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Northampton face a trip to Rushden & Diamonds at Nene Park on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Cobblers lost the only previous game played between the two.
The only previous meeting between Rushden & D. and Northampton at was less than a year ago, in March 2005, as the Diamonds edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 12 Mar | Rushden & D. | 3 - 2 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 10 Aug | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Rushden & D. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Rushden & Diamonds have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Diamonds have scored 6, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Northampton's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Cobblers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Rushden & D. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 11 points from their 10 matches. Northampton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola League Two, picking up 14 from their 10 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rushden & D. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| Northampton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Northampton are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Rushden & D.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rushden & D. | No sequences of note |
| Northampton | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |