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Peterborough pack their bags to visit Hartlepool United at Victoria Park on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 11 of the 25 previous games, with the hosts winning just 9.
The previous match played between the two at Victoria Park was within the last three years, in December 2006, the Pools carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Peterborough | 1 - 2 | Hartlepool U. | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Dec | Hartlepool U. | 1 - 0 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Sep | Peterborough | 3 - 5 | Hartlepool U. | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 05 Apr | Hartlepool U. | 2 - 2 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Peterborough | 3 - 0 | Hartlepool U. | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Jan | Hartlepool U. | 1 - 0 | Peterborough | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 09 Aug | Peterborough | 3 - 4 | Hartlepool U. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Hartlepool United have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Pools's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Peterborough's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Posh's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 9 against.
Hartlepool U. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 43 points from their 35 games played so far, Peterborough are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 63 points from the 35 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hartlepool U. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Peterborough | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Peterborough are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hartlepool U. | Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Peterborough | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |