Stockport County 2-1 Northampton Town — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - 1st Division, 17 Mar 2026

📅17/03/2026 · 🕒22:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
71%
1.34
Draw
16%
4.62
Away
13%
7.18
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
40%
2.07
Over 2.5
60%
1.68
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
2.06
No
47%
1.68
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
20%
3.63
2-3 Goals
39%
1.76
4-5 Goals EV+ ✗
28%
3.01
6+ Goals
13%
10.0
Value flag · 4-5 Goals at 3.01 — our 28% vs market 26.0%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
37%
1.58
1/2
3%
34.0
1/X
4%
20.15
X/1
20%
3.65
X/2
3%
16.2
X/X
7%
6.75
2/1 EV+ ✗
14%
22.65
2/2
7%
14.45
2/X
5%
23.5
Value flag · 2/1 at 22.65 — our 14% vs market 2.0%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
71%
Home Win
70%
+0.5pp
16%
Draw
19%
-2.4pp
13%
Away Win
11%
+1.9pp
40%
Under 2.5
44%
-4.5pp
60%
Over 2.5
56%
+4.5pp
53%
BTTS Yes
44%
+8.6pp
47%
BTTS No
56%
-8.6pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Stockport County EU Bookmakers 75%
Head to Head
AWAY Northampton Town EU Bookmakers 14%
+12% / +13% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +12%
1.86/0.89 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.73/1.64
-9% / +9% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -10% / +0%
61% Ball Possession 39%
15 Total Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
390 · 78% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 209 · 64%
25.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 13.9
20.3 Crosses 14.1
1.8 Yellow Cards 1.9
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Stockport County
1W-4D-1L
AWAY Northampton Town
1.17 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
0.85 xG 0.69
57% Ball Possession 43%
10 Total Shots 8
2 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 4
285 Passes 173
67% Pass Accuracy 58%
19 Box Touches 18
18 Crosses 17
2 Yellow Cards 2
01.01.2026 Northampton Town Northampton Town 0-0 HT 0-0 Stockport County Stockport County İN1
04.03.2025 Northampton Town Northampton Town 1-1 HT 1-0 Stockport County Stockport County İN1
22.10.2024 Stockport County Stockport County 1-1 HT 0-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town İN1
14.01.2023 Stockport County Stockport County 2-0 HT 1-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town İN2
24.09.2022 Northampton Town Northampton Town 2-1 HT 0-1 Stockport County Stockport County İN2
25.04.2011 Stockport County Stockport County 2-2 HT 1-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town İN2
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Stockport County
2-1
AWAY Northampton Town
2.80 xG 0.31
62% Ball Possession 38%
21 Total Shots 4
8 Shots on Target 1
8 Corners 3
407 Passes 223
81% Pass Accuracy 68%
35 Box Touches 10
44 Crosses 8
1 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Stockport County vs Northampton Town
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Stockport County edged past Northampton Town 2-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we said in the preview, our model had Stockport County as the likeliest winner at 71%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (60%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Stockport County had 62% of the ball to Northampton Town's 38%, shots finished 21-4, expected goals 2.80 to 0.31 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Stockport County's control.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 1 apiece, 4 drawn. Those games averaged 1.17 goals for Stockport County and 1.00 for Northampton Town.

What was the final score of Stockport County vs Northampton Town?

Stockport County 2-1 Northampton Town in the England - 1st Division on 17/03/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Stockport County vs Northampton Town?

Before kick-off our model rated a Stockport County win the most likely single outcome at about 71%, with the full match-result split Stockport County 71%, draw 16%, Northampton Town 13%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Stockport County), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Stockport County) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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