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Northampton face a trip to Huddersfield Town at Sir Alfred McAlpine Stadium on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. It couldn't be much closer,Cobblers having 4 wins against 5 losses.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2003, with Huddersfield running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Huddersfield | 2 - 0 | Northampton | LD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | Northampton | 0 - 0 | Huddersfield | LD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Mar | Huddersfield | 2 - 0 | Northampton | LD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 23 Oct | Northampton | 0 - 3 | Huddersfield | LD2 |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 28 Apr | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Huddersfield | DIV3 |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 11 Nov | Huddersfield | 2 - 2 | Northampton | DIV3 |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 18 Feb | Huddersfield | 1 - 2 | Northampton | DIV3 |
Recent respective form guides
Huddersfield Town have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
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 8 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Huddersfield find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 6 points from their 6 matches. Northampton's 9 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Huddersfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Northampton | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 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 Huddersfield. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Huddersfield | 4 games since last home draw. |
| Northampton | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |