The FA Trophy may be
taking centre stage this Saturday, but there's one National League offering
Dover Athletic and
Hartlepool United have been urged to make the most of the others' break in play
and push up the table.Hartlepool have alreadydone just that in the past few days.
On Tuesday they took
advantage of being the only game and earned a big three points at home to
Eastleigh.Now they travel from
the North East coast to the Kent coast and face a Dover side who have exactly
the same number of points on the board.The Whites are the
division's joint best away side but at home they still can't quite get it
right. They have already endured seven losses in front of their own fans but
did beat title chasing Bromley 3-0 on their own patch towards the end of 2019.The winner won't seea reason why they can't reach the play-offs so it's a big one at the Crabble.
Dover Stats
League position: 14th
Points: 39
Goals for: 34
Goals against: 36
Top scorer: Inih Effiong (11)
Last three league results: W-W-L
Hartlepool Stats
League position: 13th
Points: 39
Goals for: 43
Goals against: 42
Top scorer: Gime Toure (12)
Last three league results: D-L-W
Big Match Pointers
Nicke Kabamba to open the scoring @9/4
The striker is looking for his eighth goal of the season
Hartlepool to run out 2-0 winners @16/1
Dover have won only two of their last ten at home
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