The home side, Northampton Town, should be the favourites in this game, but Sutton United have shown both smartness and heroism. Read more about the match!
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sutton United have yet to win a game away.
This should be an absorbing game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sutton United have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 15-12-16 (win-draw-loss) from 43 matches.
Northampton Town form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Northampton Town have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
An away draw last time out for Northampton, facing Salford City in a game that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach J. Brady made a successful contribution in the game against Salford City, bringing on Mitchell Pinnock who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Danny Rose, who plays in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.02 (out of 10). Rose served one assist and hit two key passes.
In the match before that, Northampton hosted Swindon Town and drew the game 1-1.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Northampton, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Walsall is only three days away.
The Northampton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. On the other hand, Northampton have conceded 4 goals.
Sutton United form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Sutton United had fun at their own home (PTS ACADEMY STADIUM) last time out, beating Carlisle United 4-0. David Ajiboye and Alistair Smith (2) scored. As mentioned above, Sutton was the only team on the pitch versus Carlisle United in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Sutton goalie Dean Bouzanis was high and low in the Carlisle United game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis got the top player rating of the team with 8.7/10. Bouzanis stopped the opponent with seven saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Sutton United manager M. Gray faced defeat when travelling to Exeter City and losing 0-2.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sutton's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Sutton have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Guthrie 3 goals |   D. Ajiboye 2 goals | A. Smith 2 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Sutton United missing players
| Northampton Town | Sutton United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 44% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 50% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 6 | 6.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 14.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13.8 | 15 |
| 3.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 31% | 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 15% | 29% |
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sutton United have scored away.
- Northampton Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Northampton Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sutton United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sutton United have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Barrow | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Rochdale | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | Newport County | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 16 | Colchester United | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 17 | Carlisle United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 19 | Salford City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 22 | Walsall | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 7 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 7 |