The home fans anticipate three points in this fixture, as the home advantage could be decisive against a struggling visitor. Bristol Rovers are in 16th place while the guesting Northampton Town panic at 19th.
- Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Northampton Town have scored away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bristol and Northampton Town.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Bristol Rovers so far this season.
Bristol Rovers drew their last game, also a home match. Stevenage (placed 7th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. The gifted forward Martin outdid all the other players in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.84 out of 10. Martin scored one goal.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Burton Albion (1-4).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bristol handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
A decent goal production from Bristol Rovers in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches.
Northampton Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Northampton Town so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose). Northampton Town seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Northampton's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Leyton Orient that finished 2-2. Attacker Hoskins got a player rating of 8.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Hoskins scored two goals and hit two key passes.
A 1-2 defeat away at Bolton Wanderers before that.Northampton Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Northampton Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Derby County is waiting in only three days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Bristol have put together a sequence of 10 consecutive games without losing (7-3-0) when playing Northampton Town.The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 8 goals |   A. Collins 3 goals |  L. Appere 3 goals |
Bristol Rovers missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Bristol Rovers | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 15% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 15% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 5.5 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 13.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 31% | 48% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 27% |
| 12.6 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.7 | 12.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
- All of Bristol Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Northampton Town have scored away.
- Bristol Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Stevenage | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Derby County | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 18 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Reading | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |
