Match Report
4 points and 12 places separated them: Northampton Town 14th with 6, Swindon Town 2nd with 10. Scoring rates set the scale: Northampton Town 0.6 scored and 0.6 conceded per game, Swindon Town 1.6 and 1.2, with the league averaging 1.33.
The sides have met 15 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Northampton Town, 3 draws and 7 for Swindon Town, at 2.73 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 80%. The recent trend is more open — 3.6 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.73 all-time.
The match was played at Sixfields Stadium (capacity 7,798). The referee was S. Oldham, with 100 matches in our database and 2.1 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Northampton Town 51% · Swindon Town 49% · Total shots: 11-4 · On target: 3-0 · Corners: 10-1