Northampton Town vs Coventry City - prediction, team news, lineups

Playing their 2nd pre-season affable of the summer, Premier League Coventry City question to Sixfields Stadium to look Northampton Town connected Saturday afternoon.

The Sky Blues commenced their top-flight preparations with a decision successful Marbella past time, however, the Midlanders volition not beryllium hung up connected that result.

Match preview

After a three-year enactment successful the 3rd tier of English football, Northampton Town are preparing for beingness successful League Two during the 2026-27 campaign, with Saturday's hosts enduring a hard past 12 months.

Eventually, the Cobblers finished 17 points from information astatine the precise bottommost of the League One standings, winning conscionable 9 of their 46 matches, giving themselves virtually nary accidental of avoiding the drop.

Only FA Cup quarter-finalists Port Vale (21) collected less than Northampton's 22 location points past word successful the 3rd tier, with the Cobblers past victorious astatine Sixfields Stadium implicit Stevenage successful aboriginal February.

In fact, Northampton endured an 11-game losing series from aboriginal March to May successful League One to condemnation themselves to the drop, picking up conscionable 3 competitory wins successful 2026 truthful far.

The Cobblers volition beryllium hoping to vie successful the precocious echelons of League Two this clip around, boosted by the information that starring attackers Tom Eaves, Cameron McGeehan and nine fable Sam Hoskins stay astatine Sixfields.

Following a barnstorming Championship-winning run successful 2025-26, Coventry City are a Premier League nine for the archetypal clip successful implicit 2 decades, however, the Midlanders tasted decision to EFL absorption during their opening pre-season fixture.

Near the decision of a grooming campy successful Marbella, the Sky Blues suffered a 3-2 nonaccomplishment connected July 12 to AFC Wimbledon, who volition instrumentality monolithic assurance from defeating a top-flight occupant connected overseas soil.

In the build-up to this match, Coventry person confirmed the signing of French attacker Loum Tchaouna from recently-relegated Burnley, with the 22-year-old reportedly costing astir £20m.

The immense bulk of Frank Lampard's troops volition beryllium taking to Premier League pitches for the archetypal clip successful August, with a daunting opening travel to existent holders Arsenal scheduled for August 21.

After managing conscionable 2 minutes for the United States astatine a location World Cup implicit the summer, Coventry marksman Haji Wright volition beryllium hopeless to marque a people connected the apical formation aft 17 Championship goals past term.

Northampton Town affable form:

L

Coventry City Club Friendlies 3 form:

L

Team News

Northampton stay without the services of Liam Shaw, who is returning from a superior genu wounded picked up during the 2024-25 campaign.

Joining the midfielder successful the Cobblers' aesculapian room, right-back Jack Burroughs is dealing with a fewer fittingness issues successful pre-season and did not diagnostic successful the decision to Leicester City past clip out.

After uncovering the nett against Wimbledon successful Marbella, Coventry duo Norman Bassette and Milan van Ewijk volition beryllium targeting much affirmative contributions this weekend.

Seemingly inactive connected the mend from caller enarthrosis surgery, Jack Rudoni is improbable to diagnostic astatine Sixfields connected Saturday.

Last season's starring goalscorer Wright and Brandon Thomas-Asante are enjoying well-deserved breaks pursuing their World Cup adventures with the United States and Ghana respectively.

Northampton Town imaginable starting lineup:

Jeacock; Donacien, Moore, McCarthy, Opiela; Perkins, Maxwell, Hoskins, Fornah, Dobson; Saunders.

Coventry City imaginable starting lineup:

Wilson; Kesler-Hayden, Woolfenden, Kitching, Batanwi, Dasilva; Perry, Onyeka, Eccles, Andrews; Simms.

We say: Northampton Town 1-2 Coventry City

With some teams looking to physique up their fittingness levels up of the caller season, Saturday's effect is not of importance.

However, you would expect Coventry's top-flight prime to radiance done and pb to triumph for the visitors.

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