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Notts. County prepare to entertain Northampton Town at Meadow Lane on Wednesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 18 wins out of 23 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Meadow Lane was less than a year ago, in February 2005, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 18 Oct | Northampton | 5 - 2 | Notts. County | ASSM |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 15 Feb | Notts. County | 0-0 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Sep | Northampton | 0 - 0 | Notts. County | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 18 Mar | Northampton | 2 - 0 | Notts. County | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | Notts. County | 2 - 1 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 29 Jan | Notts. County | 0 - 3 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 25 Aug | Northampton | 0 - 2 | Notts. County | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Notts. County have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Northampton's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Cobblers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.
Notts. County's 30 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Northampton are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 38 points from 23 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Notts. County | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| Northampton | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the Magpies at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Cobblers come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Notts. County | No sequences of note |
| Northampton | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |