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Leeds face a trip to Hartlepool United at Victoria Park on Saturday afternoon, and will hope to continue their unbeaten record at the ground. Out of their two previous meetings, the Whites have won one, and drawn the other.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2007, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 22 Nov | Leeds Utd. | 4 - 1 | Hartlepool U. | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 23 Sep | Leeds Utd. | 3 - 2 | Hartlepool U. | LGEC |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | Hartlepool U. | 1 - 1 | Leeds Utd. | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 08 Sep | Leeds Utd. | 2 - 0 | Hartlepool U. | LGE1 |
| 1978/1979 | Thu 18 Jan | Hartlepool U. | 2 - 6 | Leeds Utd. | FAC |
| 1965/1966 | Wed 22 Sep | Leeds Utd. | 4 - 2 | Hartlepools | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Hartlepool United's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Pools have scored 11 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.
Leeds' away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Whites have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Hartlepool find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 50 points from their 44 matches. Leeds' total of 78 points from their 44 games sees them sitting in the play-off places in Coca-Cola League One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hartlepool U. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 |
| Leeds Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Leeds 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. | 7 games since last home draw. |
| Leeds Utd. | Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |