Scunthorpe United 2-2 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 February 2018

Result

Scunthorpe United 2-2 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 17 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Scunthorpe United 2-2 Northampton Town: match report

Scunthorpe United drew with Northampton Town 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 17 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Chris Long opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Funso Ojo (31') and Murray Wallace (77'). Northampton Town scored through Chris Long (13') and John-Joe O'Toole (57').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 5th on 55 points from 33 and Northampton Town 20th on 36 points from 33. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

Scunthorpe United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Scunthorpe United wins, 5 draws and 1 for Northampton Town.

Going into the match Scunthorpe United's last five read D-L-W-L-D and Northampton Town's L-W-L-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Chris LongNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Funso OjoScunthorpe United · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 57'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town · 1-2
  • 77'Goal · Murray WallaceScunthorpe United · 2-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Matt CrooksNorthampton Town
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Chris LongNorthampton Town
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Richard O'DonnellNorthampton Town
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Scunthorpe United 3, draws 5, Northampton Town 1.

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up (4-4-2)

Matthew Gilks, Conor Townsend, Murray Wallace, Rory McArdle, F. Ojo, Josh Morris, Levi Sutton, Ryan Yates, Ivan Toney, Lee Novak, Duane Holmes

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

Richard O'Donnell, Brendan Moloney, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Jordan Turnbull, Joe Bunney, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Daniel Powell, Christopher Long, Gboly Ariyibi