Northampton Town hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 4 points and a 21st position in the League One table. Visiting Charlton Athletic holds 11th place with 10 pts.
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
Northampton Town have played three League One home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
The Northampton Town supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Swindon Town in League One and win 2-0. Heartbreak before that as Northampton lost 1-2 at Plymouth Argyle's place.
The manager K. Curle will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Portsmouth in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Northampton here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Northampton are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).
Charlton Athletic form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the League One away games so far for Charlton Athletic with six points collected from three matches.
Charlton Athletic have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Ben Amos. It's been 272 minutes since they last conceded in League One.
It's the second away game in a row for Charlton Athletic, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Blackpool (placed 22nd) in the League One last time out. Before that, Charlton secured a home win against Wigan Athletic with the score 1-0.
A heroic performance from Charlton Athletic in their game against Blackpool last time out. Things got complicated when Ben Purrington was sent off in the 39th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory! Chuks Aneke came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Blackpool last time out, making the manager L. Bowyer feel like a tactical genius.
A quick return to home after this game, as Charlton Athletic are hosting Oxford United in the League One only three days away.
Charlton Athletic are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Charlton as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Northampton Town one win, one draw and Charlton Athletic two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Washington 2 goals |   M. Marshall 1 goals | S. Hoskins 1 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Charlton Athletic missing players
| Northampton Town | Charlton Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 43% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 14% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | 40 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 37 | 65 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 37% | 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 33% |
- All of Northampton Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Northampton Town has the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in League One
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Lincoln City | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Northampton Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 4 |