Northampton Town 3-2 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 March 2022

Result

Northampton Town 3-2 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 5 March 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Northampton Town 3-2 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Northampton Town beat Tranmere Rovers 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 5 March 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.

Fraser Horsfall opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Fraser Horsfall (29'), Fraser Horsfall (37') and Mitch Pinnock (66'). Tranmere Rovers scored through J. McPake (75') and Kane Hemmings (88', penalty).

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 2nd on 57 points from 34 and Tranmere Rovers 4th on 56 points from 34. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 7th with 80 points, and Tranmere Rovers 9th with 75.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tranmere Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Fraser Horsfall of Northampton Town (9.1), ahead of Mitch Pinnock (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Northampton Town wins, 4 draws and 2 for Tranmere Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Callum McManamanTranmere Rovers
  • 29'Goal · Fraser HorsfallNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Fraser HorsfallNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 66'Goal · Mitch PinnockNorthampton Town · 3-0
  • 68'Yellow card · J. McPakeTranmere Rovers
  • 72'Yellow card · Fraser HorsfallNorthampton Town
  • 75'Goal · J. McPakeTranmere Rovers · 3-1
  • 88'Penalty goal · Kane HemmingsTranmere Rovers · 3-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · L. O'ConnorTranmere Rovers
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Bez LubalaNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Northampton Town 4, draws 4, Tranmere Rovers 2.

Team news

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, Louis Appéré

Tranmere Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ross Doohan, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Peter Clarke, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Callum McManaman, Lewis Warrington, Lee O'Connor, Kieron Morris, Josh McPake, Jake Burton, Kane Hemmings