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Northampton travel to take on Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park Stadium on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 24 games played, Cobblers have recorded 5 wins, and Scunthorpe U. have come away with 12 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Scunthorpe U. was back in October 1996, over five years ago, the Iron carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Fri 17 Oct | Northampton | 1 - 1 | Scunthorpe U. | LD3 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 03 May | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Scunthorpe U. | LD3 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 15 Oct | Scunthorpe U. | 2 - 1 | Northampton | LD3 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 30 Mar | Northampton | 1 - 2 | Scunthorpe U. | LD3 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 07 Oct | Scunthorpe U. | 0 - 0 | Northampton | LD3 |
| 1994/1995 | Fri 16 Dec | Northampton | 0 - 1 | Scunthorpe U. | LD3 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 27 Aug | Scunthorpe U. | 1 - 1 | Northampton | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Scunthorpe United losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 4.
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. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Scunthorpe U. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 35 points from their 30 matches. Northampton lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division Three, picking up 45 from their 31 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Scunthorpe U. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| Northampton | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Northampton are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Scunthorpe U. | Drawn last 3 games at home. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Northampton | 6 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |