Northampton Town 1-2 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 11 October 2025
Result
Northampton Town 1-2 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 11 October 2025, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Northampton Town 1-2 Rotherham United: match report
Northampton Town lost to Rotherham United 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 11 October 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.
Sam Hoskins opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Sam Hoskins (26', penalty). Rotherham United scored through Joe Rafferty (71') and Josh Benson (87').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 13th on 14 points from 10 and Rotherham United 22nd on 8 points from 10. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Rotherham United 23rd with 41.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Rotherham United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Benson of Rotherham United (7.7), ahead of Joe Rafferty (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 4 draws and 5 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 26'Penalty goal · Sam Hoskins
- 35'Yellow card · Jamal Baptiste
- 38'Yellow card · C. McCarthy
- 45+3'Yellow card · Zak Jules
- 58'Yellow card · Sam Hoskins
- 71'Goal · Joe Rafferty
- 86'Yellow card · Ethan Wheatley
- 87'Goal · Josh Benson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Northampton Town line-up (3-4-3)
Ross Fitzsimons, Conor McCarthy, Jordan Thorniley, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Sam Hoskins, Terry Taylor, Dean Campbell, Jack Perkins, Kamarai Swyer, Jack Vale, Tyrese Fornah
Rotherham United line-up (3-5-2)
Cameron Dawson, Joe Rafferty, Zak Jules, Jamal Baptiste, Denzel Hall, Dan Gore, Joe Powell, Josh Benson, Reece James, Shaun McWilliams, Martin Sherif