The visiting Lincoln City side should be favourites in this visit to Northampton Town, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in League One
- Lincoln City has the most clean sheets (9) in League One
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 Lincoln City.
Northampton Town form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Northampton Town, who have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in League One, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM.
Northampton travelled for their previous game, a trip to Oxford United that ended 0-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Crewe Alexandra (1-2).
Northampton Town aren't scoring a lot here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM in the league, with only 5 goals from 9 games. On the other hand, Northampton have conceded 12 goals.
Lincoln City form and stats
Lincoln City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Lincoln City, who have the most clean sheets (9) in League One, collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the League One. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Lincoln love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Home advantage was not enough for Lincoln City in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Shrewsbury Town, 0-1. A loss against Sunderland was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The visiting Lincoln have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Lincoln City are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Northampton three wins, four draws and Lincoln City two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Grant 7 goals | L. Montsma 4 goals |   H. Smith 3 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Northampton Town | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 27 | 12 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 78% | 67% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 38% | 59% |
| 44% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 35% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 44% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 62% | 53% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11 | 10.7 |
| 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 27% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 82% | 71% |
- Lincoln City has the most clean sheets (9) in League One
- Lincoln City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in League One
- Northampton Town has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in League One
- Northampton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at 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 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 16 |
| 20 | Oxford United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 | Swindon Town | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 16 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 13 |