Hartlepool v Newcastle United U21 prediction · National League Cup

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Match information

TUE 13 OCT · 19:00

Venue · Victoria Park

Line-ups

Hartlepool

Newcastle United U21

Rest & schedule

Before kick-off · this competition

Hartlepool

Newcastle United U21

35Days since last match7

0Matches in previous 14 days1

Based on available results in this competition before kick-off.

League table

2026/27

Positions of these teams

#	TEAM	P	GD	PTS
29	Newcastle United U21	3	−4	0
32	Hartlepool	2	−11	0

Based on available league results; standings may be incomplete.

Line-ups, squads and player statistics aren’t currently available for this competition.

Match statistics

Match statistics aren’t available yet.

Line-ups

Hartlepool

Formation not confirmed

32 N. Fisher

6 R. McNally

10 W. Harris

11 L. Charman

14 N. Sheron

15 C. Penman

17 J. Nolan

21 C. Thornton

22 C. Darcy

30 T. Bondo

52 M. Clark

Coach · –

Substitutes

53 · M. Thompson

26 · H. Conyard

12 · N. Eccleston

24 · J. Penprase

7 · B. Ilunga

– · C. Smith

19 · C. Popov

Newcastle United U21

Formation not confirmed

1 R. Dowell

2 H. Johnson

3 D. Charlton

4 L. Watts

5 M. Pivas

6 S. Bailey

7 J. Emerson

8 M. Miley

9 A. Ca

10 K. Thompson

11 M. Ferreira

Coach · Robbie Stockdale

Substitutes

– · A. Walpole

– · L. Craggs

– · G. Bloomer

– · J. Koussou

– · K. Fitzgerald

– · A. Seldon

– · V. Salia

Our number

No model for this competition

We have too little history in National League Cup to put an honest number on this match, so we do not publish one. A guessed probability would look exactly like a real one, which is the problem.

Head to head

0 meetings since 2024

No meetings between these two in National League Cup since 2024. Cup ties and meetings in other competitions are not counted here.

Form · last six in National League Cup

HARTLEPOOL

LL0–10 · 0–1

NEWCASTLE UNITED U21

WLDLLL3–1 · 0–2 · 0–0 · 3–5 · 1–2 · 1–2

The table

2026/27

#	TEAM	P	GD	PTS
1	Middlesbrough U21	3	+14	9
2	Boreham Wood	3	+4	7
3	FC Halifax Town	2	+7	6
4	Scunthorpe	2	+5	6
5	Truro City	2	+4	6
6	West Ham United U21	2	+4	6
7	Tamworth	3	+1	6
8	Woking	2	+3	4
9	AFC Hornchurch	3	+2	4
10	Birmingham City U21	2	+1	4
11	Braintree	2	+1	4
12	Everton U21	2	+1	4
13	Norwich City U21	2	+1	4
14	West Bromwich Albion U21	2	+1	4
15	Wealdstone	2	+4	3
16	Wolves U21	2	−1	3
17	Derby County U21	2	−2	3
18	Solihull Moors	3	−2	3
19	Leeds United U21	3	−3	3
20	Sutton Utd	2	0	2
21	Fulham U21	3	−1	2
22	Nottingham Forest U21	2	−1	1
23	Worthing	2	−1	1
24	Gateshead	2	−2	1
25	Aldershot Town	2	−3	1
26	Ipswich Town U21	2	−3	1
27	Leicester City U21	2	−3	1
28	Boston United	2	−2	0
29	Newcastle United U21	3	−4	0
30	Southampton U21	2	−4	0
31	Stoke City U21	2	−10	0
32	Hartlepool	2	−11	0