Match Report
The table read 13th (Northampton Town U18, 37 pts) against 20th (Milton Keynes Dons U18, 23 pts), 14 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Northampton Town U18: only 40th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 13th. Against a league average of 1.9 goals per team per game, Northampton Town U18 ran at 1.71 scored and 1.58 conceded, Milton Keynes Dons U18 at 1.5 and 2.33.
Milton Keynes Dons U18 had gone 5 games without a win. Over the last five, Northampton Town U18 had taken 9 of 15 points to Milton Keynes Dons U18's 2.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Northampton Town U18, 1 draw and 4 for Milton Keynes Dons U18, at 3.09 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 64% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 82% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 73%.