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Northampton play host to Leicester City at Sixfields on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The two sides drew on their own previous meeting.
The only previous meeting between Northampton and Leicester City at was way back in the black-and-white days of March 1966, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2-2 draw in a First Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 03 Jan | Leicester City | 4 - 0 | Northampton | FAC |
| 1965/1966 | Sat 26 Mar | Northampton | 2-2 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 1965/1966 | Sat 02 Oct | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Northampton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Cobblers in those games, with 5 conceded.
The away form of Leicester City however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Foxes, and 3 goals against.
Northampton see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 33 points from their 27 games played so far, Leicester City are leading the way in the Coca-Cola League One, with their 27 games giving them a return of 61 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Northampton are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Leicester City running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Leicester City | 4 games since last defeat. |