Northampton Town 1-2 Mansfield Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 March 2020

Result

Northampton Town 1-2 Mansfield Town

League Two · Saturday 7 March 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Northampton Town 1-2 Mansfield Town: match report

Northampton Town were beaten by Mansfield Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 7 March 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Danny Rose opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Harry Smith (90+5'). Mansfield Town scored through Danny Rose (12', penalty) and W. Tomlinson (74').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Mansfield Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 6th on 58 points from 36 and Mansfield Town 22nd on 35 points from 35. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Mansfield Town 21st with 38.

Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Mansfield Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aidan Stone of Mansfield Town (8.1), ahead of Nicky Adams (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 6 draws and 2 for Mansfield Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Red card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 12'Penalty goal · Danny RoseMansfield Town · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Charlie GoodeNorthampton Town
  • 31'Yellow card · W. TomlinsonMansfield Town
  • 54'Yellow card · Vadaine OliverNorthampton Town
  • 62'Yellow card · A. McCormackNorthampton Town
  • 62'Yellow card · Harry SmithNorthampton Town
  • 74'Goal · W. TomlinsonMansfield Town · 0-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Nicky AdamsNorthampton Town
  • 90+5'Goal · Harry SmithNorthampton Town · 1-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 6, Mansfield Town 2.

Team news

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

Steve Arnold, Charlie Goode, Jordan Turnbull, Scott Wharton, Ibón Arrieta, Alan McCormack, Ryan Watson, Nicky Adams, Sam Hoskins, Callum Morton, Vadaine Oliver

Mansfield Town line-up (3-5-2)

Aidan Stone, Ryan Sweeney, Krystian Pearce, Kell Watts, Joe Riley, Willem Tomlinson, Neal Bishop, Harry Charsley, CJ Hamilton, Danny Rose, Nicky Maynard