Both currently outside the top seven with just three games remaining of the League Two season, only a maximum haul will keep either side in contention. Shrewsbury kept their hopes alive with a narrow win at the weekend and defender Joe Skarz told his club's official website: "I think if we had drawn on Saturday and been six points behind with three games left would have been facing a tough challenge and, really, we would have been out of the picture. "But four points with three games left...we've got Northampton this Saturday which is probably the biggest game of the season so far and we're just looking to carry on that form, keep it tight at the back and nick a goal up front." The Cobblers were well beaten in the corresponding fixture in September by three goals to nil.