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Northampton play host to Leeds United at Sixfields on Saturday afternoon,
The last time the two teams met at Northampton was way back in the black-and-white days of March 1966, the Cobblers carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a First Division match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Jan | Leeds Utd. | 3 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 1965/1966 | Sat 05 Mar | Northampton | 2-1 | Leeds Utd. | PREM |
| 1965/1966 | Sat 16 Oct | Leeds Utd. | 6 - 1 | Northampton | PREM |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 14 Dec | Leeds Utd. | 0 - 0 | Northampton | CHMP |
| 1963/1964 | Tue 01 Oct | Northampton | 0 - 3 | Leeds Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Cobblers in those games, with 5 conceded.
Leeds Utd. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Whites's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
Northampton's 39 points from 30 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Leeds Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 44 from their 30 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Leeds Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Leeds Utd. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Cobblers in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Leeds Utd. | Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |