Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 5 February 2019
Result
Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Northampton Town
League Two · Tuesday 5 February 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Northampton Town: match report
Tranmere Rovers were beaten by Northampton Town 1-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 5 February 2019. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Sam Hoskins opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Tranmere Rovers's goal came from James Norwood (25'). Northampton Town scored through Sam Hoskins (2') and Sam Hoskins (45+3').
Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 10th on 42 points from 29 and Northampton Town 17th on 34 points from 30. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 2nd with 80 points, and Northampton Town 15th with 61.
Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 5-3-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tranmere Rovers wins, 4 draws and 2 for Northampton Town.
Going into the match Tranmere Rovers's last five read L-L-W-D-D and Northampton Town's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Sam Hoskins
- 25'Goal · James Norwood
- 45+3'Goal · Sam Hoskins
- 67'Yellow card · John-Joe O'Toole
- 83'Yellow card · Aaron Pierre
- 87'Yellow card · Shay Facey
Head-to-head
Team news
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Davies, Jake Caprice, Manny Monthe, Sid Nelson, Liam Ridehalgh, Kieron Morris, Luke McCullough, David Perkins, Ben Pringle, James Norwood, Connor Jennings
Northampton Town line-up (5-3-2)
David Cornell, Shay Facey, Charlie Goode, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, David Buchanan, Joe Powell, Shaun McWilliams, Jordan Turnbull, Jack Bridge, Sam Hoskins