NORTHAMPTON. Northampton Town conquers Crewe Alexandra 1-0 after L. Appéré scored just 1 goal (23′).

The match was played at the Sixfields Stadium stadium in Northampton on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrew Kitchen with the collaboration of Mark Jones and Chris Husband. The 4th official was Darren Wilding. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.2 degrees Celsius or 45.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Northampton Town was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Crewe Alexandra that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Northampton Town was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Northampton Town won the match​.

Northampton Town shot 15 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Crewe Alexandra shot 7 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Northampton Town received 1 yellow card (William Hondermarck). Regarding the opposition, Crewe Alexandra didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Northampton Town will have 66 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Crewe Alexandra will stay with 42 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Northampton Town will play away with Sutton United on the 18th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Sutton United (2 draws).

Crewe Alexandra will play away agasint Newport County on the 6th of May with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Newport County (2 draws).

Northampton Town – Formation

Northampton Town started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jon Brady decided to play with the following team: Lee Burge, Jon Guthrie, Ryan Haynes, Sam Sherring, Jack Sowerby, Marc Leonard, Harvey Lintott, Louis Appere, Kieran Bowie, William Hondermarck (6.5) and Sam Hoskins (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: D’Margio Wright-Phillips, Mitchell Pinnock, Paul Osew, , T. Yengi, Peter Abimbola and Thomas King.

Substitutions

Northampton Town made 5 changes: Ryan Haynes for Paul Osew (63′), Kieron Bowie for Mitchell Pinnock (63′), Louis Appéré for Tete Yengi (83′), William Hondermarck for D’Margio Wright-Phillips (83′) and William Hondermarck for Peter Abimbola (90′).

Best player: Sam Hoskins​

The player that probably impressed the most for Northampton Town was Sam Hoskins even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 26 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Crewe Alexandra – Formation

Crewe Alexandra started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Lee Bell played with: James Beadle, Rio Adebisi, Connor O’Riordan, Kelvin Mellor, Luke Offord, Courtney Baker-Richardson, Daniel Agyei, Joel Tabiner, Lachlan Brook, Charlie Colkett and Callum Ainley.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Regan Griffiths, Elliot Nevitt, Conor Thomas, David Amoo, Dave Richards, Matúš Holíček and Sean Lawton.

Substitutions

Crewe Alexandra made 3 changes: Courtney Baker-Richardson for Elliot Nevitt (59′), Charlie Colkett for Conor Thomas (72′) and L. Brook for David Amoo (77′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Bradford City – Hartlepool United – 2-2
• Tranmere Rovers – Newport County – 1-3
• Walsall – Gillingham – 2-0
• Stockport County – Mansfield Town – 1-1
• Salford City – Doncaster Rovers – 3-1
• Rochdale – Swindon Town – 4-4
• Northampton Town – Crewe Alexandra – 1-0
• Leyton Orient – Colchester United – 2-2
• Harrogate Town – Barrow – 1-0
• Carlisle United – Stevenage – 0-0
• AFC Wimbledon – Crawley Town – 0-1