Can Northampton Town outdo Bristol Rovers in Sixfields Stadium clash?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

Northampton Town and Bristol Rovers are both riding high in the League Two with their 2nd and 7th places respectively. Expect a super match!

Insights:
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League Two
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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.

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Northampton Town form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sixfields Stadium as Northampton Town have scored 26 goals to get 36 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 11-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Northampton against Stevenage the last match, as McGowan and Pinnock were on target. McGowan, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. McGowan scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 11 of 16 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Carlisle United (1-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Northampton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Northampton Town as a small favourite), we find seven games. Northampton Town has won four of these, drawn two and lost one.

Northampton Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 18 games. From these home matches, Northampton have conceded only 13 goals.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W6-D6-L6 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Bristol Rovers goalkeeper James Belshaw is eager to challenge this, with his 201 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Bristol won their last game, 1-0 versus Colchester United played at home. Midfielder Anderson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.35. Anderson scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 48 successful passes (of 59 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Harrogate Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bristol Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Bristol Rovers wins, four draws and three defeats.

Bristol Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 18 games (in the league). 23 goals have been conceded by Bristol in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the contenders played each other previously this season; Bristol Rovers - Northampton Town 2-1. Data for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: one win for Northampton, three draws and six wins for Bristol Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
11 goals
Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
9 goals
Northampton TownF. Horsfall
F. Horsfall
8 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Northampton Town Bristol Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
18 11 2 Won W 0 6 17
9 3 2 Drew D 2 6 9
10 4 1 Lost L 3 6 11
45 26 6 Scored S 3 24 52
32 13 6 Conceded C 9 23 42
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
59% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 76%
38% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 46%
11% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 22% 24%
5% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 8%
41% 33% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 54%
46% 50% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 35%
24% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 17% 14%
 
4.5 5.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.4 4.7
4.4 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 5.2
2.1 1.8 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 8
 
10.5 11.4 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.4 12.1 11.8
3.4 3.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4.9 4.3
35% 42% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 27% 33%
 
9.9 9.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 15.4 13.4 12.2
3.8 3.2 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.6 4.4 4.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Northampton Town 37 18 9 10 45 32 18 11 3 4 26 13 19 7 6 6 19 19 13 63
3 Newport County 37 17 11 9 60 46 18 9 6 3 36 21 19 8 5 6 24 25 14 62
4 Tranmere Rovers 37 18 8 11 43 32 19 14 1 4 29 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 11 62
5 Exeter City 35 16 13 6 52 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 17 6 7 4 23 19 17 61
6 Swindon Town 37 17 10 10 61 45 19 7 7 5 30 20 18 10 3 5 31 25 16 61
7 Bristol Rovers 37 17 9 11 52 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 10 60
8 Sutton United 36 16 9 11 54 42 18 11 4 3 31 15 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 57
9 Port Vale 35 15 11 9 53 35 18 9 5 4 28 15 17 6 6 5 25 20 18 56
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 35 13 11 11 39 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 19 7 4 8 21 19 7 50
12 Hartlepool United 36 13 9 14 36 46 18 9 6 3 22 16 18 4 3 11 14 30 -10 48
13 Bradford City 37 11 13 13 42 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 19 7 5 7 19 20 -3 46
14 Walsall 37 12 10 15 40 48 19 8 5 6 27 24 18 4 5 9 13 24 -8 46
15 Crawley Town 36 12 9 15 44 52 18 5 6 7 22 26 18 7 3 8 22 26 -8 45
16 Harrogate Town 36 11 10 15 52 57 17 5 6 6 26 24 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 43
17 Rochdale 35 8 16 11 40 46 17 4 10 3 20 17 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 40
18 Carlisle United 36 10 10 16 31 49 19 5 7 7 15 21 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 40
19 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
20 Leyton Orient 35 7 16 12 43 37 18 6 5 7 26 16 17 1 11 5 17 21 6 37
21 Barrow 36 8 13 15 32 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 18 5 4 9 15 20 -9 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 35 7 10 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 21 28 19 3 7 9 14 26 -19 31
24 Scunthorpe United 37 4 12 21 25 63 19 3 5 11 13 27 18 1 7 10 12 36 -38 24

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 Forest Green Rovers 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Northampton Town 37 18 9 10 45 32 18 11 3 4 26 13 19 7 6 6 19 19 13 63
3 Newport County 37 17 11 9 60 46 18 9 6 3 36 21 19 8 5 6 24 25 14 62
4 Tranmere Rovers 37 18 8 11 43 32 19 14 1 4 29 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 11 62
5 Exeter City 35 16 13 6 52 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 17 6 7 4 23 19 17 61
6 Swindon Town 37 17 10 10 61 45 19 7 7 5 30 20 18 10 3 5 31 25 16 61
7 Bristol Rovers 37 17 9 11 52 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 10 60
8 Sutton United 36 16 9 11 54 42 18 11 4 3 31 15 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 57
9 Port Vale 35 15 11 9 53 35 18 9 5 4 28 15 17 6 6 5 25 20 18 56
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 35 13 11 11 39 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 19 7 4 8 21 19 7 50
12 Hartlepool United 36 13 9 14 36 46 18 9 6 3 22 16 18 4 3 11 14 30 -10 48
13 Bradford City 37 11 13 13 42 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 19 7 5 7 19 20 -3 46
14 Walsall 37 12 10 15 40 48 19 8 5 6 27 24 18 4 5 9 13 24 -8 46
15 Crawley Town 36 12 9 15 44 52 18 5 6 7 22 26 18 7 3 8 22 26 -8 45
16 Harrogate Town 36 11 10 15 52 57 17 5 6 6 26 24 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 43
17 Rochdale 35 8 16 11 40 46 17 4 10 3 20 17 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 40
18 Carlisle United 36 10 10 16 31 49 19 5 7 7 15 21 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 40
19 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
20 Leyton Orient 35 7 16 12 43 37 18 6 5 7 26 16 17 1 11 5 17 21 6 37
21 Barrow 36 8 13 15 32 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 18 5 4 9 15 20 -9 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 35 7 10 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 21 28 19 3 7 9 14 26 -19 31
24 Scunthorpe United 37 4 12 21 25 63 19 3 5 11 13 27 18 1 7 10 12 36 -38 24

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