Northampton Town - Reading: League One cellar occupants hungry for points and praise. Check out all the interesting numbers and facts before the match!
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Reading have the fewest points (0) away in League One
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Northampton Town form and stats
The overall League One stats at home this season for Northampton Town are 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). The Northampton Town manager Brady might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Northampton in their previous game, a fixture away at Exeter City (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Sweet to taste a league victory after three matches without. Defender Brough got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Brough scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
A 2-2 result against Chelsea U21 (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) before that one, played at their own home stadium in the EFL Trophy. 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 Northampton Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Northampton Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Shrewsbury Town awaits in four days.
Northampton Town aren't scoring a lot here at Sixfields Stadium in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. Northampton have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Reading form and stats
0 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Reading, who have the fewest points (0) away in League One, playing as the away team in the League One this season. Bitter travels for Reading as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Port Vale match.
Reading played 0-0 against Burton Albion in their previous match. Bindon, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.75. Bindon hit three key passes and won 9 of 11 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Blackpool wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Reading in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Reading, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Leyton Orient.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Reading's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 4 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 4 goals |  L. Appere 2 goals |   K. Ehibhaimha 2 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Reading missing players
| Northampton Town | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.7 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 14.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.8 | 13.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 12 | 10.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18 | 12.7 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Reading have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Reading have lost all their away matches so far.
- Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Reading have the fewest points (0) away in League One
- Reading have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 7 | Barnsley | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Lincoln City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Derby County | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 20 | Burton Albion | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 21 | Reading | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | Fleetwood Town | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -17 | 1 |
- Reading FC
- Reading Chronicle - (local newspaper)
- Hob Nob Anyone? - (supporter forum)
