Northampton Town 2-0 Mansfield Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 October 2021

Result

Northampton Town 2-0 Mansfield Town

League Two · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Northampton Town 2-0 Mansfield Town: match report

Northampton Town won against Mansfield Town 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 16 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Aaron McGowan opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Aaron McGowan (23') and Fraser Horsfall (74'). Mansfield Town did not score.

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Mansfield Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 14th on 15 points from 11 and Mansfield Town 21st on 10 points from 11. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 7th with 80 points, and Mansfield Town 4th with 83.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Mansfield Town in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Fraser Horsfall of Northampton Town (8.4), ahead of Aaron McGowan (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 1 draw and 1 for Mansfield Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Aaron McGowanNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · K. EteteNorthampton Town
  • 41'Yellow card · Harry CharsleyMansfield Town
  • 49'Yellow card · Elliott HewittMansfield Town
  • 74'Goal · Fraser HorsfallNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Fraser HorsfallNorthampton Town
  • 90+3'Yellow card · R. BurkeMansfield Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Northampton Town 0, draws 1, Mansfield Town 1.

Team news

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Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Liam Roberts, Aaron McGowan, Fraser Horsfall, Jon Guthrie, Ali Koiki, Jack Sowerby, Shaun McWilliams, Sam Hoskins, Paul Lewis, Mitch Pinnock, Kion Etete

Mansfield Town line-up (4-3-1-2)

Nathan Bishop, James Clarke, Farrend Rawson, Elliott Hewitt, Stephen McLaughlin, Harry Charsley, Ollie Clarke, Jordan Bowery, George Lapslie, Danny Johnson, Oli Hawkins