Northampton Town 1-1 Peterborough United: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 February 2026

Result

Northampton Town 1-1 Peterborough United

League One · Saturday 28 February 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Northampton Town 1-1 Peterborough United: match report

Northampton Town drew with Peterborough United 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 28 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Tom Eaves opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Tom Eaves (44'). Peterborough United scored through Jimmy Morgan (52').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Peterborough United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 34 points from 34 and Peterborough United 12th on 45 points from 34. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Peterborough United 18th with 53.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Peterborough United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Bass of Peterborough United (7.6), ahead of Terry Taylor (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Northampton Town wins, 0 draws and 7 for Peterborough United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Jake EvansNorthampton Town
  • 44'Goal · Tom EavesNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Jimmy MorganPeterborough United · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow cardPeterborough United
  • 60'Yellow card · Declan FrithPeterborough United
  • 64'Yellow card · Jimmy MorganPeterborough United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Northampton Town 3, draws 0, Peterborough United 7.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Sam HughesPeterborough United · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Lee Burge, Jack Burroughs, Elliott Moore, Michael Forbes, Jack Perkins, Terry Taylor, Dean Campbell, Jake Benjamin Evans, Tyrese Fornah, Sam Hoskins, Tom Eaves

Peterborough United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Bass, James Dornelly, Peter Kioso, David Okagbue, Carl Johnston, Archie Collins, Brandon Khela, Declan Frith, Jimmy-Jay Morgan, Kyrell Lisbie, Harry Leonard