Northampton Town vs Rotherham United · League One
Northampton Town
4-2-5
1 – 2
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Rotherham United
3-2-6
Sixfields Stadium · Northampton · England
Rotherham United were behind against Northampton Town but won 2-1 at Sixfields Stadium (crowd 6,548); Northampton had not lost in 4 until now. Northampton went ahead through Sam Hoskins at the 26-minute mark with a penalty and Rotherham were back level through Joseph Rafferty after 71 minutes; Josh Benson got the deciding goal late on, at 87 minutes. Yellow cards: five. On 58% of the ball Rotherham shot 11 times to 3 for Northampton. Rotherham hit the target 2 times from 11 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Sixfields Stadium · Northampton · England
- Crowd
- 6,548
- Referee
- Paul Tierney
- Northampton form
- LDWLD
- Rotherham form
- LLLDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rotherham | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Side by side
8Fouls17
3Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
4Corner Kicks4
0Saves0
42.5%Possession57.5%
3Shots11
1On Goal2
30%On Target %20%
1Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
1Blocked Shots0
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-2
90'+1'
🔁Liam Kellyreplacing Josh Benson
🔁Joe Wormleightonreplacing Jack Perkins
90'
87'1 - 2
⚽Josh Benson
🟨Ethan Wheatley
86'
🔁Michael Jacobsreplacing Kamarai Simon-Swyer
83'
71'1 - 1
⚽Joseph Rafferty
67'
🔁Sam Nombereplacing Martin Sherif
67'
🔁Kian Spencereplacing Shaun McWilliams
🟨Sam Hoskins
58'
45'
🔁Jordan Hugillreplacing Reece James
Half-time · 1-0
45'+3'
🟨Zak Jules
🟨Conor McCarthy
38'
35'
🟨Jamal Baptiste
⚽Sam HoskinsPenalty
26'1 - 0
🔁Ethan Wheatleyreplacing Jack Vale
21'
Kick-off
Teams
Northampton Town3-4-3
14Fornah
11↓Simon-Swyer
27↓Vale
21↓Perkins
4Campbell
7⚽🟨Hoskins
23Taylor
12Guinness-Walker
15Thorniley
3🟨McCarthy
34Fitzsimons
Bench
- 16Joe Wormleightonon for Jack Perkins, 90'
- 37Joziah Barnett
- 6Jordan Willis
- 20Theo Avery
- 19Ethan Wheatleyon for Jack Vale, 21' 🟨
- 17Michael Jacobson for Kamarai Simon-Swyer, 83'
- 36Ollie Evans
Rotherham United3-5-2
20↓Sherif
17↓McWilliams
6↓James
19⚽↓Benson
22Hall
44Gore
7Powell
15🟨Baptiste
3🟨Jules
2⚽Rafferty
1Dawson
Bench
- 4Liam Kellyon for Josh Benson, 90'+1'
- 10Sam Nombeon for Martin Sherif, 67'
- 9Jordan Hugillon for Reece James, 45'
- 23Jack Holmes
- 16Dru Yearwood
- 8Kian Spenceon for Shaun McWilliams, 67'
- 26Hamish Douglas
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Huddersfield Town | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 |  Stockport County | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | +11 | 23 |
| 3 |  Oxford United | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +9 | 22 |
| 4 |  Bradford City | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 22 |
| 5 |  Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 22 |
| 6 |  Reading | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
| 7 |  Cambridge United | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | +3 | 21 |
| 8 |  Luton Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 20 |
| 9 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +8 | 19 |
| 10 |  Mansfield Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 18 |
| 11 |  Leicester City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 12 |  Burton Albion | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 17 |
| 13 |  Stevenage | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 15 |
| 14 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 |  Leyton Orient | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 |  Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 19 |  Notts County | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 |  Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 21 |  Peterborough United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 10 |
| 22 |  Bromley | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -19 | 9 |
| 23 |  Barnsley | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 |  Wigan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 7 |
Meetings
0Northampton wins
0Level
5Rotherham wins
Last times they met
FT
Northampton
0–2
Rotherham · 2024-25 English League One
FT
Rotherham
3–0
Northampton · 2024-25 English League One
FT
Northampton
0–3
Rotherham · 2017-18 English League One
FT
Rotherham
1–0
Northampton · 2017-18 English League One
FT
Rotherham
3–1
Northampton · 2012/13 English League Two
Form
Last games: Northampton
L2-0W3-0W2-0D0-0W1-0
Last games: Rotherham
L2-1L1-0L2-1D2-2W3-2
