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Leicester City prepare to entertain Hartlepool United at Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 02 Sep | Hartlepool U. | 0 - 3 | Leicester City | ASSM |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
The away form of Hartlepool U. is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Pools have hit 7 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Leicester City's total of 13 points from their 6 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One. Hartlepool U.'s 10 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 |
| Hartlepool U. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Foxes's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Hartlepool U.. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. |
| Hartlepool U. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |