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Notts. County are ready to welcome Hartlepool United to Meadow Lane on Tuesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 7 wins out of 9 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at Meadow Lane was more than three years back, in November 2003, the Magpies carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Apr | Hartlepool U. | 4 - 0 | Notts. County | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Notts. County | 1-0 | Hartlepool U. | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 28 Dec | Notts. County | 2 - 0 | Hartlepool U. | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 02 Sep | Hartlepool U. | 1 - 1 | Notts. County | LGE2 |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 10 Dec | Hartlepool U. | 1 - 0 | Notts. County | FAC |
| 1970/1971 | Sat 09 Jan | Notts. County | 3 - 0 | Hartlepool | LGE2 |
| 1970/1971 | Wed 30 Sep | Hartlepool | 2 - 1 | Notts. County | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Notts. County's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.
Hartlepool U.'s away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Notts. County's total of 31 points from their 19 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League Two. Hartlepool U.'s 26 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Notts. County | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| Hartlepool U. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its been a distinctly poor show from Notts. County at home in recent games, and, though I cannot see a run starting here, I do think the Magpies will at least gain a draw. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Notts. County | 8 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Hartlepool U. | No sequences of note |