Stat Attack: Northampton Town vs. Notts County, 2 April 2016

Notts County and Northampton have met a total of 54 times over the years, the first fixture taking place on 22 November 1930, which resulted in a 2-2 draw at Meadow Lane in Division Three (South).

The Magpies have a superior head-to-head record – they have won 27 times, drawn 10, and lost 17.

Our last meeting was earlier in the season, on 21 November 2015 – this finished 2-1 to the Cobblers, as Jon Stead’s goal was sandwiched between strikes from Rod McDonald and Brendan Moloney.

Northampton were formed in 1897, after meetings between the town’s schoolteachers and local solicitor A.J. Darnell.

They play their home games at the 7,653 capacity all-seater Sixfields Stadium, having moved in 1994 from the County Ground which they shared with the owners, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.  

They hold the record for the shortest time taken to be promoted from the bottom tier to the top tier and relegated back down to the bottom again, in the space of nine years.

They played their only season of their existence in the top division of English football when they reached the First Division in 1965–66 before then being relegated back to the Fourth Division by 1969–70.

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Northampton could secure automatic promotion from League Two with victory over Notts County today.

The Cobblers, who sit 13 points clear at the top of the table and have not lost in the league this year, will go up if they win and favourable results occur elsewhere.

Lee Martin and Joel Byrom could both return to the starting line-up this weekend after sitting out Monday's 2-2 draw at Mansfield Town with knocks.

Mike Edwards is back in contention under new boss Mark Cooper after struggling for games during former manager Jamie Fullarton's reign.

"If he's fit he has to play every game. I know if the ball is there he'll head it and kick it and that's a basic rule of defending," Cooper told the club's official site.

County are 19th in League Two after Monday's promising 0-0 draw with promotion-chasing Wycombe Wanderers.

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