This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Northampton Town holding 18th place and Milton Keynes Dons lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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
Overall League One stats at home this season for Northampton Town, who have the the worst goal difference (-10) in League One, are 1-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Northampton enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Wigan Athletic's place. The match ended 3-2 with Sam Hoskins, Ryan Watson and Caleb Chukwuemeka scoring. Heartbreak before that as Northampton Town lost 0-4 at Portsmouth's place.
The victory against Wigan Athletic came after Caleb Chukwuemeka's winning goal. The Northampton manager K. Curle was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 61st minute.
Northampton aren't scoring a lot here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Milton Keynes Dons form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Bitter travels for Milton as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Doncaster Rovers match.
Milton's last game was the home draw against AFC Wimbledon (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Wigan Athletic.
The attacking power of Milton when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. In the opposite end, Milton Keynes Dons have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Northampton won three, Milton Keynes Dons won four and three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Fraser 3 goals |   S. Hoskins 2 goals |  C. Jerome 2 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Milton Keynes Dons missing players
| Northampton Town | Milton Keynes Dons | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 10% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 10% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | 54 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 52 | 111 |
| 39 | 12 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 14 | 36 |
| 26% | 33% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 29% | 31% |
- All of Northampton Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Milton Keynes Dons have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Milton Keynes Dons have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Milton Keynes Dons have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Milton Keynes Dons have yet to win a game away.
- Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Northampton Town has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in League One
- Northampton Town has the the worst goal difference (-10) in League One
- Northampton Town has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in League One
- Northampton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Northampton Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- 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 | Peterborough United | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Lincoln City | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Hull City | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Rochdale | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 24 | Oxford United | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 6 |