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Northampton pack their bags to visit Doncaster Rovers at Keepmoat Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Cobblers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 13 and win only 5 of the 21 games.
The previous match played between the two at Keepmoat Stadium was more than three years back, in January 2004, the Rovers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Northampton | 0 - 2 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 30 Jan | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 30 Aug | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE2 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 22 Feb | Northampton | 2 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE2 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 19 Nov | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 24 Feb | Northampton | 3 - 3 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE2 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Sep | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Northampton | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Doncaster Rovers have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
Northampton have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Cobblers's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Doncaster Rvs.'s 62 points from 45 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Northampton see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 58 points from their 45 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Northampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Cobblers could well see them head back from Keepmoat Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 5 games since last home draw. |
| Northampton | 9 games since last away draw. |