Match ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Northampton Town 0.
Fleetwood's survival hopes continue to hang by a thread despite a hard-earned 2-0 victory against Northampton.
Charlie Adam's men secured only a second win in 13 games but remain six points shy of the safety zone with just three matches to play.
Fleetwood opened the scoring after only five minutes, with Promise Omochere perfectly placed to tap home Bosun Lawal's cross.
Omochere went close again with a header shortly afterwards, before the Cod Army did double their lead on the half-hour.
This time Lawal provided a tidy finish following a precise, measured pass from Brendan Wiredu.
Lawal later tried his luck from 35 yards but Cobblers goalkeeper Lee Burge was equal to the task.
Northampton came to life after making a triple switch for the start of the second half, with Sam Sherring and Kieron Bowie both going close to a leveller.
Bowie then saw a 20-yard strike deflected behind for a corner.
Ben Fox and Marc Leonard went closest to grabbing a consolation goal for the visitors as the game fizzled out late on.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Fleetwood
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 13Lynch
- 26Rooney
- 16Heneghan
- 4Sarpong-Wiredu
- 11BroomBooked at 71mins
- 5LawalBooked at 84mins
- 8KilkennySubstituted forSimonsat 78'minutes
- 2Johnston
- 10MayorBooked at 65minsSubstituted forStockleyat 69'minutes
- 14LonerganSubstituted forGraydonat 63'minutes
- 20Omochere
Substitutes
- 6Campbell
- 9Stockley
- 17Simons
- 19Graydon
- 22Dolan
- 30McMullan
- 44Patterson
Northampton
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Burge
- 6Sherring
- 5Guthrie
- 22OdimayoSubstituted forKoikiat 45'minutes
- 3McGowanBooked at 17mins
- 8FoxSubstituted forSpringettat 78'minutes
- 21Leonard
- 11PinnockSubstituted forWillisat 45'minutes
- 19BowieBooked at 80mins
- 9AppéréSubstituted forSimpsonat 68'minutes
- 7HoskinsSubstituted forMcWilliamsat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 14Koiki
- 15Willis
- 16Simpson
- 17McWilliams
- 23Hondermarck
- 28Springett
- 31Moulden
- Referee:
- Thomas Kirk
- Attendance:
- 3,039
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home32%
- Away68%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away1
- Corners
- Home6
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home15
- Away8
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Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Northampton Town 0.
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Attempt missed. Kieron Bowie (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tyreece Simpson.
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Ali Koiki (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Promise Omochere (Fleetwood Town).
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Offside, Northampton Town. Kieron Bowie is caught offside.
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Jon Guthrie (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jayden Stockley (Fleetwood Town).
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Foul by Tyreece Simpson (Northampton Town).
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Shaun Rooney (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Ryan Broom.
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Jordan Willis (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Promise Omochere (Fleetwood Town).
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Sam Sherring (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Jayden Stockley (Fleetwood Town).
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Attempt missed. Marc Leonard (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Booking
Bosun Lawal (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Tony Springett (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Bosun Lawal (Fleetwood Town).
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Shaun McWilliams (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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