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Brentford are ready to welcome Northampton Town to Griffin Park on Monday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 23 wins out of 34 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at Griffin Park was more than three years back, in March 2003, with Brentford running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Tue 17 Oct | Northampton | 0 - 0 | Brentford | ASSM |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 08 Aug | Northampton | 0 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 29 Mar | Brentford | 3-0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 12 Oct | Northampton | 1 - 2 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 22 Jan | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Fri 21 Dec | Brentford | 3 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 06 Jan | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Northampton | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Brentford have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The Bees's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
The away form of Northampton is pretty dire, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. Cobblers have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Brentford are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 32 points from their 33 games thus far. Northampton are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 36 points from 33 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Brentford | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| Northampton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Bees's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Northampton. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brentford | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Northampton | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 8 away matches. No win in the 5 most recent games. |