Northampton Town FC vs Cambridge United FC, League One 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Northampton Town FC vs Cambridge United FC — League One at Sixfields Stadium.
- Northampton Town FC 46 games · 35 pts (2025/26)
- Cambridge United FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Alan Young
- Assistant 1 Karl Buckley (England)
- Assistant 2
7 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 2.3 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Lincoln City FC 46 103 2 Cardiff City FC 46 91 3 Stockport County FC 46 77 4 Bradford City AFC 46 77 5 Bolton Wanderers FC 46 75 6 Stevenage FC 46 75 7 Luton Town FC 46 74 8 Plymouth Argyle FC 46 73 9 Huddersfield Town AFC 46 67 10 Mansfield Town FC 46 65 11 Wycombe Wanderers FC 46 63 12 Reading FC 46 63 13 Blackpool FC 46 60 14 Doncaster Rovers FC 46 60 15 Barnsley FC 46 59 16 Wigan Athletic FC 46 56 17 Burton Albion FC 46 54 18 Peterborough United FC 46 53 19 AFC Wimbledon 46 53 20 Leyton Orient FC 46 52 21 Exeter City FC 46 49 22 Port Vale FC 46 42 23 Rotherham United FC 46 41 24 Northampton Town FC 46 35 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Nov Cambridge United FC H 0–0 D 16 Nov Blackpool FC A 0–0 D 09 Nov Birmingham City FC A 1–1 D 02 Nov Kettering Town FC H 1–2 L 29 Oct Lincoln City FC A 1–2 L 26 Oct Crawley Town FC H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Nov Northampton Town FC A 0–0 D 16 Nov Barnsley FC H 1–1 D 09 Nov Peterborough United FC A 1–6 L 02 Nov Woking FC A 1–0 W 26 Oct Burton Albion FC H 1–0 W 22 Oct Stevenage FC A 2–0 W Key Stats
80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Northampton Town FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Northampton Town FC0-151/316-301/231-451/446-60–/361-751/176+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Northampton Town FC and Cambridge United FC is underway.
- 5' Northampton Town FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' It’s high time Garry Monk made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' Vicente Reyes needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' Northampton Town FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 35' The travelling Cambridge United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 45' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 45 minutes.
- 50' It looks like no one’s ball. Northampton Town FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 60' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 65' Nesta Guinness-Walker has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 70' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Mitch Pinnock suffering a number of foals already.
- 75' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 80' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 85' Cambridge United FC is showing some good football. However, Cambridge United FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 90' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Northampton Town FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
Northampton Town FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 18
- 8
- 19
- 5
- 7
- 1
- 12
- 22
- 28
- 10
- 30
Bench
- 29
- 9
- 17
- 3
- 23
- 24
- 13
Coach Jon BradyCambridge United FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 7
- 10
- 5
- 24
- 3
- 15
- 9
- 27
- 2
- 34
Bench
- 11
- 1
- 6
- 19
- 18
- 16
- 29
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sam Hoskins 2 Kieron Bowie 1 Gassan Ahadme 1 Jon Guthrie 1 Elias Kachunga 1 James Brophy 1 Paul Lewis 1 Kion Etete 1 Head to Head
Northampton Town FC Form
2024-11-23 Northampton Town FC 0–0 Cambridge United FC D 2024-11-16 Blackpool FC 0–0 Northampton Town FC D 2024-11-09 Birmingham City FC 1–1 Northampton Town FC D 2024-11-02 Northampton Town FC 1–2 Kettering Town FC L 2024-10-29 Lincoln City FC 2–1 Northampton Town FC L 2024-10-26 Northampton Town FC 3–0 Crawley Town FC WCambridge United FC Form
2024-11-23 Northampton Town FC 0–0 Cambridge United FC D 2024-11-16 Cambridge United FC 1–1 Barnsley FC D 2024-11-09 Peterborough United FC 6–1 Cambridge United FC L 2024-11-02 Woking FC 0–1 Cambridge United FC W 2024-10-26 Cambridge United FC 1–0 Burton Albion FC W 2024-10-22 Stevenage FC 0–2 Cambridge United FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.3 Northampton Town FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.96 Cambridge United FC xGI would bet for: Northampton Town FC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.26Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 66% 34% ± 2.5 39% 61% ± 3.5 20% 80% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
Northampton Town FC or Draw 73%Draw or Cambridge United FC 57%Northampton Town FC or Cambridge United FC 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.9%0 – 0 Actual1 – 0 12.4%0 – 1 8.8%2 – 0 8.6%2 – 1 8.2%1 – 2 6%0 – 2 4.6%2 – 2 4%3 – 0 3.7%3 – 1 3.6%1 – 3 1.9%Asian Handicap — Northampton Town FC
Handicap Northampton Town FC covers Push Cambridge United FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 13% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 23% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 16% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Northampton Town FC keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Cambridge United FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.