The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Milton Keynes Dons are in the 13th position while the guesting Northampton Town worry at 21st.
- Milton Keynes Dons has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (20) in League One
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League One game only four days ago. That game, against Ipswich Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Northampton Town.
Milton Keynes Dons form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Milton Keynes Dons have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.
Milton enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hull City's place. The match ended 1-0 with Scott Fraser scoring. Before that match, a win away at Rochdale.
There will be little rest for Milton after this match as they are travelling to Shrewsbury Town for a League One game in only three days.
The Milton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Northampton Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Northampton Town's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 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 4 draws. Visiting Northampton has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Northampton Town aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 540 league minutes without a goal. D. Rose was the last player to find the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ipswich Town (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 0-0. A 0-2 loss hosting Burton Albion before that.
After this away game Northampton Town return home for a League One game against Rochdale. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Northampton Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Northampton Town rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Northampton Town - Milton 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Milton Keynes Dons four wins, three draws and Northampton Town three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() S. Fraser 9 goals | ![]() C. Jerome 9 goals | ![]() J. Mason 5 goals |
Milton Keynes Dons missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Milton Keynes Dons | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 38 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 20 |
| 33 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 43 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 79% | 82% |
| 79% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 79% | 71% |
| 43% | 38% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 43% |
| 25% | 31% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 57% | 69% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 36% |
| 25% | 23% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 21% | 21% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 61% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 12.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.2 | 9.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 3 |
| 35% | 34% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 21% | 24% |
- Milton Keynes Dons has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
- Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 has the the worst goal difference (-23) in League One
- Northampton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Northampton Town is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 53 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 52 |
| 3 | Hull City | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 48 |
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 48 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 44 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 42 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -4 | 41 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 40 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 40 |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 38 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 37 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | -4 | 37 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 35 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 33 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 24 | -14 | 26 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -18 | 25 |
| 21 | Northampton Town | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -23 | 25 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -21 | 24 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -21 | 24 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -19 | 22 |