The Northampton Town & Swindon Town managers Brady and Lindsey are both fearing and looking forward to this very important match in the higher part of the League Two standings.
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals (37) in League Two
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 Swindon Town.
Northampton Town form and stats
6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Northampton Town so far this season.
Northampton drew their last game, 1-1 away at Mansfield Town (placed 6th). The striker Hoskins outperformed all others in that game and got a match rating of 7.81 out of 10. Hoskins scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Northampton Town won a home game hosting Carlisle United (2-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Northampton Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Northampton Town as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Northampton Town has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Leyton Orient are coming to town in four days.
The Northampton fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches.
Swindon Town form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Swindon Town have produced an overall stat of 4-4-3 so far.
Swindon Town's previous game was their home loss versus Walsall (1-2). Late heartbreak for Swindon Town in the Walsall match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Reed got a match rating of 7.02 in that game, top player of the team. Reed hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Barrow at their stadium, the result 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Swindon Town in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Swindon Town, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Lacking goals? 9 of this side's last 12 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Colchester United.
Swindon are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Swindon Town have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the sides played each other earlier this season; Swindon Town - Northampton Town 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Northampton four wins, three draws and Swindon Town three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 14 goals |   J. Williams 6 goals | J. Wakeling 5 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Swindon Town missing players
| Northampton Town | Swindon Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 37 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 77% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 65% |
| 55% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 35% |
| 32% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 9% | 9% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 9% |
| 64% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 35% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 30% |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.9 | 6.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 11.6 | 12.8 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 42% | 38% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 29% |
| 10.2 | 9.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11.1 | 10.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town have the most points from losing position (15) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals (37) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (23) 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 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 35 |
| 7 | Barrow | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | Walsall | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Salford City | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Stockport County | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 29 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 18 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 17 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -16 | 15 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -19 | 14 |
