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Northampton play host to Bradford City at Sixfields on Friday evening, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, beating their opponents 3 times from 8 games.
The last time the two teams met at Northampton was amazingly over twenty years ago, in October 1981, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1981/1982 | Sun 07 Mar | Bradford City | 2 - 1 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 17 Oct | Northampton | 0-2 | Bradford City | LGE2 |
| 1980/1981 | Tue 30 Sep | Northampton | 0 - 1 | Bradford City | LGE2 |
| 1980/1981 | Wed 17 Sep | Bradford City | 3 - 1 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1979/1980 | Wed 10 Oct | Bradford City | 3 - 1 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1979/1980 | Wed 22 Aug | Northampton | 1 - 2 | Bradford City | LGE2 |
| 1978/1979 | Sat 11 Nov | Bradford City | 3 - 0 | Northampton | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Cobblers have conceded a disappointing 11 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 3 of their own chances.
Bradford City's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Bantams's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 8 against.
Northampton find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 16 points from their 13 matches. Bradford City's total of 21 points from their 13 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Bradford City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the Cobblers at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Bantams come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Bradford City | No sequences of note |