Swindon Town are welcoming Northampton Town for another important game after their 2-2 result against 2nd-placed Lincoln City.
- Swindon Town has the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (23) 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 Swindon and Northampton Town.
Swindon Town form and stats
6 victories, 1 draw and 9 defeats. That’s what Swindon Town, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One, have to build on here at The County Ground in the League One.
Swindon Town manager J. Sheridan and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Lincoln City (placed 2nd) in the League One. Before that, Swindon had a home game versus Crewe Alexandra which ended with a victory 2-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Swindon have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn one and lost four.
Swindon Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Sunderland awaits in three days.
Swindon Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 16 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Northampton Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Northampton Town's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 15 away games in the League One. Northampton Town, who have the fewest scored goals (23) in League One, only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Northampton, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Gillingham game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
There were no winners in Northampton's previous match, a League One home game that ended 0-0 vs Rochdale (placed 18th). Preceding that game, the 3-4 loss visiting Milton Keynes Dons's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Northampton Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Northampton, five draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Plymouth Argyle in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Northampton have scored 15 goals in 15 league games away. Northampton's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Northampton Town - Swindon 2-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Swindon Town four wins, two draws and Northampton Town four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Pitman 5 goals |  H. Hope 4 goals |  T. Smith 4 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Swindon Town | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 36 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 23 |
| 56 | 24 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | 47 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| 77% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | 70% |
| 60% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 60% | 43% |
| 37% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 27% |
| 20% | 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | 7% |
| 57% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 37% |
| 7% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 47% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.3 | 8.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.8 | 9.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 38% | 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 23% |
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (23) in League One
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) 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)
- Swindon Town has the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One
- Swindon Town has the most matches over the total-line (18) in League One
- Swindon 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 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 58 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 57 |
| 3 | Hull City | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 21 | 53 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 51 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 50 |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 46 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 44 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 44 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 44 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 43 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 42 |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 41 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 40 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 37 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | -14 | 28 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -20 | 28 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -20 | 28 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -20 | 27 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -26 | 27 |
| 23 | Northampton Town | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -24 | 26 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -21 | 25 |