Northampton Town favourites for feisty fight facing Hartlepool United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

Northampton Town battle against Hartlepool United for fame and sporting success.

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 Northampton Town and Hartlepool United.

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Northampton Town form and stats

The hosts won their first League Two game here at Sixfields Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Northampton Town last season were 13 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 23 games.

The Northampton Town supporters got no joy from their last match, a Carabao Cup duel also played here at Sixfields Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Wycombe Wanderers. The forward Appéré was named "man of the match" for Northampton with the rating of 7.84/10. Appéré scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Before that, Northampton Town played out a League Two draw 1-1 when visiting Grimsby Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Northampton Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Northampton are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Crawley Town awaits in three days.

At Sixfields Stadium, Northampton Town has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Hartlepool United form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the League Two ended in defeat. Last season Hartlepool United had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 5, drew 5 and lost 13.

Featherstone was the last player to score for the away team. Hartlepool United haven't scored a league goal in the last 288 minutes.

Two away matches in a row for Hartlepool, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 vs Blackburn Rovers in the Carabao Cup.

A draw for Hartlepool United before that, at their own venue hosting AFC Wimbledon (0-0).

We have checked recent matches where Hartlepool United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Hartlepool, the League Two home match versus Tranmere Rovers. Busy days.

0 goals so far away for Hartlepool United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Northampton Town four wins, one draw and Hartlepool United five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
3 goals
NorthamptonR. Haynes
R. Haynes
1 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Hartlepool United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Northampton Town Hartlepool United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
4 3 0 Scored S 0 0 0
3 2 0 Conceded C 4 4 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
2 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 4
4.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 6.5
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5 8
3.5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 1
57% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
14 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 19 19 14
5 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 11 11 7.5
Northampton Town Last season Hartlepool United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   23 46
23 13   Won W   5 14
11 5   Drew D   5 12
14 6   Lost L   13 20
61 32   Scored S   20 44
41 16   Conceded C   38 64
90% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 87%
60% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 72%
38% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 41%
12% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 24%
6% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 11%
40% 29%   BTTS BTTS   48% 48%
44% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 24%
27% 25%   Failed to Score F T   48% 41%
 
4.5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.5
4.5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.2
2.1 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.2
3 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10.9 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.3
3.5 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.1
36% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 31%
 
9.8 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.3 12
3.4 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Walsall 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Crewe Alexandra 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Leyton Orient 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
4 Barrow 2 2 0 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 6
5 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
6 AFC Wimbledon 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
7 Salford City 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
8 Northampton Town 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
11 Harrogate Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
12 Gillingham 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 Mansfield Town 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
15 Bradford City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Newport County 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Grimsby Town 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
19 Swindon Town 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
20 Hartlepool United 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
21 Stockport County 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
22 Rochdale 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Tranmere Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
24 Crawley Town 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
Last season 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 46 23 15 8 75 44 23 14 4 5 34 18 23 9 11 3 41 26 31 84
2 Exeter City 46 23 15 8 65 41 23 14 6 3 37 19 23 9 9 5 28 22 24 84
3 Bristol Rovers 46 23 11 12 71 49 23 14 4 5 38 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 22 80
4 Northampton Town 46 23 11 12 60 38 23 13 5 5 32 15 23 10 6 7 28 23 22 80
5 Port Vale 46 22 12 12 67 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 23 11 6 6 32 24 21 78
6 Swindon Town 46 22 11 13 77 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 23 13 4 6 42 29 23 77
7 Mansfield Town 46 22 11 13 67 52 23 15 4 4 40 24 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 77
8 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 23 8 5 10 31 33 16 76
9 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 12 13 53 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 23 5 9 9 17 24 13 75
10 Salford City 46 19 13 14 60 46 23 10 9 4 33 21 23 9 4 10 27 25 14 70
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 23 9 6 8 40 31 23 10 6 7 27 27 9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 23 9 6 8 28 29 23 8 4 11 28 37 -10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 5 11 7 26 25 15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 23 6 10 7 29 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 23 8 4 11 23 32 -12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 23 10 5 8 30 29 23 4 7 12 17 31 -13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 23 9 7 7 24 26 23 5 5 13 20 38 -20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 23 5 6 12 23 36 -8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 23 6 7 10 32 36 23 8 4 11 32 39 -11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 23 8 7 8 19 23 23 6 4 13 20 39 -23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 23 9 6 8 29 30 23 2 8 13 16 38 -23 47
22 Barrow 46 10 14 22 44 57 23 5 9 9 25 28 23 5 5 13 19 29 -13 44
23 Oldham Athletic 46 9 11 26 46 75 23 5 4 14 29 42 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 38
24 Scunthorpe United 46 4 14 28 29 90 23 3 7 13 15 36 23 1 7 15 14 54 -61 26

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 Walsall 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
2 Crewe Alexandra 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
3 Leyton Orient 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
4 Barrow 2 2 0 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 6
5 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
6 AFC Wimbledon 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
7 Salford City 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
8 Northampton Town 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
10 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
11 Harrogate Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
12 Gillingham 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
13 Mansfield Town 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
15 Bradford City 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Newport County 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Grimsby Town 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
19 Swindon Town 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
20 Hartlepool United 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
21 Stockport County 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
22 Rochdale 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Tranmere Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
24 Crawley Town 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0

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