom Crawford, Callum Cooke, Nicky Featherstone, David Ferguson, Anthony Mancini and Joe Grey.
The home team had on the bench: Jake Hastie, Peter Jameson, Edon Pruti, Brody Paterson and Mitchell Hancox.
Substitutions
Hartlepool United made 2 changes: Anthony Mancini for Jake Hastie (66′) and Callum Cooke for Mitchell Hancox (89′).
Oxford City – Formation
Oxford City
75'
Also Oxford City adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Ross Jenkins played with: Seydil Toure, Jack Bycroft, Jacob Roddy, Nya Kirby, Levi Lumeka, Canice Carroll, Renny Smith, Reece Fleet, Josh Parker, Oliver Sanderson and Lewis Coyle.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mitchell Roberts, Alfie James Potter, Aaron William-Bushell, Latrell Humphrey-Ewers and Alex Fisher.
Substitutions
Oxford City made 3 changes: Nya Kirby for Alex Fisher (57′), Levi Lumeka for Aaron William-Bushell (69′) and Josh Parker for Alfie James Potter (88′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the National League.
- Southend United – Halifax Town – 3-0
- Solihull Moors – Woking – 3-0
- Rochdale – Kidderminster Harriers – 2-0
- Maidenhead United – Bromley – 0-0
- Hartlepool United – Oxford City – 2-1
- Ebbsfleet United – Wealdstone – 2-0
- Dorking Wanderers – Oldham Athletic – 0-1
- Altrincham – Barnet – 3-2
