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Northampton play host to Luton Town at Sixfields on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 16 wins out of 24 previous matches.
The last time the two teams met at Northampton was back in November 2002, over five years ago, with Northampton running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a League Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Mon 15 Oct | Luton Town | 4 - 1 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 04 Sep | Luton Town | 2 - 0 | Northampton | ASSM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Feb | Luton Town | 3 - 2 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 02 Nov | Northampton | 3-0 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Feb | Northampton | 0 - 1 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 09 Sep | Luton Town | 0 - 2 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 10 Apr | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Cobblers in those games, with 5 conceded.
The away form of Luton Town is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. The Hatters have conceded 11 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Northampton's 55 points from 41 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Luton Town are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 33 points from their 41 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Luton Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Luton Town is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Cobblers in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Luton Town | Not won in previous 9 away matches. |