Cheltenham Town vs Northampton Town, 2019-20 English League Two, Semifinals

· 2nd Leg - Northampton Town advance 3-2 on aggregate
Cheltenham Town
    FT
    0 - 3
    2nd Leg - Northampton Town advance 3-2 on aggregate
    Northampton Town
    • 9': Vadaine Oliver
    • 57': Callum Morton
    • 77': Callum Morton

    About

    Cheltenham Town are hosting Northampton Town at The Completely-Suzuki Stadium, Cheltenham, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Two.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Attempt blocked. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vadaine Oliver with a headed pass.
    • 2': Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Foul by Scott Wharton (Northampton Town).
    • 3': Chris Hussey (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Vadaine Oliver (Northampton Town).
    • 4': Attempt saved. Callum Morton (Northampton Town) header from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicky Adams with a cross.
    • 5': Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Charlie Raglan.
    • 6': Ben Tozer (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Callum Morton (Northampton Town).
    • 7': Ben Tozer (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Vadaine Oliver (Northampton Town).
    • 9': Goal! Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 1. Vadaine Oliver (Northampton Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicky Adams with a cross.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Callum Morton (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alan McCormack.
    • 14': Ben Tozer (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Vadaine Oliver (Northampton Town).
    • 14': Foul by Jonte Smith (Cheltenham Town).
    • 14': Scott Wharton (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Chris Hussey (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Callum Morton (Northampton Town).
    • 16': Foul by Charlie Raglan (Cheltenham Town).
    • 16': Vadaine Oliver (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Foul by Ryan Watson (Northampton Town).
    • 17': Jonte Smith (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Jonte Smith (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Charlie Raglan with a cross.
    • 19': Alan McCormack (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 19': Foul by Jonte Smith (Cheltenham Town).
    • 20': Attempt missed. Alan McCormack (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Callum Morton (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vadaine Oliver with a headed pass.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Nicky Adams (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 21': Foul by Alan McCormack (Northampton Town).
    • 21': Ryan Broom (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Charlie Goode (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Foul by Jonte Smith (Cheltenham Town).
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 24': Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Charlie Raglan.
    • 30': Offside, Northampton Town. Alan McCormack tries a through ball, but Callum Morton is caught offside.
    • 30': Offside, Cheltenham Town. Ryan Broom tries a through ball, but Alfie May is caught offside.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Jonte Smith (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jake Doyle-Hayes.
    • 35': Attempt missed. Alan McCormack (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 37': Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Charlie Goode.
    • 37': Foul by Ryan Broom (Cheltenham Town).
    • 37': Nicky Adams (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Nicky Adams (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Charlie Goode with a cross.
    • 39': Alan McCormack (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Foul by Alfie May (Cheltenham Town).
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonte Smith.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Vadaine Oliver (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum Morton.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Vadaine Oliver (Northampton Town) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Charlie Goode with a cross.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Ryan Broom (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Reuben Reid replaces Jonte Smith.
    • 46': Attempt saved. Jake Doyle-Hayes (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by William Boyle.
    • 48': Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Ben Tozer.
    • 48': Offside, Northampton Town. Nicky Adams tries a through ball, but Callum Morton is caught offside.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Vadaine Oliver (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Callum Morton.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan McCormack.
    • 51': Foul by Jake Doyle-Hayes (Cheltenham Town).
    • 51': Ryan Watson (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 53': Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Charlie Goode.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Ben Tozer (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by William Boyle with a headed pass.
    • 54': Attempt saved. William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) header from very close range is saved in the top right corner.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Nicky Adams (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Callum Morton (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Hoskins.
    • 56': Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by William Boyle.
    • 57': Goal! Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 2. Callum Morton (Northampton Town) header from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
    • 58': Foul by Callum Morton (Northampton Town).
    • 58': William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Alan McCormack (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Ryan Broom (Cheltenham Town).
    • 60': Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Sean Long.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Scott Wharton (Northampton Town) header from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nicky Adams with a cross following a corner.
    • 62': Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Alex Addai replaces Ryan Broom.
    • 62': Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Rohan Ince replaces Jake Doyle-Hayes.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Callum Morton (Northampton Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Goode.
    • 64': Offside, Northampton Town. Ryan Watson tries a through ball, but Vadaine Oliver is caught offside.
    • 66': Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by William Boyle.
    • 68': Callum Morton (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 68': Foul by William Boyle (Cheltenham Town).
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Ryan Watson (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rohan Ince.
    • 71': Substitution, Northampton Town. James Olayinka replaces Alan McCormack.
    • 74': Foul by Jordan Turnbull (Northampton Town).
    • 74': Reuben Reid (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Ryan Watson (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Michael Harriman (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 77': Goal! Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 3. Callum Morton (Northampton Town) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
    • 79': Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 79': Foul by James Olayinka (Northampton Town).
    • 79': James Olayinka (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Chris Hussey (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 81': Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Tom Nichols replaces Charlie Raglan.
    • 83': Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Scott Wharton.
    • 83': Attempt saved. Callum Morton (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Hoskins.
    • 84': Substitution, Northampton Town. Harry Smith replaces Vadaine Oliver.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Rohan Ince (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Nichols.
    • 86': Substitution, Northampton Town. Joe Martin replaces Nicky Adams.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is just a bit too high. Assisted by Tom Nichols.
    • 88': Foul by Harry Smith (Northampton Town).
    • 88': William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
    • 90'+2': Hand ball by Alfie May (Cheltenham Town).
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Callum Morton (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sam Hoskins.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Sean Long (Cheltenham Town).
    • 90'+3': James Olayinka (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+4': Callum Morton (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+5': Callum Morton (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Chris Hussey (Cheltenham Town).
    • 90'+7': Attempt saved. William Boyle (Cheltenham Town) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Tozer.
    • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 3.

    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 12
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    6 Corner Kicks 3
    3 Saves 5
    45.9 Possession 54.1
    25 SHOTS 14
    8 ON GOAL 3
    0.3 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    0 Accurate Passes 0
    0 Passes 0
    0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
    0 Accurate Crosses 0
    0 Crosses 0
    0.0 Cross % 0.0
    0 Long Balls 0
    0 Accurate Long Balls 0
    0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
    6 Blocked Shots 5
    0 Effective Tackles 0
    0 Tackles 0
    0.0 Tackle % 0.0
    0 Interceptions 0
    0 Effective Clearances 0
    0 Clearances 0

    Game Information

    Competition: English League Two

    Venue: The Completely-Suzuki Stadium
    Location: Cheltenham, England

    Line-Ups

    CHL Cheltenham Town (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    33 Owen Evans (GK)
    4 Ben Tozer
    15 William Boyle
    5 Charlie Raglan
    21 Jake Doyle-Hayes
    11 Ryan Broom
    7 Conor Thomas
    3 Chris Hussey
    2 Sean Long
    27 Jonté Smith
    29 Alfie May
    Cheltenham Town Substitutes:
    Joshua Debayo, Rhys Lovett, Tom Nichols, Chris Clements, Reuben Reid, Rohan Ince, Alex Addai, Max Sheaf, Jacob Greaves.

    NHT Northampton Town (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    25 Steven Arnold (GK)
    6 Jordan Turnbull
    16 Scott Wharton
    5 Charlie Goode
    7 Sam Hoskins
    4 Alan McCormack
    8 Ryan Watson
    10 Nicky Adams
    23 Michael Harriman
    19 Vadaine Oliver
    39 Callum Morton
    Northampton Town Substitutes:
    David Cornell, Harry Smith, Mark Marshall, Chris Lines, James Olayinka, Paul Anderson, Mathew Warburton, Joe Martin, Andy Williams.

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