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Northampton face a trip to Chester City at The Saunders Honda Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 22 games played, Cobblers have recorded 7 wins, and Chester City have come away with 11 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Apr | Chester City | 0 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Fri 19 Nov | Northampton | 1 - 1 | Chester City | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Jan | Northampton | 3 - 1 | Chester City | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 18 Aug | Chester City | 0 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 18 Jan | Northampton | 5 - 1 | Chester City | LGE2 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 01 Oct | Chester City | 2 - 1 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 23 Apr | Chester City | 1 - 0 | Northampton | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Chester City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 7 conceded.
The Cobblers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Cobblers, and 5 goals against.
Chester City are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 25 points from 16 games. Northampton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola League Two, picking up 23 from their 16 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chester City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
| Northampton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Cobblers could well see them head back from The Saunders Honda Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
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| Chester City | No sequences of note |
| Northampton | No sequences of note |