Wrexham 4-1 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 5 October 2024
Result
Wrexham 4-1 Northampton Town
League One · Saturday 5 October 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Wrexham 4-1 Northampton Town: match report
Wrexham defeated Northampton Town 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 5 October 2024. The half-time score was 2-1.
James McClean opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Wrexham's goals came from James McClean (8'), Jack Marriott (38'), Elliot Lee (56') and James McClean (67'). Northampton Town scored through Cameron McGeehan (27').
Discipline: Wrexham received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wrexham were 2nd on 17 points from 9 and Northampton Town 19th on 8 points from 8. Wrexham went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Northampton Town 19th with 51.
Wrexham lined up in a 5-3-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Barnett of Wrexham (8.7), ahead of James McClean (8.6).
Going into the match Wrexham's last five read L-D-W-L-W and Northampton Town's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · James McClean
- 27'Goal · Cameron McGeehan
- 29'Yellow card · James McClean
- 31'Yellow card · Jack Sowerby
- 38'Goal · Jack Marriott
- 56'Goal · Elliot Lee
- 67'Goal · James McClean
- 76'Yellow card · Sam Hoskins
Team news
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Wrexham line-up (5-3-2)
Arthur Okonkwo, Ryan Barnett, Eoghan O'Connell, Dan Scarr, Thomas O'Connor, James McClean, Andy Cannon, George Dobson, Elliot Lee, Ollie Palmer, Jack Marriott
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-2-1)
Lee Burge, Aaron McGowan, Jack Baldwin, Jon Guthrie, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Cameron McGeehan, Jack Sowerby, Liam McCarron, Tyler Roberts, Sam Hoskins, Tom Eaves