Hartlepool Favoured to See Off Marine in Cup
Hartlepool enter this FA Cup meeting as the clear pre-match favourites. Marine arrive with five straight wins but have scored nothing in their away league games this season. Hartlepool average 1.2 goals scored per game while Marine concede 0.8 per game on average. The visitors kept a clean sheet in one of their two league matches so far and failed to score in none of them. Hartlepool’s recent form includes four defeats in five outings yet their higher standing shapes expectations for a home victory. Marine’s away attack remains the key test in how this tie unfolds.
