Fleetwood Town 2-0 Northampton Town

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.

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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

Home TeamFleetwoodAway TeamNorthampton

Possession: Home32%; Away68%

Shots: Home15; Away8

Shots on Target: Home7; Away1

Corners: Home6; Away2

Fouls: Home15; Away8

Live Text

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Match ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Northampton Town 0.
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Full Time
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.
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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.

As It Stood

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	43	26	13	4	72	37	35	91
2	Derby	44	26	8	10	75	37	38	86

3	Bolton	43	24	10	9	79	46	33	82
4	Peterborough	42	23	8	11	80	55	25	77
5	Barnsley	43	21	12	10	77	57	20	75
6	Oxford Utd	43	21	10	12	76	53	23	73

7	Blackpool	44	20	10	14	60	43	17	70
8	Lincoln City	43	18	14	11	62	37	25	68
9	Stevenage	44	18	13	13	54	44	10	67
10	Leyton Orient	44	17	11	16	50	53	-3	62
11	Northampton	44	17	8	19	55	63	-8	59
12	Exeter	44	16	10	18	43	58	-15	58
13	Wigan	44	18	10	16	59	55	4	56
14	Wycombe	42	14	13	15	53	52	1	55
15	Bristol Rovers	43	15	9	19	51	64	-13	54
16	Charlton	44	11	19	14	63	63	0	52
17	Reading	44	15	11	18	63	65	-2	50
18	Cambridge	42	12	10	20	38	58	-20	46
19	Shrewsbury	43	13	7	23	31	61	-30	46
20	Burton	43	11	10	22	35	60	-25	43

21	Port Vale	43	10	10	23	40	70	-30	40
22	Cheltenham	42	10	8	24	35	60	-25	38
23	Fleetwood	43	8	13	22	44	68	-24	37
24	Carlisle	44	7	9	28	40	76	-36	30

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Comment posted by TG, at 19:32 13 Apr
I worry about the Cobblers next season....
Reply posted by Oh Cobblers, at 23:22 13 Apr
Oh Cobblers replied:
Oh come off it. Most of us thought we'd be in a relegation battle this season, the fact we're comfortably going to finish midtable is testament to the brilliant job Brady, the squad and coaching staff have done. UTC
Comment posted by StewTheCobbler, at 18:15 14 Apr
Got what we deserved - absolutely nothing. Nothing wrong with the pitch. Yes conditions were poor but for both teams. Fleetwood simply wanted it more, identified our weakness early one and exploited it. Cobblers could have played all day and not even got close to scoring. We're safe though and 11th place with two games left is a huge achievement.
Comment posted by basil, at 21:32 13 Apr
Fleetwood are all but down,karma
Comment posted by alan, at 09:50 14 Apr
Well played Fleetwood against a very poor Northampton, they blamed a park pitch!, the same for both sides or did the cods play on the best bits. In the end Fleetwood were the better team on the day but I think its a bit late in the season to start playing well. Keep trying Fleetwood, come on you Cods!.
Comment posted by Simon, at 19:28 13 Apr
Seems there's been a glitch in the Matrix. Could potentially be a final game shootout
Comment posted by roger green, at 18:39 13 Apr
Fleetwood wanted it more than the Cobblers who struggled to cope with the elements.Diificult to motivare yourself in a meaningless game on a park pitch
Reply posted by john, at 18:47 13 Apr
john replied:
Ooooh, sour grapes there then

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Comment posted by Simon, at 19:28 13 AprSimon

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Comment posted by TG, at 19:32 13 Apr

Reply posted by Oh Cobblers, at 23:22 13 Apr

Comment posted by StewTheCobbler, at 18:15 14 Apr

Comment posted by basil, at 21:32 13 Apr

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Comment posted by Simon, at 19:28 13 Apr

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Reply posted by john, at 18:47 13 Apr