Northampton Town 2-0 Cambridge United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 26 October 2019

Result

Northampton Town 2-0 Cambridge United

League Two · Saturday 26 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Northampton Town 2-0 Cambridge United: match report

Northampton Town won against Cambridge United 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 26 October 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Harry Smith opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Harry Smith (26') and an own goal by George Taft (45+1'). Cambridge United did not score.

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Cambridge United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 9th on 21 points from 15 and Cambridge United 11th on 20 points from 15. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Cambridge United 16th with 45.

Northampton Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cambridge United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Smith of Northampton Town (7.8), ahead of David Cornell (7.7).

Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Cambridge United's D-W-L-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Harry SmithNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 45+1'Own goal · George TaftNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 45+4'Yellow card · R. LambeCambridge United
  • 51'Yellow card · A. McCormackNorthampton Town

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (3-5-2)

David Cornell, Charlie Goode, Jordan Turnbull, Scott Wharton, Paul Anderson, Shaun McWilliams, Alan McCormack, Scott Pollock, Nicky Adams, Sam Hoskins, Harry Smith

Cambridge United line-up (3-5-2)

Dimitar Mitov, Harry Darling, Elliott Ward, George Taft, Kyle Knoyle, Luke Hannant, Paul Lewis, R. Lambe, Harrison Dunk, Marc Richards, Sam Smith