League Two: Top-notch versus not good enough, at least based on the points won so far. Northampton Town - Crawley Town. Home victory or a shock result?
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in League Two
- Crawley Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
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.
Northampton Town form and stats
Northampton Town have collected 26 points from their League Two home games so far after 7-5-4.
The home team returns to Sixfields Stadium after drawing with Harrogate Town (placed 21st) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfielder Pinnock was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Pinnock scored one goal and hit four key passes.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Colchester United.Trench warfare? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have seen two goals or less.
Northampton Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home 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 15 from 16 matches.
Crawley Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Crawley Town so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 0-6-10 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Crawley have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 16 consecutive matches without winning on the road.
There might be some fixture complaints from Crawley Town as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Tranmere Rovers. Tsaroulla, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Tsaroulla hit two key passes and won 5 of 5 duels.
A loss against Carlisle United was the result prior to that, in a home game.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Sutton United.
The attacking power of Crawley Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Crawley Town rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Crawley Town - Northampton 2-3 was the score in these squads' last h2h match, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Northampton Town victories, three draws and three Crawley Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 17 goals |  D. Telford 7 goals | A. Nadesan 6 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Crawley Town missing players
| Northampton Town | Crawley Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 31 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 46 | 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 34 |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 27 | 53 |
| 88% | 81% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 73% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 71% |
| 45% | 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 21% | 19% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 35% |
| 9% | 6% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 19% |
| 58% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 58% |
| 30% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 13% |
| 24% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 35% |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 33% | 29% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 37% |
| 9.9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 15.9 | 13.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
- Crawley Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Crawley Town have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in League Two
- Crawley Town have the fewest points (6) away in League Two
- Crawley Town have yet to win a game away.
- Crawley Town is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (29) 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 | Leyton Orient | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 71 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 60 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 58 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 56 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 54 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 54 |
| 7 | Salford City | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 53 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 52 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -2 | 50 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 48 |
| 11 | Barrow | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -4 | 48 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 47 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -7 | 46 |
| 14 | Walsall | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 43 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 42 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 38 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 38 |
| 18 | Newport County | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -5 | 37 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 33 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -13 | 31 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -26 | 28 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 52 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -25 | 22 |
