English League Two

FT Saturday, December 12, 2015
Northampton Town WWWWW 4
–
Luton Town WDLLL 3
1st2ndT
NHT314
LTN123
Kenilworth Road · 8,792 att.

Match Report

Cobblers edge out Hatters after seven-goal thriller

Cobblers edge out Hatters after seven-goal thriller

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Head to Head

LTN leads series 3-2

Lineups

LTN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Mark TylerG
  2. 18Magnus OkuonghaeCD-L
  3. 30Luke WilkinsonCD-R
  4. 12Scott GriffithsLB
  5. 20Sean LongRB
  6. 4Jonathan SmithCM-L
  7. 7Alex LawlessCM-R
  8. 19Oliver LeeLM
  9. 11Danny GreenRM
  10. 22Craig Mackail-SmithCF-L
  11. 9Paul BensonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Ryan HallSUB
  2. 23Josh McQuoidSUB
  3. 37Frankie MusondaSUB
  4. 8Cameron McGeehanSUB
  5. 16Elliot JusthamSUB
  6. 2Stephen O'DonnellSUB
  7. 14Jack MarriottSUB

NHT · 4-5-1

  1. 1Adam SmithG
  2. 6Ryan CresswellCD-L
  3. 5Alexander DiamondCD-R
  4. 16David BuchananLB
  5. 2Brendan MoloneyRB
  6. 21John-Joe O'TooleCM-L
  7. 8Joel ByromCM-R
  8. 15Alfie PotterAM
  9. 10Nicky AdamsLM
  10. 7Lawson D'AthRM
  11. 9Marc RichardsF

Substitutes

  1. 11Ricky HolmesSUB
  2. 20Dominic Calvert-LewinSUB
  3. 26Ryan ClarkeSUB
  4. 12Josh LelanSUB
  5. 18Rod McDonaldSUB
  6. 4Jason TaylorSUB
  7. 14Sam HoskinsSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Luton Town 1, Northampton Town 0. Paul Benson (Luton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luke Wilkinson following a set piece situation.
  2. 18' Goal! Luton Town 1, Northampton Town 1. John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alfie Potter following a set piece situation.
  3. 30' Goal! Luton Town 1, Northampton Town 2. Lawson D'Ath (Northampton Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alfie Potter.
  4. 42' Goal! Luton Town 1, Northampton Town 3. Marc Richards (Northampton Town) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alfie Potter following a corner.
  5. 52' Goal! Luton Town 2, Northampton Town 3. Paul Benson (Luton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Lawless with a cross.
  6. 66' Goal! Luton Town 3, Northampton Town 3. Danny Green (Luton Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 69' Substitution, Northampton Town. Ricky Holmes replaces Nicky Adams.
  8. 69' Magnus Okuonghae (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 69' Goal! Luton Town 3, Northampton Town 4. Ricky Holmes (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Zander Diamond.
  10. 75' Substitution, Luton Town. Jack Marriott replaces Alex Lawless.
  11. 87' Substitution, Northampton Town. Jason Taylor replaces Alfie Potter.
  12. 88' Substitution, Luton Town. Ryan Hall replaces Sean Long.
  13. 88' Danny Green (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+1' Scott Griffiths (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+5' Substitution, Northampton Town. Dominic Calvert-Lewin replaces John-Joe O'Toole.

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