Northampton vs SwindonPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Sixfields Stadium opens the season with Northampton hosting Swindon Town on a matchday where neither club has a point to its name yet. Northampton's last five outings describe a team of two halves: a 4-2 at Solihull Moors and a 3-1 at Southend on one side, two goalless draws at Cambridge and at home to Coventry on the other, plus a 0-1 at Leicester in their most recent game. Two of those five produced at least four goals between the sides, two finished without any: no clear trend either way. For Swindon Town there is no recent picture to work from. No matches are on record and there is no head-to-head history with Northampton, so the fixture starts without a past to lean on and with only the home side's numbers to go by. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.