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Northampton travel to take on Accrington Stanley at Fraser Eagle Stadium on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Cobblers lost the only previous game played between the two.
The only previous meeting between Accrington S. and Northampton at was way back in the black-and-white days of October 1960, as the The Reds edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1960/1961 | Tue 25 Apr | Northampton | 2 - 1 | Accrington S. | LGE2 |
| 1960/1961 | Mon 03 Oct | Accrington S. | 3 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Accrington Stanley are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 4.
The away form of Northampton is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Cobblers have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Accrington S.'s 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Northampton are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola League Two having mustered a points tally of 1 from their 2 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Accrington S. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Northampton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cobblers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Accrington S.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Accrington S. | Won 3 successive home games. 10 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Northampton | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |