Match Report
Northampton Town, 14th on 60 points, faced a 17-point deficit to Oxford United (5th, 77). Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Oxford United ran at 1.72 scored and 1.22 conceded, Northampton Town at 1.24 and 1.43.
Oxford United had not lost in 5 games.
21 meetings are on record — 7 won by Oxford United, 11 by Northampton Town, 3 drawn, at 2.33 goals per meeting.
The match was played at The Kassam Stadium in Oxford (capacity 12,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.