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Northampton pack their bags to visit Notts. County at Meadow Lane on Sunday evening, with the intention of improving a poor record there. The have tasted victory on only 3 occassions from the 22 previous games.
The previous match played between the two at Meadow Lane was within the last three years, in October 2002, the Magpies carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | Northampton | 0 - 0 | Notts. County | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 18 Mar | Northampton | 2 - 0 | Notts. County | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | Notts. County | 2 - 1 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 29 Jan | Notts. County | 0 - 3 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 25 Aug | Northampton | 0 - 2 | Notts. County | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Feb | Notts. County | 2 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 16 Sep | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Notts. County | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Notts. County have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Magpies, with 3 goals against.
Northampton's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Cobblers, and 5 goals against.
Notts. County are currently lying in 20th place in Coca-Cola League Two having mustered a points tally of 23 from their 22 matches played. Northampton are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 34 points from 22 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Notts. County | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Northampton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cobblers's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Notts. County, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Notts. County | 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Northampton | 7 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |