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Northampton pack their bags to visit 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 previous match played between the two at The Alexandra Stadium was more than three years back, in February 2003, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Feb | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 3 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 Aug | Northampton | 1 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Mon 03 Jan | Northampton | 2 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | LGE2 |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 31 Aug | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 1 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1992/1993 | Tue 26 Jan | Northampton | 0 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | LGE2 |
| 1992/1993 | Fri 28 Aug | Crewe Alex. | 3 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 11 Apr | Northampton | 0 - 1 | Crewe Alex. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the The Railwaymen, with 6 goals against.
Northampton's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 3 have been let in at the wrong end.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Northampton | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Northampton are certainly at their peak on the road, though your FootyMad panel sees this as a stern test, and one from which they may have to settle for a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe Alex. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. |
| Northampton | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 10 games since last defeat. |