About Match
6 points for Northampton Town (14th), 7 for Oldham Athletic (10th): a 1-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Northampton Town 0.6 scored and 0.6 conceded per game, Oldham Athletic 1.4 and 1, with the league averaging 1.33. Victory would move Northampton Town to 9 points and up to 3rd, overtaking Oldham Athletic, with other results unchanged.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Northampton Town, 3 draws and 3 for Oldham Athletic, at 3.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match takes place at Sixfields Stadium in Northampton (capacity 7,798).