League One match sneak peek: Cheltenham Town versus Northampton Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

Here's another action-packed match in the League One. Cheltenham Town is in the 22nd place after featuring in four games. They greet Northampton Town who are placed 16th after four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (0) in League One

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first League One game of the season here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 8 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses from Cheltenham Town's 23 home games.

May was the last player to score a league goal for Cheltenham Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Cheltenham haven't scored in 362 minutes.

Cheltenham Town drew their last game, 0-0 away at Portsmouth (placed 6th). Goalkeeper Southwood got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.85 out of ten. Southwood topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Reading.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cheltenham Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Early season league goal statistics from Cheltenham Town's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 3 conceded.

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Northampton Town form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the League One ended in defeat. Last season Northampton Town had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 11, drew 8 and lost 4.

The supporters enjoyed Northampton Town's previous fixture versus Peterborough United (placed 3rd), a 1-0 win played at home. That win felt good as this club had gone three league matches without winning. Guthrie, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.7. Guthrie served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Lincoln City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Northampton Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 Northampton wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Northampton Town has managed {1 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Cheltenham Town victories, two draws and two Northampton Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
2 goals
Northampton TownM. Pinnock
M. Pinnock
1 goals
Northampton TownL. Appere
L. Appere
1 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cheltenham Town Northampton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 1 1 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
0 0 0 Scored S 1 1 4
5 3 0 Conceded C 2 2 5
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 50%
25% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
4.8 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 4.8
6.5 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 4.5
2.2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 17 13.5
2.5 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 25%
 
13.8 16 0 Shots against (avg) S A 24 24 15
4.8 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (0) in League One
Cheltenham Town Last season Northampton Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 8   Won W   11 23
12 8   Drew D   8 14
20 7   Lost L   4 9
45 25   Scored S   31 62
61 27   Conceded C   22 42
87% 78%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 89%
59% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 70%
46% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 43%
28% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 17%
9% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 7%
37% 43%   BTTS BTTS   52% 54%
35% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 35%
41% 35%   Failed to Score F T   22% 22%
 
3.7 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5
5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.1
2.2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
11.2 13   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 11.7
3.4 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.1
29% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 33%
 
13.2 12   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 9.9
4 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 2.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 4 3 0 1 7 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9
2 Bolton Wanderers 4 3 0 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 9
3 Peterborough United 4 3 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 9
4 Oxford United 4 3 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 9
5 Stevenage 4 3 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 9
6 Portsmouth 4 2 2 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 8
7 Exeter City 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 7
8 Lincoln City 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 7
9 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 4 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 9 -5 7
10 Derby County 4 2 0 2 6 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 6
11 Blackpool 4 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
12 Shrewsbury Town 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 6
13 Reading 4 2 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
14 Bristol Rovers 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 5
15 Barnsley 4 1 1 2 10 7 3 1 0 2 9 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
16 Northampton Town 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Wycombe Wanderers 4 1 1 2 3 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 4
18 Charlton Athletic 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
19 Wigan Athletic 4 3 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 7 2 6 2
20 Carlisle United 4 0 2 2 2 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 2
21 Fleetwood Town 4 0 1 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -5 1
22 Cheltenham Town 4 0 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 -5 1
23 Leyton Orient 4 0 1 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -6 1
24 Burton Albion 4 0 1 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 -6 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 46 31 8 7 82 47 23 20 1 2 44 16 23 11 7 5 38 31 35 101
2 Ipswich Town 46 28 14 4 101 35 23 16 6 1 60 13 23 12 8 3 41 22 66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 28 12 6 81 37 23 16 6 1 49 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 23 16 1 6 45 24 23 10 7 6 35 23 33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 23 14 5 4 32 13 23 9 7 7 30 23 26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 23 11 1 11 37 29 21 77
7 Derby County 46 21 13 12 67 46 23 13 6 4 40 20 23 8 7 8 27 26 21 76
8 Portsmouth 46 17 19 10 61 50 23 9 11 3 34 22 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 70
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 20 9 17 59 51 23 11 5 7 32 24 23 9 4 10 27 27 8 69
10 Charlton Athletic 46 16 14 16 70 66 23 9 7 7 44 31 23 7 7 9 26 35 4 62
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 23 7 14 2 22 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 23 11 3 9 32 32 23 6 5 12 20 29 -9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 23 7 8 8 25 25 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 23 10 5 8 36 27 23 5 6 12 28 41 -4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 23 9 7 7 28 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 23 8 8 7 25 27 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 23 6 7 10 27 36 23 8 4 11 31 37 -15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 23 8 5 10 23 30 23 5 5 13 25 41 -23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 23 6 5 12 29 31 23 5 9 9 20 25 -7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 23 9 4 10 24 26 23 4 3 16 17 42 -27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 23 7 5 11 24 33 -22 45
22 Morecambe 46 10 14 22 47 78 23 8 8 7 30 31 23 2 6 15 17 47 -31 44
23 Accrington Stanley 46 11 11 24 40 77 23 6 5 12 27 39 23 5 6 12 13 38 -37 44
24 Forest Green Rovers 46 6 9 31 31 89 23 5 2 16 15 42 23 1 7 15 16 47 -58 27
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38

Cheltenham Town:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 4 3 0 1 7 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9
2 Bolton Wanderers 4 3 0 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 9
3 Peterborough United 4 3 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 9
4 Oxford United 4 3 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 9
5 Stevenage 4 3 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 9
6 Portsmouth 4 2 2 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 8
7 Exeter City 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 7
8 Lincoln City 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 7
9 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 4 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 9 -5 7
10 Derby County 4 2 0 2 6 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 6
11 Blackpool 4 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
12 Shrewsbury Town 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 6
13 Reading 4 2 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
14 Bristol Rovers 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 5
15 Barnsley 4 1 1 2 10 7 3 1 0 2 9 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
16 Northampton Town 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Wycombe Wanderers 4 1 1 2 3 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 4
18 Charlton Athletic 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
19 Wigan Athletic 4 3 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 7 2 6 2
20 Carlisle United 4 0 2 2 2 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 2
21 Fleetwood Town 4 0 1 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -5 1
22 Cheltenham Town 4 0 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 -5 1
23 Leyton Orient 4 0 1 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -6 1
24 Burton Albion 4 0 1 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 -6 1

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.