Northampton Town are believing in their home fans to help them to do well in this game with Leyton Orient. Who will win at Sixfields Stadium?
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Northampton Town and Leyton Orient.
Northampton Town form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Northampton Town at their home stadium (Sixfields Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Northampton faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bolton Wanderers (1-2). Midfield player Leonard got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Leonard hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Shrewsbury Town.This is expected to be a close game, with Northampton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Northampton Town as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Northampton Town has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Northampton Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Bristol Rovers awaits in four days.
Northampton has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Northampton Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Leyton Orient form and stats
As the visiting team in League One matches, Leyton Orient have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.
Leyton Orient played 1-1 against Barnsley in their previous match. Archibald got a match rating of 7.75 in that game, top player of the team. Archibald hit three key passes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Carlisle United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leyton Orient playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Leyton wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Leyton Orient now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Burton Albion is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Leyton Orient when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Northampton have avoided defeat in the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus Leyton Orient.The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 6 goals |   R. Sotiriou 5 goals |  L. Appere 3 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Leyton Orient missing players
| Northampton Town | Leyton Orient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 3.8 | 2.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 13.8 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| 25% | 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 19% | 25% |
| 11.8 | 9.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.6 | 10.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | Oxford United | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Stevenage | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Blackpool | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | Derby County | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 8 |
| 23 | Reading | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -10 | 6 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -18 | 5 |
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- Hackney Gazette - (local newspaper)
- View from the West Stand - (supporter site)
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