Match Report
Fleetwood Town, 22nd on 43 points, faced a 17-point deficit to Northampton Town (14th, 60). On the form table Fleetwood Town stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 22nd overall. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Fleetwood Town ran at 1.07 scored and 1.57 conceded, Northampton Town at 1.24 and 1.43.
Defeat had followed defeat for Fleetwood Town — three in succession. The last-five ledger: Fleetwood Town 2/15, Northampton Town 9/15.
The sides have met 12 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Fleetwood Town, 2 draws and 5 for Northampton Town, at 1.92 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 75% of the meetings. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,327. On the scoreboard, Fleetwood Town led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.