Northampton Town 2-1 Mansfield Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 8 November 2025
Result
Northampton Town 2-1 Mansfield Town
League One · Saturday 8 November 2025, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Northampton Town 2-1 Mansfield Town: match report
Northampton Town won against Mansfield Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 8 November 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
R. Oates opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Jack Perkins (53') and Tom Eaves (74', penalty). Mansfield Town scored through R. Oates (18').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Mansfield Town received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 17th on 17 points from 14 and Mansfield Town 8th on 22 points from 14. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Mansfield Town 10th with 65.
Northampton Town lined up in a 5-4-1 and Mansfield Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rhys Oates of Mansfield Town (7.9), ahead of Jack Perkins (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 5 for Mansfield Town.
Key events
- 18'Goal · R. Oates
- 53'Goal · Jack Perkins
- 74'Penalty goal · Tom Eaves
- 82'Yellow card · Jordan Thorniley
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (5-4-1)
Ross Fitzsimons, Jack Burroughs, Conor McCarthy, Jordan Willis, Jordan Thorniley, Jack Perkins, Cameron McGeehan, Terry Taylor, Tyrese Fornah, Kyle Edwards, Ethan Wheatley
Mansfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Liam Roberts, Kyle Knoyle, Deji Oshilaja, Frazer Blake-Tracy, Stephen McLaughlin, Jamie McDonnell, A. Lewis, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, Tyler Roberts, Rhys Oates, Will Evans