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Northampton are ready to welcome Bristol City to Sixfields on Tuesday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Cobblers are clearly on top, winning 54.55% of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Sixfields was more than three years back, in February 2003, with Bristol City inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Cobblers in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 22 Feb | Northampton | 1-2 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Fri 06 Sep | Bristol City | 3 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 19 Jan | Bristol City | 1 - 3 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 11 Aug | Northampton | 0 - 3 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 20 Jan | Bristol City | 2 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 26 Dec | Northampton | 2 - 0 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 24 Jan | Bristol City | 0 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. These games have seen the Cobblers score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 4.
Bristol City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Northampton find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 4 points from their 4 matches. Bristol City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 3 points from their 4 games thus far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Cobblers's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Bristol City. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Bristol City | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |