League Two match preview and statistics: Swindon Town fight Northampton Town

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Energy Check County Ground (15728 seats)

The League Two league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 1st and 21st respectively.

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 Swindon Town and Northampton Town.

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Swindon Town form and stats

Swindon Town have only played one game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats from 23 matches.

Swindon Town manager R. Wellens and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Exeter City in the League Two. Heartbreak before that as Swindon Town lost 0-3 at Colchester United's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swindon Town handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D4-L4.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Swindon Town as they are travelling to their away game against Cheltenham Town in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

At The Energy Check County Ground, Swindon Town has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Northampton Town form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 7 wins, 7 draws and 9 defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Macclesfield Town with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Swansea City's place.

Northampton Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Colchester United.

Northampton Town has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Swindon Town 4 wins, 4 draws and Northampton Town 2 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Yates
2 goals
K. Anderson
1 goals / 1 assists
K. Woolery
1 goals / 1 assists

Swindon Town missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Swindon Town Northampton Town
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played 0 1 3
2 1 1 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 2
6 3 3 Scored 0 1 2
3 2 2 Conceded 0 1 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 100% Over 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 100% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 100% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 33%
 
8.3 9 9 Corners For (avg) 0 9 7
3.7 3 3 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 5.3
1.3 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 5 2.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Swindon Town Last season Northampton Town
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
46 23 7 Played 7 23 46
16 8 1 Won 3 7 14
16 9 3 Drew 3 7 19
14 6 3 Lost 1 9 13
59 31 5 Scored 15 34 64
56 27 11 Conceded 11 36 63
85% 83% 71% Over 0.5 100% 96% 91%
74% 78% 71% Over 1.5 100% 83% 80%
50% 48% 43% Over 2.5 71% 61% 57%
28% 30% 29% Over 3.5 57% 43% 37%
13% 13% 14% Over 4.5 14% 13% 7%
54% 52% 43% BTTS 86% 65% 65%
28% 30% 29% Clean Sheets 14% 17% 22%
33% 35% 57% Failed To Score 0% 22% 22%
 
6.2 6.7 6.7 Corners For (avg) 6 5.9 5.7
6.3 5.6 6.6 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.1 4.7
1.5 1.4 1.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.7 2.2
4 1 1 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Swindon Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 LT Scunthorpe United 0 - 2 Swindon Town
06-08-19 EFL Swindon Town 2 - 3 Chelsea U21
10-08-19 LT Swindon Town 3 - 2 Carlisle United
13-08-19 CC Colchester United 3 - 0 Swindon Town
17-08-19 LT Exeter City 1 - 1 Swindon Town
20-08-19 LT Swindon Town 18:45 Northampton Town
24-08-19 LT Cheltenham Town 14:00 Swindon Town
31-08-19 LT Swindon Town 14:00 Morecambe
07-09-19 LT Leyton Orient 14:00 Swindon Town
14-09-19 LT Swindon Town 14:00 Macclesfield Town
Northampton Town
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
26-07-19 CF Northampton Town 2 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons
03-08-19 LT Northampton Town 0 - 1 Walsall
10-08-19 LT Port Vale 1 - 1 Northampton Town
13-08-19 CC Swansea City 3 - 1 Northampton Town
17-08-19 LT Northampton Town 1 - 2 Macclesfield Town
20-08-19 LT Swindon Town 18:45 Northampton Town
24-08-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Northampton Town
27-08-19 EFL Northampton Town 18:30 Arsenal U21
31-08-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Plymouth Argyle
03-09-19 EFL Northampton Town 18:30 Peterborough United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Swindon Town 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 7
2 Exeter City 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Forest Green Rovers 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
4 Macclesfield Town 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 6
5 Plymouth Argyle 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 6
6 Crewe Alexandra 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 6
7 Bradford City 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5
8 Mansfield Town 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
9 Newport County 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
10 Cambridge United 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
11 Cheltenham Town 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 4
12 Crawley Town 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 4
13 Grimsby Town 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 4
14 Salford City 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
15 Walsall 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
16 Leyton Orient 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 4
17 Port Vale 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
18 Carlisle United 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 3
19 Morecambe 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
20 Colchester United 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
21 Northampton Town 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Stevenage 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 1
23 Scunthorpe United 3 0 1 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 1
24 Oldham Athletic 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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