Cheltenham Town v Northampton Town betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Mon 22.June
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Cheltenham Town in 5th position and Northampton Town placed 7th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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 Cheltenham Town and Northampton Town.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town, who have the the best goal difference (+25) in League Two, have performed here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium this season with 11 wins from 18 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 2.

The Cheltenham goalkeeper Owen Evans is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 357 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

Happy days for Cheltenham in their previous game, a League Two match away at Northampton Town that ended with a 2-0 victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Port Vale.

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 Cheltenham Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn two and lost two.

The Cheltenham fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 35 goals in 18 league matches. From these home matches, Cheltenham have conceded only 17 goals.

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Northampton Town form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Northampton Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Northampton failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Cheltenham Town that ended with defeat 0-2. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Mansfield Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Northampton in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Northampton Town, five draws and three defeats.

Northampton Town have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Northampton have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Northampton Town - Cheltenham 0-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cheltenham Town five wins, three draws and Northampton Town two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CheltenhamR. Broom
R. Broom
8 goals
Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
8 goals
Northampton TownA. Williams
A. Williams
8 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cheltenham Town Northampton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 4 18 38
18 11 0 Won W 1 6 17
13 5 4 Drew D 1 5 7
6 2 1 Lost L 2 7 14
54 35 4 Scored S 4 23 54
27 17 5 Conceded C 5 26 42
89% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 83% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 74%
35% 61% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 56% 45%
14% 28% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 28% 24%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 11%
49% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 45%
38% 28% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 28% 34%
24% 11% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 17% 21%
 
4.7 4.9 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.4 5.1
4.2 3.2 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 6.8 5.8
1.6 1.4 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
389 232 58 Total Shots T S 38 197 479
137 80 16 Shots on Target S O 13 65 163
39% 44% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 35% 33%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals (27)
  • Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
  • Cheltenham Town has the fewest dropped points from leading position (6)
  • Cheltenham Town has the the best goal difference (+25)
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheltenham Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cheltenham Town is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Crewe Alexandra 37 20 9 8 67 43 19 13 3 3 38 17 18 7 6 5 29 26 24 69
2 Swindon Town 36 21 6 9 62 39 19 13 2 4 34 17 17 8 4 5 28 22 23 69
3 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 61 39 19 12 5 2 38 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 22 68
4 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 18 10 7 1 31 15 19 8 4 7 22 28 10 65
5 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 18 11 5 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 64
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 19 6 8 5 24 20 15 58
7 Northampton Town 37 17 7 13 54 40 19 11 2 6 31 14 18 6 5 7 23 26 14 58
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 19 5 7 7 22 29 6 57
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 18 11 5 2 29 14 19 3 7 9 15 26 4 54
10 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 19 5 6 8 20 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 3 50
11 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 19 8 6 5 27 18 3 49
12 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 19 10 5 4 30 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 4 48
13 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 19 6 6 7 23 24 -6 47
14 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 19 6 5 8 21 26 17 7 3 7 19 23 -9 47
15 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 19 9 7 3 20 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -7 46
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 18 7 3 8 23 27 19 5 6 8 17 21 -8 45
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 19 5 8 6 26 30 17 5 4 8 21 25 -8 42
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 19 5 7 7 17 26 18 5 5 8 22 30 -17 42
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 18 6 7 5 28 21 19 3 7 9 16 36 -13 41
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 19 6 6 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 20 31 -12 40
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 17 4 5 8 27 29 19 5 6 8 21 26 -7 38
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 18 4 8 6 20 23 19 3 3 13 15 37 -25 32
23 Macclesfield Town 37 7 15 15 32 47 18 5 9 4 19 17 19 2 6 11 13 30 -15 25
24 Stevenage 36 3 13 20 24 50 17 2 6 9 10 22 19 1 7 11 14 28 -26 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 37 20 9 8 67 43 19 13 3 3 38 17 18 7 6 5 29 26 24 69
2 Swindon Town 36 21 6 9 62 39 19 13 2 4 34 17 17 8 4 5 28 22 23 69
3 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 61 39 19 12 5 2 38 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 22 68
4 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 18 10 7 1 31 15 19 8 4 7 22 28 10 65
5 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 18 11 5 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 64
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 19 6 8 5 24 20 15 58
7 Northampton Town 37 17 7 13 54 40 19 11 2 6 31 14 18 6 5 7 23 26 14 58
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 19 5 7 7 22 29 6 57
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 18 11 5 2 29 14 19 3 7 9 15 26 4 54
10 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 19 5 6 8 20 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 3 50
11 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 19 8 6 5 27 18 3 49
12 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 19 10 5 4 30 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 4 48
13 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 19 6 6 7 23 24 -6 47
14 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 19 6 5 8 21 26 17 7 3 7 19 23 -9 47
15 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 19 9 7 3 20 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -7 46
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 18 7 3 8 23 27 19 5 6 8 17 21 -8 45
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 19 5 8 6 26 30 17 5 4 8 21 25 -8 42
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 19 5 7 7 17 26 18 5 5 8 22 30 -17 42
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 18 6 7 5 28 21 19 3 7 9 16 36 -13 41
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 19 6 6 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 20 31 -12 40
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 17 4 5 8 27 29 19 5 6 8 21 26 -7 38
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 18 4 8 6 20 23 19 3 3 13 15 37 -25 32
23 Macclesfield Town 37 7 15 15 32 47 18 5 9 4 19 17 19 2 6 11 13 30 -15 25
24 Stevenage 36 3 13 20 24 50 17 2 6 9 10 22 19 1 7 11 14 28 -26 22

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