NORTHAMPTON. Northampton Town found a way to reverse the score against Harrogate Town. It was Harrogate Town to score first with a goal from Kazeem Olaigbe. Nevertheless, later Northampton Town found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with D. Norman (9′), Sam Hoskins (23′) and Kieron Bowie (45′). Harrogate Town lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

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 Seb Stockbridge who was helped by Dean Treleaven and Paul Evans. The 4th official was Abbas Khan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.5 degrees Celsius or 65.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Harrogate Town had a strong ball possession 60% while Northampton Town was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Harrogate Town had a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Northampton Town managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Northampton Town shot 11 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Harrogate Town shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards (William Hondermarck and Shaun McWilliams). On the other side, Harrogate Town didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Northampton Town will have 80 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Harrogate Town will stay with 45 points like Crawley Town to hold in the 21st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Northampton Town will play away against Tranmere Rovers on the 8th of May with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Northampton Town (5 draws).

Harrogate Town will host Rochdale on the 8th of May with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Harrogate Town (1 draw).

Northampton Town – Formation

Northampton Town started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Jon Brady decided to play with the following team: Lee Burge, Ryan Haynes, Sam Sherring, Max Dyche, Mitchell Pinnock, David Norman Jr., Marc Leonard, William Hondermarck, Sam Hoskins, Louis Appere and Kieran Bowie.

The home team had on the bench: Thomas King, Joshua Okpoda Eppiah, D’Margio Wright-Phillips, Paul Osew, Shaun McWilliams, Danny Hylton and T. Yengi.

Substitutions

Northampton Town made 4 changes: D. Norman for Shaun McWilliams (46′), Kieron Bowie for Danny Hylton (80′), Louis Appéré for Tete Yengi (90′) and Sam Hoskins for Joshua Eppiah (90′).

Harrogate Town – Formation

Harrogate Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Simon Weaver played with: Mark Oxley, Tom Eastman, Anthony O’Connor, Matthew Foulds, Toby Sims, Josh Falkingham, George Thomson, Alexander Pattison, Luke Armstrong, Samuel Folarin and Kazeem Olaigbe.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Rory McArdle, Dior Angus, Jack Muldoon, Matty Daly, Joe Mattock, Warren Matthew Burrell and Pete Jameson.

Harrogate Town could not rely on the presence of Warren Burrell (injured).

Substitutions

Harrogate Town made 3 changes: Alex Pattison for Warren Burrell (28′), George Thomson for Matty Daly (65′) and Sam Folarin for Jack Muldoon (77′).

Results of the day

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

• Walsall – Salford City – 2-3
• Tranmere Rovers – Grimsby Town – 2-0
• Stockport County – Rochdale – 1-0
• Northampton Town – Harrogate Town – 3-1
• Mansfield Town – Stevenage – 1-0
• Leyton Orient – Crewe Alexandra – 2-0
• Hartlepool United – Crawley Town – 0-2
• Doncaster Rovers – Newport County – 1-3
• Colchester United – Sutton United – 4-1
• Bradford City – Gillingham – 2-2
• Barrow – Carlisle United – 0-1
• AFC Wimbledon – Swindon Town – 1-5