Northampton Town 2-0 Grimsby Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 23 November 2019
Result
Northampton Town 2-0 Grimsby Town
League Two · Saturday 23 November 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Northampton Town 2-0 Grimsby Town: match report
Northampton Town defeated Grimsby Town 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 23 November 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.
S. Wharton opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from S. Wharton (25') and Vadaine Oliver (41'). Grimsby Town did not score.
Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Grimsby Town received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 7th on 28 points from 18 and Grimsby Town 18th on 19 points from 15. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Grimsby Town 14th with 38.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Grimsby Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicky Adams of Northampton Town (8.3), ahead of Scott Wharton (7.8).
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Grimsby Town's D-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 25'Goal · S. Wharton
- 41'Goal · Vadaine Oliver
- 42'Yellow card · J. McKeown
- 52'Yellow card · Matt Green
- 60'Yellow card · Vadaine Oliver
- 81'Yellow card · Harry Clifton
- 90+1'Yellow card · Ahkeem Rose
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
David Cornell, Charlie Goode, Scott Wharton, Jordan Turnbull, Sam Hoskins, Alan McCormack, Chris Lines, Nicky Adams, Paul Anderson, Andy Williams, Vadaine Oliver
Grimsby Town line-up (4-3-3)
James McKeown, Elliott Hewitt, Luke Waterfall, Harry Davis, Liam Gibson, Jake Hessenthaler, Harry Clifton, Ethan Robson, Matt Green, James Hanson, Jordan Cook