League Two match prediction: Little separates Sutton United and Northampton Town in quality

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 18.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

Northampton Town cannot count on any freebies from hosting team Sutton United in this League Two match. Here's your complete guide!

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.

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Sutton United form and stats

The complete League Two statistics at home this season for Sutton United are 11-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). Sutton United has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Gray and the players.

The Sutton United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Leyton Orient here at Falkirk Community Stadium. Boldewijn was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Boldewijn hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Sutton United lost 1-3 at Bradford City's place.

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 Sutton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 20 matches with the results: Won 11, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 11 league matches, 9 have seen two goals or less.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sutton United as they are travelling to their away game against Colchester United in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

Sutton United has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Sutton have conceded only 18 goals.

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Northampton Town form and stats

The visitors are W9-D8-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Carlisle United (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Burge made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Carlisle United. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Goalkeeper Burge got the top player rating of the team with 8.73/10. Burge topped it up with a clean sheet.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Gillingham.

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 16 relevant matches. Results were 7 Northampton Town wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 14 of this club's last 17 league matches have contained two goals or less.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Harrogate Town in just four days.

Northampton Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 28 away goals from 21 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved encountered each other earlier on this campaign: Northampton Town - Sutton 2-2. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Sutton United victory, two draws and zero Northampton Town wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
20 goals
Northampton TownL. Appere
L. Appere
7 goals
Sutton UnitedW. Randall
W. Randall
6 goals

Sutton United missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sutton United Northampton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 6 21 42
15 11 1 Won W 3 9 20
12 4 1 Drew D 2 8 14
15 6 4 Lost L 1 4 8
42 24 3 Scored S 9 28 55
47 18 8 Conceded C 5 21 38
90% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 88%
69% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 81% 69%
38% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 40%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 19% 17%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 7%
43% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 52% 52%
31% 33% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 36%
36% 29% 67% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 24%
 
5.1 5.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.7 4.8
4.7 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 3.9
1.8 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.3 12.6 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.2 11.6
3.6 4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4.2
28% 29% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 31%
 
10.1 10.2 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.6 9.9
3.1 2.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.3 2.9

  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 41 24 12 5 56 27 21 14 6 1 30 10 20 10 6 4 26 17 29 84
2 Northampton Town 42 20 14 8 55 38 21 11 6 4 27 17 21 9 8 4 28 21 17 74
3 Stevenage 41 20 13 8 56 38 21 15 2 4 37 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 18 73
4 Stockport County 42 20 11 11 58 34 21 10 8 3 30 15 21 10 3 8 28 19 24 71
5 Carlisle United 42 19 14 9 60 37 21 11 7 3 30 16 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 71
6 Bradford City 41 19 14 8 54 35 21 9 8 4 30 20 20 10 6 4 24 15 19 71
7 Mansfield Town 41 18 12 11 65 50 20 8 8 4 34 27 21 10 4 7 31 23 15 66
8 Salford City 42 19 9 14 64 49 21 9 5 7 26 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 15 66
9 Barrow 42 18 8 16 46 47 21 12 3 6 29 17 21 6 5 10 17 30 -1 62
10 Sutton United 42 15 12 15 42 47 21 11 4 6 24 18 21 4 8 9 18 29 -5 57
11 Tranmere Rovers 42 14 11 17 40 44 21 9 6 6 25 19 21 5 5 11 15 25 -4 53
12 Swindon Town 41 13 13 15 52 50 20 7 6 7 28 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 2 52
13 Grimsby Town 41 13 13 15 45 52 20 4 10 6 20 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -7 52
14 Doncaster Rovers 42 15 7 20 43 59 21 10 1 10 25 27 21 5 6 10 18 32 -16 52
15 Walsall 42 11 18 13 42 42 21 8 9 4 24 15 21 3 9 9 18 27 0 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Newport County 41 12 14 15 43 47 20 6 6 8 22 23 21 6 8 7 21 24 -4 50
18 Gillingham 42 12 12 18 30 45 21 10 5 6 18 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -15 48
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 21 6 3 12 19 27 -7 45
21 Harrogate Town 41 9 15 17 49 61 21 5 9 7 27 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 42
22 Crawley Town 42 10 11 21 45 69 21 9 5 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 41
23 Hartlepool United 42 8 15 19 48 72 21 4 10 7 24 33 21 4 5 12 24 39 -24 39
24 Rochdale 42 8 9 25 39 65 21 4 4 13 23 35 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 33

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 41 24 12 5 56 27 21 14 6 1 30 10 20 10 6 4 26 17 29 84
2 Northampton Town 42 20 14 8 55 38 21 11 6 4 27 17 21 9 8 4 28 21 17 74
3 Stevenage 41 20 13 8 56 38 21 15 2 4 37 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 18 73
4 Stockport County 42 20 11 11 58 34 21 10 8 3 30 15 21 10 3 8 28 19 24 71
5 Carlisle United 42 19 14 9 60 37 21 11 7 3 30 16 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 71
6 Bradford City 41 19 14 8 54 35 21 9 8 4 30 20 20 10 6 4 24 15 19 71
7 Mansfield Town 41 18 12 11 65 50 20 8 8 4 34 27 21 10 4 7 31 23 15 66
8 Salford City 42 19 9 14 64 49 21 9 5 7 26 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 15 66
9 Barrow 42 18 8 16 46 47 21 12 3 6 29 17 21 6 5 10 17 30 -1 62
10 Sutton United 42 15 12 15 42 47 21 11 4 6 24 18 21 4 8 9 18 29 -5 57
11 Tranmere Rovers 42 14 11 17 40 44 21 9 6 6 25 19 21 5 5 11 15 25 -4 53
12 Swindon Town 41 13 13 15 52 50 20 7 6 7 28 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 2 52
13 Grimsby Town 41 13 13 15 45 52 20 4 10 6 20 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -7 52
14 Doncaster Rovers 42 15 7 20 43 59 21 10 1 10 25 27 21 5 6 10 18 32 -16 52
15 Walsall 42 11 18 13 42 42 21 8 9 4 24 15 21 3 9 9 18 27 0 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Newport County 41 12 14 15 43 47 20 6 6 8 22 23 21 6 8 7 21 24 -4 50
18 Gillingham 42 12 12 18 30 45 21 10 5 6 18 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -15 48
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 42 11 12 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 21 6 3 12 19 27 -7 45
21 Harrogate Town 41 9 15 17 49 61 21 5 9 7 27 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 42
22 Crawley Town 42 10 11 21 45 69 21 9 5 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 41
23 Hartlepool United 42 8 15 19 48 72 21 4 10 7 24 33 21 4 5 12 24 39 -24 39
24 Rochdale 42 8 9 25 39 65 21 4 4 13 23 35 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 33

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