Northampton Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Crewe Alexandra.
Northampton Town and Crewe Alexandra should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Northampton Town form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Northampton Town have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sixfields Stadium.
Northampton Town are returning here after visiting Chippenham Town in a FA Cup game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. A 2-2 draw away in the League Two before that, with Oldham Athletic the opponent.
Northampton Town decided the match against Chippenham Town in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.
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 Northampton Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 7 Drawn 1 Lost 5.
A decent goal production from Northampton Town in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Northampton Town have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the League Two.
Two travels in a row for Crewe Alexandra, whose manager D. Artell could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Accrington Stanley. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Everton U21 in the EFL Trophy.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Crewe Alexandra playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 1 Crewe Alexandra win, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Crewe Alexandra are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 7 away games so far. As opposed to that, Crewe Alexandra have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Northampton Town 5 wins, 3 draws and Crewe Alexandra 2 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Porter 7 goals |   A. Williams 5 goals |  J. Turnbull 4 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Northampton Town | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 75% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 56% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 35% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
- Crewe Alexandra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Bradford City | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 7 | Newport County | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Salford City | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Crawley Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 15 |
| 22 | Walsall | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 15 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 13 |