Northampton Town vs Cheltenham Town prediction and preview

Northampton Town vs Cheltenham Town

League Two · Tuesday 29 December 2026, 19:45 UTC · Sixfields Stadium, Northampton

Northampton Town · Cheltenham Town · League Two predictions

Northampton Town welcome Cheltenham Town at Sixfields Stadium in Northampton on Tuesday 29 December 2026 (19:45 UTC) in the League Two. Northampton Town are 21st in the table with 14 points from 13, while Cheltenham Town go into the round 5th, on 21 points from 14 games.

Northampton Town come into the game with a L-D-W-L-W run in the league (2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in their last 5), while Cheltenham Town's recent sequence reads L-W-W-L-L. Over their last 6, Northampton Town have scored 1.0 and conceded 0.7 goals per game, with 0 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Cheltenham Town average 1.2 scored and 2.2 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Northampton Town won 4, 1 game was drawn and Cheltenham Town won 5. Those games averaged 2.7 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 5. The most recent meeting, on 1 Jan 2024, ended Northampton Town 1-0 Cheltenham Town.