Northampton Town 3-1 Stevenage: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 February 2026
Result
Northampton Town 3-1 Stevenage
League One · Saturday 7 February 2026, 15:01 UTC · half-time 2-1
Northampton Town 3-1 Stevenage: match report
Northampton Town won against Stevenage 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 7 February 2026. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Michael Forbes opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Michael Forbes (27'), Tom Eaves (45+3') and Sam Hoskins (90'). Stevenage scored through James Tyrrell Reid (37').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards; Stevenage received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 23rd on 30 points from 29 and Stevenage 8th on 42 points from 28. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Stevenage 6th with 75.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Stevenage in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Harvey White of Stevenage (7.3), level with Michael Forbes (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 1 draw and 4 for Stevenage.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Michael Forbes
- 37'Goal · James Tyrrell Reid
- 45+2'Yellow card · C. Goode
- 45+3'Missed penalty · Tom Eaves
- 45+3'Yellow card · James Tyrrell Reid
- 45+3'Goal · Tom Eaves
- 61'Yellow card · Max Dyche
- 71'Yellow card · D. Sweeney
- 74'Yellow card · Elliott Moore
- 77'Yellow card · Ross Fitzsimons
- 88'Yellow card · Sam Hoskins
- 90'Goal · Sam Hoskins
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-3)
Ross Fitzsimons, Max Dyche, Elliott Moore, Michael Forbes, Kamarai Swyer, Terry Taylor, Dean Campbell, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Cameron McGeehan, Tom Eaves, Elliott List
Stevenage line-up (3-4-1-2)
Filip Marschall, Charlie Goode, Dan Sweeney, Lewis Freestone, Luther James-Wildin, Daniel Phillips, Harvey White, Saxon Earley, Dan Kemp, Harry Cornick, Jamie Reid