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Northampton face a trip to Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the Cobblers.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2006, with Cheltenham T. running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Feb | Cheltenham T. | 3 - 1 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 24 Sep | Northampton | 1 - 2 | Cheltenham T. | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Apr | Cheltenham T. | 1 - 0 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 07 Dec | Northampton | 1 - 1 | Cheltenham T. | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 28 Dec | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Cheltenham T. | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 05 Sep | Cheltenham T. | 4 - 3 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Cheltenham T. | 1 - 1 | Northampton | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Cheltenham Town 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, 9 to 7.
The Cobblers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Cobblers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Cheltenham T. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 12 points from 10 matches. Northampton find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 12 points from their 10 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cheltenham T. | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Northampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cobblers's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Cheltenham T., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cheltenham T. | 7 games since last home draw. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Northampton | Undefeated in last 3 away games. |