The pressure is off Matt Bloomfield’s Wycombe club as they get ready to meet Northampton Town at Adams Park on Saturday, March 16, having already gained six crucial points in only four days.
With victories against Reading and Wigan Athletic, Wanderers’ lead over the bottom four in League One has grown, and the risk of being forced into a relegation fight has all but vanished.
They had to work hard for those past two wins, but their form over the last two months has been exceptional, and they are more resilient than they were in the season’s first half
The Chairboys have a better goal differential than the clubs below them, and if they defeat Northampton, they will advance to the acknowledged safety threshold of fifty points.
The Wanderers have defeated the Cobblers in their past five meetings across all competitions, and they have an overall record advantage with eleven victories compared to Northampton’s ten, with thirteen games ending in draws.
Richard Keogh’s early goal in the rematch at Sixfields Stadium in September of last year proved to be sufficient to give the Blues a lucky win.
But Northampton has an amazing record at Adams Park, having only lost once in their last 11 trips spanning more than 20 years, and that was in a League Cup encounter in a penalty shootout in 2018.
At Wycombe’s stadium, where they have only lost four times in sixteen games, the Chairboys have not triumphed over them in a league contest since 2001.
After placing third in the league below, behind Leyton Orient and Stevenage, the Cobblers were promoted to League One the previous season.
For the past three years, Australian-born Jon Brady has been their manager. Brady did not play for Wycombe during his brief playing career there in the mid-1990s.
Having played one more game than Wycombe, they are now three points ahead of them in the midtable.
Fortunately for Wanderers, hardly many League One teams have suffered more away losses than Northampton. have this season.
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