Northampton Town 1-3 Doncaster Rovers — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - 1st Division, 18 Apr 2026

📅18/04/2026 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
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
26%
3.87
Draw
24%
3.64
Away
50%
1.74
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
1.91
Over 2.5
49%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
48%
1.81
No
52%
1.9
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
31%
3.22
2-3 Goals
37%
1.73
4-5 Goals
21%
3.27
6+ Goals
11%
12.3
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.22 — our 31% vs market 24.0%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
10%
7.0
1/2
8%
23.1
1/X
5%
15.45
X/1
10%
8.85
X/2
16%
4.23
X/X
13%
5.07
2/1
6%
34.0
2/2
27%
2.27
2/X
5%
14.05
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
26%
Home Win
22%
+3.6pp
24%
Draw
24%
-0.4pp
50%
Away Win
53%
-3.1pp
51%
Under 2.5
48%
+2.2pp
49%
Over 2.5
52%
-2.2pp
48%
BTTS Yes
51%
-2.9pp
52%
BTTS No
49%
+2.9pp
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 Northampton Town EU Bookmakers 26%
Head to Head
AWAY Doncaster Rovers EU Bookmakers 57%
+2% / -2% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +9% / +9%
0.84/1.25 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 3.15/0.47
-12% / +5% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +150% / +8%
44% Ball Possession 56%
10 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 6
182 · 63% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 393 · 76%
19.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 30.5
20.6 Crosses 23.4
1.7 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Northampton Town
2W-1D-3L
AWAY Doncaster Rovers
0.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.22 xG 1.46
39% Ball Possession 61%
9 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 4
179 Passes 354
63% Pass Accuracy 75%
19 Box Touches 22
22 Crosses 14
2 Yellow Cards 2
18.10.2025 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 1-2 HT 1-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town İN1
25.03.2023 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 0-2 HT 0-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town İN2
27.08.2022 Northampton Town Northampton Town 0-1 HT 0-0 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers İN2
13.03.2021 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 0-0 HT 0-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town İN1
05.12.2020 Northampton Town Northampton Town 0-2 HT 0-1 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers İN1
26.12.2017 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 3-0 HT 2-0 Northampton Town Northampton Town İN1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Northampton Town
1-3
AWAY Doncaster Rovers
1.15 xG 2.05
52% Ball Possession 48%
7 Total Shots 20
2 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 5
283 Passes 262
75% Pass Accuracy 75%
16 Box Touches 40
22 Crosses 20
5 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Northampton Town vs Doncaster Rovers
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Doncaster Rovers saw off Northampton Town 3-1 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Doncaster Rovers as the likeliest winner at 50%, and the 3-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 49% and both teams to score was close to even at 48%.

On the day, Northampton Town had 52% of the ball to Doncaster Rovers's 48%, shots finished 7-20, expected goals 1.15 to 2.05.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Doncaster Rovers led the recent series with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.67 goals for Northampton Town and 1.17 for Doncaster Rovers.

What was the final score of Northampton Town vs Doncaster Rovers?

Northampton Town 1-3 Doncaster Rovers in the England - 1st Division on 18/04/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Northampton Town vs Doncaster Rovers?

Before kick-off our model rated an Doncaster Rovers win the most likely single outcome at about 50%, with the full match-result split Northampton Town 26%, draw 24%, Doncaster Rovers 50%. The final score 1-3 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Doncaster Rovers) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Doncaster Rovers) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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