FootyMAD Cheltenham Town match preview

History of the Cheltenham Town v Northampton Town fixture

Northampton face a trip to Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road on Friday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The two previous games have resulted in one drawn game and one defeat for the Cobblers.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2003, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003	Sat 15 Mar	Cheltenham	1 - 1	Northampton	LD2
2002/2003	Sat 26 Oct	Northampton	1 - 2	Cheltenham	LD2
1999/2000	Tue 21 Mar	Cheltenham	2 - 1	Northampton	LD3
1999/2000	Fri 12 Nov	Northampton	3 - 2	Cheltenham	LD3

Recent respective form guides

Cheltenham Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.

The away form of Northampton is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Cobblers have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Cheltenham's 7 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Northampton are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 9 points from 5 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Cheltenham	6	2	1	3	13	13	7
Northampton	6	4	0	2	5	2	12

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Northampton on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Cheltenham. No-score draw

Sequence statistics:
Cheltenham	5 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Northampton	7 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 8 outings ago.