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Northampton face a trip to Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Cobblers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2010, as the The Railwaymen edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a League Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 20 Feb | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 21 Nov | Northampton | 2 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | LGE2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 24 Jan | Northampton | 5 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 04 Oct | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 3 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Mar | Northampton | 0 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 17 Nov | Crewe Alex. | 1 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 03 Feb | Northampton | 1 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Northampton's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Cobblers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.
Crewe Alex.'s 26 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Northampton see themselves just below half way in the Npower League Two, showing a record of 24 points from their 20 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
| Northampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Cobblers could well see them head back from The Alexandra Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe Alex. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. |
| Northampton | Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |