Northampton Town 2-1 Swindon Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 20 October 2020

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Swindon Town

League One · Tuesday 20 October 2020, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Northampton Town 2-1 Swindon Town: match report

Northampton Town defeated Swindon Town 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 20 October 2020. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Christopher Missilou opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Christopher Missilou (7') and Danny Rose (28'). Swindon Town scored through Tyler Smith (76', penalty).

Discipline: Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards; Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 23rd on 4 points from 6 and Swindon Town 17th on 6 points from 6. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Swindon Town 23rd with 43.

Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Swindon Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Rose of Northampton Town (7.8), ahead of Christopher Missilou (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 5 for Swindon Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Christopher MissilouNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Danny RoseNorthampton Town · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · C. BolgerNorthampton Town
  • 61'Yellow card · Christopher MissilouNorthampton Town
  • 65'Yellow card · Diallang JaiyesimiSwindon Town
  • 76'Penalty goal · Tyler SmithSwindon Town · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Jonathan GroundsSwindon Town
  • 86'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Harry SmithNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Northampton Town 3, draws 2, Swindon Town 5.

Team news

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

J. Mitchell, Michael Harriman, Cian Bolger, Fraser Horsfall, Sam Hoskins, Jack Sowerby, Christopher Missilou, Nicky Adams, Ricky Korboa, Ben Ashley-Seal, Danny Rose

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

Matej Kovar, Paul Caddis, Mathieu Baudry, Akin Odimayo, Jonathan Grounds, Anthony Grant, Matthew Smith, Jordan Stevens, Jack Payne, Jonny Smith, Hallam Hope