Northampton Town vs Swindon Town Prediction & Betting Tips

The League One fixture at The PTS Academy Stadium on Tuesday sees home side Northampton Town welcoming opponents Swindon Town.

Our Northampton Town v Swindon Town tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest betting odds.

📊 Form Guide

Northampton Town

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Northampton Town will be hoping for a better result after a 2-1 League One defeat in their last game at the hands of Plymouth Argyle.

Frank Nouble (41') and Kelland Watts (86') scored for Plymouth Argyle.

It has not been often in recent games that Northampton Town have shown defensive steel. The reality is that The Cobblers have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 9 goals in the process.

Coming into this contest, Northampton Town have not won at home in their last 4 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

Swindon Town

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After being beaten in their last game against Sunderland in League One competition, Swindon Town and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Charlie Wyke (37') and Chris Maguire (57') scored for Sunderland.

Looking at their form, and Swindon Town have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 14 goals in total. Defensively, The Robins have been far from perfect. That trend won’t necessarily follow through here, though.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Swindon Town:

• remain unbeaten by Northampton Town when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head to head meetings going back to 27/09/2016 shows that Northampton Town have won 3 of these and Swindon Town 1, with the number of drawn results being 2.

A sum of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for The Cobblers and 5 created by The Robins. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

📋 Team News: Northampton Town

Northampton Town boss Keith Curle has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all coming into this match thanks to a completely healthy group available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Swindon Town

With a completely healthy squad to pick from, Swindon Town manager Richie Wellens does not have any fitness worries to speak of before this match.

🧠 Prediction

Swindon Town and Northampton Town may well end up cancelling each other out here.

A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. Therefore, we predict a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline when all is said and done.

Renata Leite, 23:22 15/10/2020