Open game expected at Sixfields Stadium: Northampton Town vs Stevenage preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

It's the first match of the new campaign for Northampton Town and Stevenage. The sheet is blank, the possibilities endless.

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Northampton Town form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Northampton Town as they were promoted from League Two last season. Happy days that were secured through 23 wins, 14 draws and 9 losses from 46 games. The team scored 31 goals at home last season and conceded 20. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

There will be little rest for Northampton after this match as they are travelling to Swansea City for a Carabao Cup game in only three days.

Northampton Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Northampton Town scored {7 goals} and let in {6 goals} during these five games.

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Stevenage form and stats

A job perfectly done for Stevenage last season as they secured promotion from League Two. With a grand total of 24 wins, 13 draws and 9 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Stevenage are hosting Watford in the Carabao Cup only three days away.

Stevenage played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these five matches Stevenage scored 9 and conceded {4 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Northampton have avoided defeat in the last 11 matches (8-3-0) against Stevenage.

Northampton Town missing players

Stevenage missing players

Northampton Town Stevenage
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Northampton Town Last season Stevenage
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
23 12   Won W   7 24
14 6   Drew D   11 13
9 5   Lost L   5 9
62 31   Scored S   21 61
42 20   Conceded C   23 39
89% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 91%
70% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 63%
43% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 37%
17% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 17%
7% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 9%
54% 57%   BTTS BTTS   52% 46%
35% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 41%
22% 22%   Failed to Score F T   35% 22%
 
5 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.1
4.1 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.4
1.9 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.7 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 13.8
4.1 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.4
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 30%
 
9.9 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 8.7
2.8 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 2.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Barnsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Blackpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Burton Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cambridge United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Carlisle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Charlton Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Derby County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fleetwood Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Lincoln City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Oxford United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Peterborough United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Port Vale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Reading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Stevenage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Wigan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.