- John-Joe O'Toole - 42'
- Sonny Bradley - 61' OG
Northampton beat Plymouth to boost survival hopes
Northampton Town gave their survival hopes a huge boost with a richly deserved 2-0 victory over promotion-chasing Plymouth Argyle.Goals either side of half-time were enough to hand the Cobblers only a second win in 12 games and bring them to within two points of safety, denting Plymouth's hopes of a play-off place.Northampton took the game to their in-form visitors from the first whistle and should have had the lead when Sam Hoskins capitalised on a mistake from Gary Sawyer before shooting straight at Remi Matthews. Hoskins was denied by Matthews for a second time but, seconds later, John-Joe O'Toole poked in Daniel Powell's low cross to hand the hosts a deserved lead at half-time.The Cobblers were even more dominant in the second half and duly added to their lead just after the hour-mark when, after Matt Crooks went close, defender Zak Vyner turned Powell's cross into his own net.The home side had further chances to rack up a more convincing victory but Powell, Hoskins and O'Toole were all denied by the outstanding Matthews.
Game Information
English League One Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Wycombe Wanderers | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | +16 | 32 |
Birmingham City | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | +12 | 30 |
Wrexham | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | +11 | 28 |
Stockport County | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | +9 | 27 |
Barnsley | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | +5 | 26 |
Lincoln City | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | +4 | 26 |
Mansfield Town | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 24 |
Huddersfield Town | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | +7 | 23 |
Exeter City | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 23 |
Reading | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 23 |
Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 23 |
Peterborough United | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 21 |
Charlton Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 18 |
Stevenage | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 18 |
Northampton Town | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
Rotherham United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
Blackpool | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 17 |
Wigan Athletic | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
Leyton Orient | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
Crawley Town | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -13 | 13 |
Cambridge United | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 11 |
Burton Albion | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 8 |
Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -14 | 8 |