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Northampton face a trip to Rushden & Diamonds at Nene Park on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 10 Aug | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Rushden & D. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Rushden & Diamonds are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
The Cobblers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
Rushden & D. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 33 points from 36 matches. Northampton's total of 56 points from their 36 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League Two.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rushden & D. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Northampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Northampton are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rushden & D. | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Northampton | No sequences of note |