Hartlepool United 2-1 Forest Green Rovers — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - National League, 18 Apr 2026

Hartlepool United
2-1 HT 2-0
Forest Green Rovers
📅18/04/2026 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 ✗ 2nd Score 1-2 ✗
England - National League – 2025/2026

Hartlepool United vs Forest Green Rovers Prediction — Model Probabilities

MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
32%
2.94
Draw
23%
3.54
Away
45%
2.03
Under/Over 2.5
Under
47%
2.1
Over
53%
1.71
Both Teams to Score
Yes Pick
56%
1.57
No
44%
2.24
Total Goals
0-1
27%
3.8
2-3
38%
1.78
4-5
23%
2.92
6+
12%
9.19
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
10%
4.68
1/2
8%
22.65
1/X
5%
13.15
X/1
12%
6.92
X/2
14%
5.02
X/X
8%
5.21
2/1
9%
30.0
2/2
24%
2.85
2/X
10%
12.65
STRENGTH — green bars inside a box show the pattern support behind that selection, from Good · Strong · Very strong to Great — the deeper the historical record, the fuller the bar; informational, not a sized bet.
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Hartlepool United v Forest Green Rovers — Team-Based Signals

PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Hartlepool United The Market 34%
Head to Head
AWAY Forest Green Rovers The Market 49%
Great Season vs Marketall history · vs bookmaker expectation Average
Great Recent Form vs Marketlatest matches · vs bookmaker expectation Average
1.51 Expected Goals Scoredper match · higher is better 1.84
1.07 Expected Goals Concededper match · lower is better 1.23
Strong Attackvs comparable teams Strong
Great Defensevs comparable teams Average
49% Ball Possession 51%
10 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 5
116 · 87% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 196 · 92%
– Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area –
– Crosses –
2.2 Yellow Cards 2.4

Hartlepool United vs Forest Green Rovers Head-to-Head — Last 4 Meetings

H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Hartlepool United
0W-1D-3L
AWAY Forest Green Rovers
0.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.50
0.92 xG 1.46
47% Ball Possession 53%
10 Total Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 7
190 Passes 226
71% Pass Accuracy 76%
10 Box Touches 22
16 Crosses 22
2 Yellow Cards 2
The Meetings
06.09.2025 Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers 1-0 HT 1-0 Hartlepool United Hartlepool United İBSL
28.09.2024 Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers 1-0 HT 0-0 Hartlepool United Hartlepool United İBSL
09.04.2022 Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers 1-1 HT 0-0 Hartlepool United Hartlepool United İN2
20.11.2021 Hartlepool United Hartlepool United 1-3 HT 0-3 Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers İN2

Hartlepool United 2-1 Forest Green Rovers — Actual Match Statistics

RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Hartlepool United
2-1
AWAY Forest Green Rovers
50% Ball Possession 50%
7 Total Shots 13
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
REVIEW Hartlepool United vs Forest Green Rovers
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Hartlepool United nicked a narrow win over Forest Green Rovers 2-1. Half-time: 2-0.

Our pre-match lean was Forest Green Rovers at 45%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. The goals call finished the job: both teams to score (56%) landed.

On the day, possession split 50% to 50% in Hartlepool United's favour, shots finished 7-13.

Coming into the game, across their last 4 meetings in our records, Forest Green Rovers led the recent series with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Scoring in those meetings ran 0.50 a game for Hartlepool United against 1.50 for Forest Green Rovers.

Hartlepool United vs Forest Green Rovers Result & Final Score

Hartlepool United 2-1 Forest Green Rovers in the England - National League on 18/04/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Hartlepool United vs Forest Green Rovers Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated an Forest Green Rovers win the most likely single outcome at about 45%, with the full match-result split Hartlepool United 32%, draw 23%, Forest Green Rovers 45%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Forest Green Rovers) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Forest Green Rovers) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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