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Brentford pack their bags to visit Northampton Town at Sixfields on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 33 games played, Bees have recorded 8 wins, and Northampton have come away with 16 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Sixfields was more than three years back, in October 2002, with Brentford inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Cobblers in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 29 Mar | Brentford | 3 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 12 Oct | Northampton | 1 - 2 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 22 Jan | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Fri 21 Dec | Brentford | 3 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 06 Jan | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 12 Aug | Northampton | 1 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 21 Mar | Brentford | 0 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Cobblers in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Bees have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Bees, and 6 goals against.
Northampton's 1 points from 1 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Brentford's total of 3 points from their 1 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Brentford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Bees could well see them head back from Sixfields with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Brentford | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. |