Northampton Town 2-1 Milton Keynes Dons: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 January 2018

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Milton Keynes Dons

League One · Saturday 20 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Northampton Town 2-1 Milton Keynes Dons: match report

Northampton Town defeated Milton Keynes Dons 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 20 January 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.

John-Joe O'Toole opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from John-Joe O'Toole (16') and Chris Long (41'). Milton Keynes Dons scored through Alex Gilbey (19').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Milton Keynes Dons received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 21st on 29 points from 28 and Milton Keynes Dons 19th on 30 points from 27. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Milton Keynes Dons 23rd with 45.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Milton Keynes Dons in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 1 draw and 3 for Milton Keynes Dons.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Chris LongNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Kieran AgardMilton Keynes Dons
  • 90'Yellow card · HildebertoNorthampton Town
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons
  • 90+5'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 1, Milton Keynes Dons 3.

Team news

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

Richard O'Donnell, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Shay Facey, Jordan Turnbull, Joe Bunney, Sam Foley, Sam Hoskins, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Christopher Long

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lee Nicholls, G. Williams, Scott Wootton, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Callum Brittain, Ousseynou Cissé, Peter Pawlett, Marcus Tavernier, Alex Gilbey, Osman Sow, Iké Ugbo