Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 October 2021

Result

Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 23 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tranmere Rovers 0-2 Northampton Town: match report

Tranmere Rovers were beaten by Northampton Town 0-2 in the League Two on Saturday 23 October 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

K. Etete opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Tranmere Rovers did not score. Northampton Town scored through K. Etete (52') and Sam Hoskins (68', penalty).

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 5th on 22 points from 13 and Northampton Town 6th on 21 points from 13. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 75 points, and Northampton Town 7th with 80.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Northampton Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Hoskins of Northampton Town (8.7), ahead of Aaron McGowan (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tranmere Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Yellow card · Paul LewisNorthampton Town
  • 52'Goal · K. EteteNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Ali KoikiNorthampton Town
  • 68'Penalty goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 0-2
  • 72'Yellow card · J. SpearingTranmere Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 3, draws 4, Northampton Town 3.

Team news

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Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-5-1)

Ross Doohan, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Tom Davies, Peter Clarke, C. MacDonald, Callum McManaman, Kieron Morris, Jay Spearing, Sam Foley, Liam Feeney, Elliott Nevitt

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