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With Northampton rooted to the bottom of the league and Cheltenham encountering something of a hiccup recently, these were important points for boths teams. The arrival of the tricksy right winger Jermaine McGlashan from Aldershot has seen Cheltenham change to a more wing-based style, breaking up the midfield trio to make way for an extra striker in a 4-4-2. The only change made from the side that faced Burton Albion a week earlier was the return of Luke Summerfield to the midfield in place of Russ Penn. Aidy Boothroyd opted to set up his team in what was broadly a 4-5-1, but, as all the attacks came down the left through Michael Jacobs, Brett Williams would tuck in while Luke Guttridge would often hover towards the right. There wasn’t a great deal to Northampton’s attacks: they generally just looked to hit the ball in behind for the bulky Adebayo Akinfenwa to chase – Jack Butland mostly doing a decent job of sweeping up the loose ball. Their first was a pretty standard follow up from a corner and their second a counter-attack where Williams dragged Steve Elliot wide enough to really stretch Cheltenham’s defence, making it easy for Akinfenwa to [...]
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