Delightful dogfight as daring Northampton Town duel with determined Scunthorpe United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 04.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: PTS ACADEMY STADIUM (7798 seats)

Northampton Town look forward to contest Scunthorpe United in this League Two game. Everything you must know about the match is found here!

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League Two

These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the EFL Trophy. That game was an away game at Forest Green Rovers, so at least Northampton are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Northampton Town form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Northampton Town's two home games in the League Two so far this season, having collected 3 points here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM.

An away draw last time out for Northampton, facing Forest Green Rovers in a game that ended 1-1.

0-0 away at Crawley Town before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Northampton handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and three defeats.

At PTS ACADEMY STADIUM, Northampton Town has the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

Scunthorpe United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Two points from the last two away games for Scunthorpe United, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Scunthorpe had fun at their own home (PTS ACADEMY STADIUM) last time out, beating Tranmere Rovers 1-0. Myles Hippolyte scored. Midfielder Jai Rowe was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Rowe hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A 0-3 loss hosting Manchester City U21 before that.

Scunthorpe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and five defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Scunthorpe United has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Northampton Town-Scunthorpe United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Northampton Town one win, Scunthorpe United four wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownJ. Guthrie
J. Guthrie
2 goals
NorthamptonB. Ashley-Seal
B. Ashley-Seal
1 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedA. Beestin
A. Beestin
1 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Northampton Town Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 2 1 Scored S 0 1 4
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 80%
25% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 60%
75% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 40%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
4.2 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 5
4 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 4.6
2.5 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 10.2
3 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 3
25% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 27%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League Two
Northampton Town Last season Scunthorpe United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
11 8   Won W   6 13
12 5   Drew D   3 9
23 10   Lost L   14 24
41 20   Scored S   19 41
67 26   Conceded C   36 64
85% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 93%
70% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 65%
46% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 30%
24% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 22%
7% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 13%
39% 22%   BTTS BTTS   35% 35%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 26%
50% 57%   Failed to Score F T   48% 46%
 
3.9 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.2
5.7 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.5
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
3 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.3 8.9   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 8.1
3.1 2.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3
29% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 30%

  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 5 4 0 1 13 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 5 12
2 Harrogate Town 4 3 1 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 10
3 Bradford City 5 3 1 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 10
4 Swindon Town 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 10
5 Hartlepool United 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 9
6 Leyton Orient 5 2 2 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 8
7 Mansfield Town 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 7
8 Northampton Town 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 7
9 Stevenage 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 7
10 Port Vale 5 1 3 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 6
11 Exeter City 5 1 3 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 0 6
12 Carlisle United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 6
13 Colchester United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 6
14 Scunthorpe United 5 1 3 1 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 6
15 Newport County 4 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 3 5 -2 6
16 Salford City 5 1 2 2 5 4 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 5
17 Rochdale 5 1 2 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 5
18 Barrow 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 5
19 Tranmere Rovers 5 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 5
20 Crawley Town 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 7 -3 4
21 Walsall 5 1 1 3 3 7 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 4
22 Bristol Rovers 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 7 -5 4
23 Oldham Athletic 5 1 0 4 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 3
24 Sutton United 4 0 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -2 2

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.