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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Sixfields Stadium
  • Attendance: 5405
  • Referee: Singh, J

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

The referee has booked Mark Bunn.

89 mins

Giles Coke is being taken off, Andy Holt has come on in his place.

85 mins

Ian Henderson goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

80 mins

Ryan Gilligan is replaced by Ian Henderson.

78 mins

Poul Hubertz takes a penalty for Northampton and scores!.

64 mins

Leyton Orient are replacing Jason Demetriou with Wayne Corden.

64 mins

The referee has booked Ryan Gilligan.

63 mins

The referee has booked John Melligan.

53 mins

Sam Oji is being taken off, Stephen Purches has come on in his place.

50 mins

Adam Chambers goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

43 mins

Sean Thornton is replaced by John Melligan.

42 mins

The referee has booked Sam Oji.

14 mins

Goal!! Northampton have scored with Giles Coke putting it in the back of the net.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Northampton Town picked up three valuable points to put the brakes on promotion-chasing Leyton Orient with goals in either half from Giles Coke and Poul Hubertz.

Northampton were good value for the win against an Orient side that didn't have the killer touch in front of goal.

Top-scorer Adam Boyd missed a great chance for the O's in the fourth minute when he fired over from a great position after Andy Barcham pulled the ball back.

Boyd went close again in the 11th minute with a snapshot, but it was Northampton who broke the deadlock three minutes later.

Coke, who has been sidelined for most of the season since his arrival from Mansfield, raced onto a flick from Hubertz to beat the advancing Stuart Nelson with a cool finish from the edge of the box.

Orient almost drew level in the 25th minute when Boyd looked certain to score only to be denied by a last-gasp tackle from on-loan defender Mark Little.

Paul Terry almost put the O's back on level terms five minutes before the interval but keeper Mark Bunn reacted well to keep out his deflected effort.

In between, Danny Jackman fired over at the end of an excellent move as Northampton passed the ball around with confidence and Joe Burnell was also just off target after another good move.

Orient picked up the tempo at the start of the second half but despite some neat approach play they were unable to make any impression as the Northampton defensive trio of Little, Brett Johnson and Mark Hughes were outstanding.

Northampton continued to create the better chances with Coke pulling the strings in midfield and Hubertz proving a handful up front.

Jason Crowe headed over from a Daniel Jones free-kick and then Hubertz saw his header from another Jones free-kick saved by Nelson as Cobblers sought the second goal.

It finally arrived in the 78th minute when Hubertz scored from the penalty spot after sending Nelson the wrong way to register his seventh goal of the season after Crowe had been fouled in the box.

Northampton Town Team

Leyton Orient Team

Northampton Town

Leyton Orient

Corners

4 3

Fouls

11 16

Goal attempts

13 8

Shots off target

6 5

Offsides

1 2

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