Northampton Town 3-1 Gillingham: result and report
League One · Tuesday 29 December 2020
Result
Northampton Town 3-1 Gillingham
League One · Tuesday 29 December 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Northampton Town 3-1 Gillingham: match report
Northampton Town defeated Gillingham 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 29 December 2020. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Sam Hoskins opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Sam Hoskins (31', penalty), Danny Rose (35') and Alan Sheehan (47'). Gillingham scored through Kyle Dempsey (45').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 18 points from 19 and Gillingham 13th on 26 points from 18. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Gillingham 10th with 67.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Gillingham in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Rose of Northampton Town (7.8), ahead of Alan Sheehan (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 6 for Gillingham.
Key events
- 31'Penalty goal · Sam Hoskins
- 35'Goal · Danny Rose
- 45'Goal · Kyle Dempsey
- 47'Goal · Alan Sheehan
- 82'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliams
- 84'Yellow card · B. Ashley-Seal
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
J. Mitchell, Lloyd Jones, Cian Bolger, Alan Sheehan, Nicky Adams, Shaun McWilliams, Jack Sowerby, Sam Hoskins, Ryan Watson, Danny Rose, Ben Ashley-Seal
Gillingham line-up (4-3-2-1)
Jack Bonham, Ryan Jackson, Jack Tucker, Connor Ogilvie, Thomas O'Connor, Josh Eccles, Robbie McKenzie, Scott Robertson, Kyle Dempsey, A. MacDonald, John Akinde