BIRKENHEAD. Northampton Town beats Tranmere Rovers with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored byS. Hoskins (68′) and a goal from K. Etete (52′). Tranmere Rovers was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Prenton Park stadium in Birkenhead on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Tom Nield who had the assistance of Richard Wigglesworth and Danny Gratton. The 4th official was Matthew Smith. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.2 degrees Celsius or 53.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 6 Total 19
- 2 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 14
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 105 Attack 84
- 46 Dangerous attack 40
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 2 Corners 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Tranmere Rovers was in firm control of the ball 62% while Northampton Town was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Tranmere Rovers was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Northampton Town found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Tranmere Rovers shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Northampton Town shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target.
Cards
Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card (J. Spearing). Regarding the opposition, Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards (S. Hoskins, A. Koiki and P. Lewis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Tranmere Rovers will stay with 22 points to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Northampton Town will have 24 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Tranmere Rovers will play away against Mansfield Town on the 30th of October with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Mansfield Town (4 draws).
Northampton Town will host Carlisle United on the 30th of October with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Northampton Town (4 draws).
Tranmere Rovers – Formation
Tranmere Rovers started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Micky Mellon decided to play with the following team: R. Doohan , J. Dacres-Cogley , T. Davies , P. Clarke , C. MacDonald , C. McManaman , K. Morris , J. Spearing , S. Foley , L. Feeney and E. Nevitt .
The home team had on the bench: P. Glatzel, R. Watson , J. Murphy, L. O’Connor, M. Duffy , N. Maynard and N. Knight-Percival.
Substitutions
Tranmere Rovers made 3 changes: K. Morris for M. Duffy (61′), S. Foley for R. Watson (78′) and S. Foley for R. Watson (78′).
Best player: K. Morris
The player that probably impressed the most for Tranmere Rovers was K. Morris.
His rating is with 23 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
Northampton Town – Formation
Northampton Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Jon Brady played with: L. Roberts, A. McGowan, F. Horsfall, J. Guthrie, A. Koiki, J. Sowerby, S. McWilliams, S. Hoskins, P. Lewis, M. Pinnock and K. Etete.
These were the players on the bench: C. Woods, D. Connolly, J. Flores, D. Revan, N. Kabamba, S. Pollock and D. Rose.
Substitutions
Northampton Town made 2 changes: K. Etete for D. Rose (88′) and A. Koiki for D. Revan (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Bristol Rovers – Newport County – 1-3
- Carlisle United – Oldham Athletic – 0-0
- Exeter City – Mansfield Town – 2-1
- Forest Green Rovers – Salford City – 3-1
- Hartlepool United – Harrogate Town – 3-2
- Port Vale – Colchester United – 3-0
- Rochdale – Sutton United – 3-2
- Scunthorpe United – Crawley Town – 2-1
- Stevenage – Leyton Orient – 0-0
- Swindon Town – Bradford City – 1-3
- Tranmere Rovers – Northampton Town – 0-2
- Walsall – Barrow – 2-2