Northampton Town favourites for feisty fight facing Gillingham

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

Northampton Town are stalking the top places while Gillingham are more nervous about steering clear of relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (28) in League Two

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 and Gillingham.

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Northampton Town form and stats

10-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Northampton Town so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Brady led his Northampton Town to a defeat away at Newport County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sixfields Stadium. Up until that loss this club had gone eight consecutive league matches without losing. Midfield player Leonard got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Leonard hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Northampton hosted Stevenage and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Northampton Town handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Low on goals? In this club's last 15 league games, 13 have produced two goals or less.

Northampton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 20 games. Northampton Town have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gillingham form and stats

There's been little loot from Gillingham's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 20 away games in the League Two. Gillingham only have 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 7 draws. Gillingham has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Nichols scored in Gillingham's previous match, the home game against Doncaster Rovers that ended 1-0. Dieng got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Dieng hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Barrow wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Gillingham 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, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Low-scoring game? 30 of this side's last 37 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 20 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 25 goals have been conceded by Gillingham in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other before this season: Gillingham - Northampton Town 0-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Northampton won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Gillingham have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
20 goals
Northampton TownL. Appere
L. Appere
6 goals
Northampton TownM. Pinnock
M. Pinnock
5 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Northampton Town Gillingham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 5 20 40
19 10 4 Won W 0 2 12
13 6 2 Drew D 1 7 11
8 4 0 Lost L 4 11 17
53 25 10 Scored S 0 11 28
37 16 4 Conceded C 6 25 42
90% 85% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 80% 85%
70% 55% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 65% 62%
40% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 20%
18% 15% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 5% 2%
8% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 2%
52% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
35% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 30% 38%
22% 25% 17% Failed to Score F T 100% 65% 52%
 
4.9 5 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 4.1
4 3.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.7 4.5
1.9 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 12.2 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 8.9 9.7
4.2 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.2 1.2 1.9
31% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 37%
 
9.9 9.3 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 13.1 11.6
2.8 2.4 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 4.1 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (11) away in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (28) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (32) in League Two
  • Gillingham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Northampton Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gillingham have scored 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 Leyton Orient 39 23 11 5 52 25 20 14 5 1 28 8 19 9 6 4 24 17 27 80
2 Northampton Town 40 19 13 8 53 37 20 10 6 4 25 16 20 9 7 4 28 21 16 70
3 Carlisle United 40 19 12 9 60 37 20 11 6 3 30 16 20 8 6 6 30 21 23 69
4 Stevenage 39 19 12 8 53 36 20 14 2 4 35 15 19 5 10 4 18 21 17 69
5 Stockport County 40 19 10 11 53 33 20 9 8 3 26 15 20 10 2 8 27 18 20 67
6 Bradford City 39 17 14 8 48 34 20 8 8 4 27 19 19 9 6 4 21 15 14 65
7 Mansfield Town 39 18 10 11 63 48 19 8 7 4 33 26 20 10 3 7 30 22 15 64
8 Salford City 40 18 9 13 61 46 20 9 5 6 26 21 20 9 4 7 35 25 15 63
9 Barrow 40 17 7 16 42 47 20 11 3 6 25 17 20 6 4 10 17 30 -5 58
10 Sutton United 40 15 12 13 41 42 20 11 4 5 24 16 20 4 8 8 17 26 -1 57
11 Swindon Town 39 13 12 14 52 49 19 7 5 7 28 22 20 6 7 7 24 27 3 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 40 15 6 19 40 55 20 10 1 9 24 25 20 5 5 10 16 30 -15 51
13 Walsall 40 11 17 12 42 40 20 8 8 4 24 15 20 3 9 8 18 25 2 50
14 Tranmere Rovers 40 13 11 16 38 42 20 8 6 6 24 19 20 5 5 10 14 23 -4 50
15 Grimsby Town 39 12 12 15 42 50 19 4 9 6 19 24 20 8 3 9 23 26 -8 48
16 Crewe Alexandra 39 11 15 13 39 47 20 8 6 6 25 23 19 3 9 7 14 24 -8 48
17 Newport County 39 11 14 14 41 43 19 5 6 8 20 23 20 6 8 6 21 20 -2 47
18 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 14 16 43 48 20 7 6 7 22 21 21 4 8 9 21 27 -5 47
19 Gillingham 40 12 11 17 28 42 20 10 4 6 17 17 20 2 7 11 11 25 -14 47
20 Harrogate Town 39 9 13 17 45 57 20 5 8 7 25 29 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 40
21 Colchester United 40 9 12 19 35 47 20 4 9 7 17 20 20 5 3 12 18 27 -12 39
22 Crawley Town 40 9 11 20 43 64 20 8 5 7 29 29 20 1 6 13 14 35 -21 38
23 Hartlepool United 40 8 14 18 47 69 20 4 9 7 23 32 20 4 5 11 24 37 -22 38
24 Rochdale 40 8 8 24 38 61 20 4 4 12 23 32 20 4 4 12 15 29 -23 32

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 Leyton Orient 39 23 11 5 52 25 20 14 5 1 28 8 19 9 6 4 24 17 27 80
2 Northampton Town 40 19 13 8 53 37 20 10 6 4 25 16 20 9 7 4 28 21 16 70
3 Carlisle United 40 19 12 9 60 37 20 11 6 3 30 16 20 8 6 6 30 21 23 69
4 Stevenage 39 19 12 8 53 36 20 14 2 4 35 15 19 5 10 4 18 21 17 69
5 Stockport County 40 19 10 11 53 33 20 9 8 3 26 15 20 10 2 8 27 18 20 67
6 Bradford City 39 17 14 8 48 34 20 8 8 4 27 19 19 9 6 4 21 15 14 65
7 Mansfield Town 39 18 10 11 63 48 19 8 7 4 33 26 20 10 3 7 30 22 15 64
8 Salford City 40 18 9 13 61 46 20 9 5 6 26 21 20 9 4 7 35 25 15 63
9 Barrow 40 17 7 16 42 47 20 11 3 6 25 17 20 6 4 10 17 30 -5 58
10 Sutton United 40 15 12 13 41 42 20 11 4 5 24 16 20 4 8 8 17 26 -1 57
11 Swindon Town 39 13 12 14 52 49 19 7 5 7 28 22 20 6 7 7 24 27 3 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 40 15 6 19 40 55 20 10 1 9 24 25 20 5 5 10 16 30 -15 51
13 Walsall 40 11 17 12 42 40 20 8 8 4 24 15 20 3 9 8 18 25 2 50
14 Tranmere Rovers 40 13 11 16 38 42 20 8 6 6 24 19 20 5 5 10 14 23 -4 50
15 Grimsby Town 39 12 12 15 42 50 19 4 9 6 19 24 20 8 3 9 23 26 -8 48
16 Crewe Alexandra 39 11 15 13 39 47 20 8 6 6 25 23 19 3 9 7 14 24 -8 48
17 Newport County 39 11 14 14 41 43 19 5 6 8 20 23 20 6 8 6 21 20 -2 47
18 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 14 16 43 48 20 7 6 7 22 21 21 4 8 9 21 27 -5 47
19 Gillingham 40 12 11 17 28 42 20 10 4 6 17 17 20 2 7 11 11 25 -14 47
20 Harrogate Town 39 9 13 17 45 57 20 5 8 7 25 29 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 40
21 Colchester United 40 9 12 19 35 47 20 4 9 7 17 20 20 5 3 12 18 27 -12 39
22 Crawley Town 40 9 11 20 43 64 20 8 5 7 29 29 20 1 6 13 14 35 -21 38
23 Hartlepool United 40 8 14 18 47 69 20 4 9 7 23 32 20 4 5 11 24 37 -22 38
24 Rochdale 40 8 8 24 38 61 20 4 4 12 23 32 20 4 4 12 15 29 -23 32

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