Northampton Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Cheltenham Town.
It's no vacation for neither Northampton Town nor Cheltenham Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Northampton Town form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 11 League Two games here at Sixfields Stadium for Northampton Town. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Ever since the Leyton Orient game Northampton Town has been unbeatable here at Sixfields Stadium producing five straight wins.
The fans are hoping that Northampton Town will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the League Two game against Crawley Town (placed 16th). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Mansfield Town the opponent.
Northampton Town were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
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 13 games. Northampton Town has won 9 of these, drawn 0 and lost 4.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Northampton Town, as the League Two home game vs Stevenage is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Northampton Town in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Northampton Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sixfields Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Crawley Town game have they lost an away game, meaning Cheltenham Town has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Cheltenham Town failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Plymouth Argyle (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Port Vale that ended 1-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cheltenham Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 4 Cheltenham Town wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Newport County.
Cheltenham Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). The Cheltenham Town defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 11 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Northampton Town 3 wins, 2 draws and Cheltenham Town 5 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
A. Williams
6 goals
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R. Broom
6 goals
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L. Varney
6 goals
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Northampton Town missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
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| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 27 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 86% |
| 74% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 55% | 73% |
| 43% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 18% | 36% |
| 30% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 9% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 27% | 50% |
| 35% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 55% | 36% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 45% | 27% |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 6.3 | 5.7 | 8.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 264 | 149 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 82 | 220 |
| 84 | 47 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 30 | 80 |
| 38% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 37% | 41% |
- Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
- Cheltenham Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Northampton Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 | Swindon Town | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 46 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 43 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Colchester United | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 35 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 35 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -1 | 31 |
| 11 | Salford City | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 14 | Newport County | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 15 | Walsall | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 26 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 26 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 17 |