Some familiar faces are set to be on display for the home side with the links between the two clubs being strong but both will be looking to win the game and lift the silverware at the end of it.
For the Cobblers, the games against Brackley and then Sheffield FC next Friday bookend a pre-season that began with three matches against non-league opposition before the meetings with Championship sides Derby County and Birmingham City.
That allows Chris Wilder an opportunity to look at all the members of his squad one final time before the big kick-off in two weeks when Bristol Rovers are Northampton's hosts in their first game back in the Football League.