Northampton Town (a): Team News From Sixfields

The Imps take on Northampton Town at Sixfields in League One this evening. This match will be refereed by Ollie Yates. The kick-off is at 19:45, and team news will be provided below once we have it. Refresh the page at 18:45 for team news from both sides and have a go at our quiz about the last time The Imps took on The Cobblers at Sixfields: QUIZ HERE! (quiz link open in new tabs).

Pre-match articles: A summary of what Mark Kennedy said in his pre-match interview and a Q&A with a Northampton Town supporter.

Match Thread: Northampton Town v Lincoln City

Northampton Town XI: 26. Thompson, 22. Odimayo, 33. Brough, 6. Sherring, 12. Monthe, 21. Leonard, 19. Bowie, 4. Sowerby, 11. Pinnock, 7. Hoskins (c), 16. Simpson.

Subs: 36. Dadge (GK), 35. Dyche, 3. McGowan, 27. Abimbola, 23. Hondermarck, 9. Appéré

Lincoln City XI: 1. Jensen, 23. Roughan, 15. O’Connor (c), 22. Eyoma, 16. Burroughs, 3. Brown, 11. Hamilton, 6. Erhahon, 18. House, 7. Hackett-Fairchild, 14. Mândroiu.

Subs: 12. Wright (GK), 5. Jackson, 10. Bishop, 8. Smith, 2. Sørensen, 17. Duffy, 19. Walker.

Referee: Ollie Yates.
Assistants Referees: James Vallance and Samuel Fudge.
Fourth Official: ~~Craig Hicks~~ Anthony Da Costa.

Pre-match views from the Match Thread:

gijsbert_bos: “Looking at their forum, the Cobblers seem surprisingly optimistic about their chances against us, for a side that has lost all 3 games so far this season, scoring 1 and conceding 6. A few saying it’s a “must-win game”, perhaps because they expect to get thumped by Pish at the weekend. I think it will be tight, a draw or an Imps win by a single goal.”

PerthImp: “Nope – these are the games we should be winning. We have the players to do it this season and have shown already we can play some excellent football, and score goals. Plus we have a stronger bench that can change games. Northampton are no Bolton, at least by their results so far. On the flipside, this is football so who knows. I reckon 2 – 0 to the Imps.”

sedgleyimp: “Looking forward to what will be my first visit to Northampton’s ground. Despite it being pretty close for me it’s one I’ve never managed to get to before. Saturday’s win and 2nd half performance has raised the optimism for 3 points tonight which is always a dangerous thing for us Imps and we will have to be on our game to ensure we don’t have one of our sub-par games against a team who (no disrespect intended) are one of the weaker ones in our division. An early goal should allow us to settle into out play.”

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