Northampton Town are stalking the top spots while Oldham Athletic are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who wins the prize?
- Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (9) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in League Two
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 are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Sixfields Stadium. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Northampton here at Sixfields Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Northampton travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bradford City that ended 1-1. Jon Guthrie was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Guthrie hit one key pass and won 9 of 10 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cambridge United (1-3).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Northampton matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and zero defeats (from one game).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Northampton as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Leyton Orient are visiting.
Northampton Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sixfields Stadium with 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Northampton Town have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
Oldham Athletic have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
Davis Keillor-Dunn and Sam Hart scored in Oldham Athletic's previous match, the home game against Port Vale that ended 3-2. The end of the last match, against Port Vale, was very satisfying as Aaron Martin scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Carl Piergianni, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Piergianni signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.
A loss against Ipswich Town was the result prior to that, in a FA Cup home game.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Oldham playing away, we found eight games. Results were three away wins, zero draws and five home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Oldham now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Salford City is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oldham as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Oldham have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. Oldham has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Northampton Town-Oldham Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Northampton three wins, Oldham Athletic four wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 5 goals | P. Lewis 4 goals |  D. Keillor-Dunn 4 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Northampton Town | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 22 | 13 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 65% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 65% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 11.1 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.5 | 10.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 41% | 48% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 20% | 30% |
| 9.4 | 9.6 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Northampton Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Oldham Athletic have scored away.
- Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (9) in League Two
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Newport County | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 22 |
| 15 | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 16 | Salford City | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 19 | Barrow | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 19 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 13 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -20 | 12 |