Only a win will satisfy the Accrington Stanley supporters in this Wham Stadium clash with Northampton Town, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.
- Accrington Stanley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (20) 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.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
Accrington Stanley have performed here at Wham Stadium this season with 7 wins from 11 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. Two home wins in a row for Accrington bring valid hopes of a third.
A nice win for Accrington last time playing, versus Bristol Rovers. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-1 with Dion Charles (3), Joe Pritchard and Colby Bishop (2) scoring for the victors. Before that, Accrington Stanley played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Plymouth Argyle.
As mentioned above, Accrington "killed" Bristol Rovers in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Dion Charles was absolutely essential when Accrington beat Bristol Rovers 6-1, scoring three goals.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Accrington matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Plymouth Argyle are coming to town in three days.
Accrington Stanley have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Wham Stadium with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Accrington have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Northampton Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Northampton Town's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the League One. Northampton Town, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in League One, only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
Northampton aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. D. Rose was the last player to find the net.
Northampton are travelling again after losing away to Blackpool in their previous match (0-2). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Fleetwood Town.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Northampton playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and four home wins.
A new game in only three days for Northampton Town, the League One home match versus Wigan Athletic. Busy days.
The visiting Northampton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Northampton Town struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Northampton Town - Accrington Stanley 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Accrington won three, Northampton Town won five and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Charles 11 goals | C. Bishop 7 goals |  J. Pritchard 6 goals |
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| Accrington Stanley | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 35 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 40 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 73% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 79% |
| 50% | 36% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 23% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 41% | 36% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 42% |
| 45% | 55% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 54% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 14.2 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10 | 9.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3 |
| 36% | 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | 28% |
- Accrington Stanley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (20) in League One
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in League One
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 48 |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 44 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 43 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 40 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 40 |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Oxford United | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 37 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 34 |
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -6 | 34 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 31 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 31 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | -8 | 26 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -18 | 24 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 23 |
| 21 | Northampton Town | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -20 | 23 |
| 22 | AFC Wimbledon | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -19 | 22 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -20 | 21 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -22 | 16 |