Northampton Town 1-0 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League One · Monday 1 January 2024

Result

Northampton Town 1-0 Cheltenham Town

League One · Monday 1 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Northampton Town 1-0 Cheltenham Town: match report

Northampton Town beat Cheltenham Town 1-0 in the League One on Monday 1 January 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Kieron Bowie of Northampton Town in the 66th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 11th on 33 points from 24 and Cheltenham Town 22nd on 20 points from 23. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Cheltenham Town 21st with 44.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cheltenham Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Ferry of Cheltenham Town (7.8), ahead of Max Thompson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 5 for Cheltenham Town.

Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Cheltenham Town's D-W-W-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Liam SmithCheltenham Town
  • 53'Yellow card · Jordan WillisNorthampton Town
  • 66'Penalty goal · Kieron BowieNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Lewis FreestoneCheltenham Town
  • 90'Yellow card · Sean LongCheltenham Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Tyreece SimpsonNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Northampton Town 3, draws 2, Cheltenham Town 5.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Max Thompson, Akin Odimayo, Aaron McGowan, Jordan Willis, Patrick Brough, Shaun McWilliams, Will Hondermarck, Kieron Bowie, M. Leonard, Mitch Pinnock, Tyreece Simpson

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-3)

Luke Southwood, Liam Smith, Tom Bradbury, Lewis Freestone, Sean Long, Tom Pett, Curtis Thompson, Will Ferry, Elliot Bonds, Will Goodwin, George Lloyd