Northampton Town boss to fight on and the facts and figures ahead of a derby day battle with Peterborough United

Some of the manager’s decisions as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat to bottom club Port Vale at Sixfields were booed and jeered by home fans, according to the Northampton Chronicle and Echo as Cobblers failed to register a single shot on target.

Cobblers head into derby day against Peterborough United in torrid form. They’ve won just one of their last 14 League One games and sit third from bottom having played more games than all the teams around them.

But Nolan said: "It was obviously a really tough night. It’s pouring for us at the moment. They have one shot on target and it ends up in the back of our net, but in these times you have to stick together, keep believing and believe that it will turn for you at some point. That’s what we’ve spoken about after the game.

"This is a squad I believe in and we have to fight our way out of it and I’m looking forward to the scrap.”

**Posh boss Luke Williams is due to speak to the press on Wednesday afternoon.

BAD RUN

Before losing to Posh at London Road on December 13th Cobblers were 14th, five points and seven places ahead of Posh. Now, 15 games later, they are 22nd, 11 points and 10 points behind their bitterest rivals after picking up just 10 points in two-and-a-half months.

HOME FORM

Only three teams have an inferior home record than Cobblers in League One. Plymouth, Rotherham and Port Vale, although to be fair Cobblers have only picked up three points fewer than Posh who are 14th in the home table. Cobblers have won the last two games against Posh at Sixfields, both with late goals, but historically the visitors have been better in this fixture with 12 wins and nine defeats in 30 clashes.

GOAL SHY

Cobblers have the second worst scoring record in League One with 30 in 34 games. Only Vale (25 in 31 games) have scored fewer. Posh have scored 49 goals in their 34 League One matches so far. A hefty proportion of those 30 goals have come from set-pieces.

Cobblers top scorer is big Tom Eaves who scored one of his seven League One goals at Posh in December. Cobblers have concede two fewer goals than Posh (47-49)

FAMILIAR FACE

Cobblers signed free agent centre-back Elliott Moore recently. Moore scored the the only goal of the game for Oxford United in the first leg of the 2023-24 League One play-off semi-final against Posh. It proved to be decisive as the second leg at London Road was drawn 1-1.

MAN IN THE MIDDLE

Experienced referee David Rock takes charge at Sixfields on Saturday. He’s been a Football League referee for seven years. He last refereed Posh in a 1-0 League One defeat at Wrexham last season.

BIG MATCH ODDS

Sky Bet can’t separate Posh and Cobblers ahead of Saturday’s big game. They have both teams priced at 29/20 with the draw at 23/10. The same firm has Cobblers at 1/8 to be relegated. Posh are 33/1 to go down and you can now get 80/1 on them going up.