League Two: Two squads who have played fine as yet. Learn more on Swindon Town - Northampton Town with this complete preview!
- Swindon Town have not yet lost a game at home.
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals (21) in League Two
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an energetic match!
Swindon Town form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Swindon Town have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
Happy days for Swindon Town in their previous game, a fixture away at Grimsby Town (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Midfielder Gladwin was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.31 (out of ten) in that game. Gladwin served one assist, hit five key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).
Before that game, a home loss in the EFL Trophy against Plymouth Argyle. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Swindon Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 4.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Swindon, as the League Two home game vs Newport County is only three days away.
Swindon Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The County Ground with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Swindon Town have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Northampton Town form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Northampton Town, who have the most scored goals (21) in League Two, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-0 so far.
The fans enjoyed Northampton Town's previous match versus Stockport County (placed 17th), a 2-1 win played at home. Midfield player Pinnock was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.73/10. Pinnock served one assist and hit three key passes.
The game earlier was the EFL Trophy-battle against Cambridge United, a home defeat (0-2). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Northampton Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 6 Northampton wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Northampton Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Walsall is waiting in only three days.
5 goals have been conceded by Northampton in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Swindon Town won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Northampton Town got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 11 goals |  J. Wakeling 4 goals |  J. Williams 2 goals |
Swindon Town missing players
Northampton Town missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 80% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 70% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 30% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 13.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 11.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 34% | 47% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 45% |
| 11.4 | 12.8 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 10.5 |
| 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.1 |
- All of Northampton Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Northampton Town have not yet lost a game away.
- Northampton Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Northampton Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most matches over the total-line (7) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals (21) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in League Two
- Northampton Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swindon Town have not yet lost a game at home.
- Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Swindon Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Barrow | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Salford City | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Sutton United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 15 | Walsall | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Stockport County | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Newport County | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 7 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 5 |
