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Northampton face a trip to Darlington at 96.6 TFM Darlington Arena on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 29 games played, Cobblers have recorded 6 wins, and Darlington have come away with 12 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2004, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Northampton | 0 - 0 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 15 Jan | Northampton | 1 - 1 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Sep | Darlington | 1 - 1 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 17 Feb | Darlington | 1 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 22 Aug | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 15 Apr | Darlington | 0 - 1 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 28 Dec | Northampton | 0 - 3 | Darlington | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Darlington have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.
The Cobblers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, picking up four victories from the last six. The Cobblers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 4 against.
Darlington lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola League Two, picking up 58 points from their 41 games so far. Northampton are holding the final promotion place in the Coca Cola League Two, and have accumulated 70 points from the 41 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Darlington | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| Northampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cobblers's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Darlington, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Darlington | 5 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Northampton | 7 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |