Match Report
18 points separated the sides: Bury 3rd on 79, Northampton Town 15th on 61. Northampton Town ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Per game in the league, Bury were scoring 1.78 and conceding 1.22, Northampton Town 1.39 and 1.37, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
12 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bury 5, draws 5, Northampton Town 2, at 3.17 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%.
The venue was Gigg Lane in Bury, with room for 11,840 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.