League One: Stevenage vs Northampton – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One game between Stevenage and Northampton who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Stevenage hope to live up to their early billing as the League One title favourites this coming Saturday when they welcome Northampton over to the Lamex Stadium for a round 3 match.

Stevenage put six points on display after their first two outings of the new season, and they will be tough to handle in their pursuit of maintaining maximum points.

Team form: Stevenage vs Northampton

Stevenage Form

In their last three matches, Stevenage beat Blackpool by 2-3 and Rotherham by 1-0, before losing against Charlton by 3-1. Stevenage only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent League One matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored seven and conceded seven goals.

Northampton Form

In their past three games, Northampton lost 3-1 against Wigan, drew 0-0 with Bradford, and lost 0-1 against Southampton. Northampton claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the League One. The scoreline from these matches reads ten goals conceded and nine scored.

Betting facts for Stevenage and Northampton

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Stevenage and Northampton played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Stevenage vs Northampton

Jamie Reid is showing good form for Stevenage, scoring four goals in their last six matches. Cameron McGeehan scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Betting markets: Stevenage vs Northampton

Full-time result

Stevenage claimed two wins, drew three and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Northampton won three, drew two and lost five of their last 10 games away. Stevenage have not lost to Northampton in 5 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Stevenage only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Interestingly, Northampton scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Stevenage managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Northampton kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches. Stevenage have scored in 4 consecutive home meetings with Northampton.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Stevenage, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Northampton, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.1 times goals per game.