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Accrington S. play host to Northampton Town at Fraser Eagle Stadium on Tuesday evening, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The The Reds won the only previous game contested between the two.
The only previous meeting between Accrington S. and Northampton at was way back in the black-and-white days of October 1960, as the The Reds squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1960/1961 | Tue 25 Apr | Northampton | 2 - 1 | Accrington S. | LGE2 |
| 1960/1961 | Mon 03 Oct | Accrington S. | 3-2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Accrington Stanley are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 4.
The away form of Northampton is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Cobblers have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Accrington S.'s 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Northampton are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola League Two having mustered a points tally of 1 from their 2 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Accrington S. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Northampton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the The Reds being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Accrington S. | Won 3 successive home games. 10 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Northampton | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |