Goals from Giles Coke and Poul Hubertz gave the Cobblers an impressive Friday night victory at Sixfields as playoff chasing Leyton Orient were swept aside. The win means that the Cobblers have recorded back-to-back victories for the first time since October and also kept a clean sheet for the second successive game.
Poul Hubertz returned to the starting line-up after completing his suspension in place of Dean Bowditch who returned to Ipswich last week.
Orient had the first effort of note as top scorer Adam Boyd latched on to a cut back from Adam Chambers but saw his shot sail over the bar. Ryan Gilligan had the Cobblers’ first shot on goal, hitting a good effort just wide on ten minutes.
Five minutes later and we were in front as good work by Hubertz created a chance for Giles Coke. Coke, breaking from midfield met the ball and finished well past visiting keeper Stuart Nelson to net his first goal for the club.
With growing momentum, the Cobblers began to play some good football and created a couple of good passing moves with Danny Jackman going close at the end of one of those moves. Just before half-time Mark Bunn was forced into a fine save from Adam Boyd after the ball hit the striker on the head and was diverted towards goal but Bunn was equal to it to make sure went into half-time in front.
The Cobblers kept the momentum going in the second half and limited Orient to few chances on goal. Adam Boyd was blocked well by Mark Hughes in one attack, the Cobblers defender making a superb challenge to deny the front man.
With twenty minutes to go, Hubertz headed a Daniel Jones free kick into the goalkeepers’ arms but the big man would go on to find the net just minutes later. Tamira Mkandawire floored Jason Crowe in the area and Hubertz stepped up to double the advantage from the penalty spot.
The lead was never in doubt after that and the Cobblers completed a fine week with another big win. We can now relax and watch the others try to play catch up tomorrow afternoon!
Poul Hubertz returned to the starting line-up after completing his suspension in place of Dean Bowditch who returned to Ipswich last week.
Orient had the first effort of note as top scorer Adam Boyd latched on to a cut back from Adam Chambers but saw his shot sail over the bar. Ryan Gilligan had the Cobblers’ first shot on goal, hitting a good effort just wide on ten minutes.
Five minutes later and we were in front as good work by Hubertz created a chance for Giles Coke. Coke, breaking from midfield met the ball and finished well past visiting keeper Stuart Nelson to net his first goal for the club.
With growing momentum, the Cobblers began to play some good football and created a couple of good passing moves with Danny Jackman going close at the end of one of those moves. Just before half-time Mark Bunn was forced into a fine save from Adam Boyd after the ball hit the striker on the head and was diverted towards goal but Bunn was equal to it to make sure went into half-time in front.
The Cobblers kept the momentum going in the second half and limited Orient to few chances on goal. Adam Boyd was blocked well by Mark Hughes in one attack, the Cobblers defender making a superb challenge to deny the front man.
With twenty minutes to go, Hubertz headed a Daniel Jones free kick into the goalkeepers’ arms but the big man would go on to find the net just minutes later. Tamira Mkandawire floored Jason Crowe in the area and Hubertz stepped up to double the advantage from the penalty spot.
The lead was never in doubt after that and the Cobblers completed a fine week with another big win. We can now relax and watch the others try to play catch up tomorrow afternoon!
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