NorthamptonAttacking momentumBrighton U21
Preview
- The Regular season of the 2026-2027 EFL Trophy sees Northampton Town and Brighton U21 collide on 2026-08-18 at 19:00 GMT.
- With the data available to us, Colin Calderwood and Shannon Ruth have not met as managers before.
- There are no injury or suspension concerns for either Northampton Town or Brighton U21.
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Northampton Town should be met by Brighton U21's expected 4-2-3-1.
- In their last outing, Northampton Town's highest-rated performer was J. Donacien (6.9), while Brighton U21's standout was H. Howell (6.9).
- Northampton Town could only draw 0-0 with Swindon Town, but Brighton U21 bounced back with a 2-0 win over Millwall U21.
- Northampton Town (2-2-1) and Brighton U21 (4-0-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Brighton U21 hold the upper hand H2H: of 1 meeting, they've triumphed 1 time, conceded 0 times and shared 0 draws.
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Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Northampton
Brighton U21
Events
| 8' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 15' | 0 - 2 | ||
| 22' | M. O'Mahony | ||
HT 0 - 2 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 52' | 0 - 3 | ||
| 65' | J. Wormleighton | ||
| 72' | |||
| 72' | |||
| 81' | |||
| 81' | |||
| 90+2' | |||
Stats
Lineups
Northampton is going head to head with Brighton U21 on 18/8/2026 18:00 GMT for the England EFL Trophy. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Northampton v Brighton U21 H2H statistics!