Cheltenham Town 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 25 February 2020
Result
Cheltenham Town 2-1 Northampton Town
League Two · Tuesday 25 February 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Cheltenham Town 2-1 Northampton Town: match report
Cheltenham Town beat Northampton Town 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 25 February 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
Ryan Watson opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Ryan Broom (19') and Luke Varney (85'). Northampton Town scored through Ryan Watson (3').
Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 4 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 5th on 57 points from 33 and Northampton Town 7th on 55 points from 34. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Northampton Town 6th with 64.
Cheltenham Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Hussey of Cheltenham Town (7.8), level with Luke Varney (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cheltenham Town win, 1 draw and 0 for Northampton Town.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Ryan Watson
- 19'Goal · Ryan Broom
- 31'Yellow card · Will Boyle
- 33'Yellow card · Michael Harriman
- 64'Yellow card · C. Lines
- 77'Yellow card · S. Wharton
- 84'Yellow card · Callum Morton
- 85'Goal · Luke Varney
- 87'Yellow card · Luke Varney
- 87'Yellow card · Charlie Raglan
- 87'Yellow card · Luke Varney
Head-to-head
Team news
Cheltenham Town line-up (3-5-2)
Owen Evans, Charlie Raglan, Ben Tozer, Will Boyle, Sean Long, Ryan Broom, Conor Thomas, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Chris Hussey, Reuben Reid, Alfie May
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
David Cornell, Charlie Goode, Lloyd Jones, Jordan Turnbull, Michael Harriman, Ryan Watson, Chris Lines, Nicky Adams, Paul Anderson, Sam Hoskins, Callum Morton