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Northampton play host to Scunthorpe United at Sixfields on Friday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Cobblers are clearly on top, winning 58.33% of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Northampton was back in May 1997, over five years ago, the Cobblers carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1996/1997 | Sat 03 May | Northampton | 1-0 | Scunthorpe | LD3 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 15 Oct | Scunthorpe | 2 - 1 | Northampton | LD3 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 30 Mar | Northampton | 1 - 2 | Scunthorpe | LD3 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 07 Oct | Scunthorpe | 0 - 0 | Northampton | LD3 |
| 1994/1995 | Fri 16 Dec | Northampton | 0 - 1 | Scunthorpe | LD3 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 27 Aug | Scunthorpe | 1 - 1 | Northampton | LD3 |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 08 Mar | Northampton | 4 - 0 | Scunthorpe | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
Scunthorpe have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. While the Iron have hit 7 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Northampton find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 15 points from their 13 matches. Scunthorpe see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division Three, showing a record of 17 points from their 13 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| Scunthorpe | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Northampton are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Scunthorpe will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Scunthorpe | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |