Northampton Town 2-0 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 4 September 2021

Result

Northampton Town 2-0 Scunthorpe United

League Two · Saturday 4 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Northampton Town 2-0 Scunthorpe United: match report

Northampton Town defeated Scunthorpe United 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 4 September 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Danny Rose opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Danny Rose (63') and Sam Hoskins (90+3'). Scunthorpe United did not score.

Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Scunthorpe United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 8th on 7 points from 4 and Scunthorpe United 14th on 6 points from 5. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 7th with 80 points, and Scunthorpe United 24th with 26.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Scunthorpe United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Hoskins of Northampton Town (8.9), ahead of Danny Rose (8.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · L. ThompsonScunthorpe United
  • 20'Red card · Emmanuel OnariaseScunthorpe United
  • 44'Yellow card · Fraser HorsfallNorthampton Town
  • 63'Goal · Danny RoseNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 90+3'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 90+5'Yellow card · H. DavisScunthorpe United

Team news

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

Liam Roberts, Aaron McGowan, Jon Guthrie, Fraser Horsfall, Ali Koiki, Sam Hoskins, Jordan Flores, Paul Lewis, Mitch Pinnock, Kion Etete, Danny Rose

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

Rory Watson, Harry Davis, Manny Onariase, George Taft, Jai Rowe, Alfie Beestin, Harry Wood, Hayden Hackney, Lewis Thompson, Devarn Green, Aaron Jarvis