League Two: Two participants in decent form get together for this match. Northampton Town could have a tiny upper hand with their 3rd place in the league table?
- Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (9) in League Two
Not much time to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a EFL Trophy fixture only three days back. That game was an away game at Exeter City, so at least Bristol are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Bristol Rovers form and stats
Overall League Two results playing at home this season for Bristol Rovers are 3-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Bristol faced defeat in their previous match, away at Exeter City (3-5). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Preceding that game was the away draw at Oxford United that finished 2-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Bristol Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bristol Rovers as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Bristol Rovers has won four of these, drawn two and lost five.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bristol as they have a new game in only three days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Oxford United are visiting.
The Bristol fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bristol Rovers defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Northampton Town form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (9) in League Two, are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. The fact that Northampton have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
367 minutes! That's how long the Northampton goalkeeper Liam Roberts and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Northampton played 2-2 against Cambridge United in their previous match.
The game before that, in the EFL Trophy, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Brighton U21.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Northampton playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Northampton Town wins, three draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Northampton now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A FA Cup game at Cambridge United is waiting in only three days.
Northampton Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 7 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Northampton as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Bristol victories, four draws and one Northampton Town win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Pitman 4 goals |  P. Lewis 4 goals | S. Hoskins 4 goals |
Bristol Rovers missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Bristol Rovers | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 23 | 11 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 67% |
| 53% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 33% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 60% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 9.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 10.3 | 10.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 37% | 53% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 40% |
| 12.6 | 11.6 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.7 |
- Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (9) in League Two
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Newport County | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Barrow | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Salford City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |