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Northampton Town 0 Peterborough United 1 - the match report

PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY
Saturday July 20th, 3.00pm
Sixfields

NORTHAMPTON TOWN 0

PETERBOROUGH UNITED 1

Tyrone Barnett 66

Attendance: 1,438 (322 away fans)

Cobblers: Matt Duke, Kevin Amankwaah, Joe Widdowson, Ben Tozer, Lee Collins, Lewis Hornby (sub Claudio Dias 46), Gary Deegan, Darren Carter, Ishmel Demontagnac (sub David Moyo 46), Liam Dickinson (sub JJ Hooper 21), Ian Morris.

Subs not used: Dean Snedker, Connor Roberts, David Artell, Darren Purse, Tyler Reeve.

Peterborough: Bobby Olejnik, Craig Alcock, Kgosi Ntlhe (sub Danny Kearns 68), Michael Bostwick, Jack Payne (sub Paddy McCourt 60), Lee Tomlin (sub Kane Ferdinand 84), Grant McCann, Emile Sinclair, Tommy Rowe, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Tyrone Barnett

Subs not used: Danny Swanson, Joe Day, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Shaun Brisley, Nicky Ajose, Junior Brown, Peter Grant

Referee: Mr A Woolmer

Peterborough United provided the opposition for the Cobblers first home pre-season friendly as the build up to the 2013/14 league season continued.

Boss Aidy Boothroyd included two new trialists in his starting eleven in the form of defender Kevin Amankwaah and striker Liam Dickinson.

Wearing the new home kit for the first time, the Cobblers players looked resplendent as the game kicked off under cloudy Sixfields skies.

Liam Dickinson went close early on but his dipping volley from 25-yards was narrowly off-target. Matt Duke made a good save down low to deny Lee Tomlin in the first real chance for Posh.

Dickinson had to be replaced on 21 minutes with fellow trialist JJ Hooper taking his place.

A diving header from Tyrone Barnett went wide while for the Cobblers, Hooper saw a shot saved by Bobby Olejnik.

Claudio Dias and David Moyo came on for the second half in place of Ishmel Demontagnac and Lewis Hornby.

A shot on the turn from Emile Sinclair on 56 minutes was comfortably saved by Matt Duke.

Tyrone Barnett gave Peterborough the lead on 66 minutes, his low shot finding it’s way into the back of the net via the inside of the far post.

As the Cobblers looked to respond, a drilled shot from David Moyo was deflected behind. Ian Morris had a shot well saved before Moyo went close with a header.

That was the final chance of what was a decent pre-season work out for the Cobblers.

COBBLERS MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (1) 3
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (3) 7
CORNERS: (0) 1
FOULS: (7) 15
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (1) 1

PETERBOROUGH MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (2) 5
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (3) 4
CORNERS: (1) 1
FOULS: (4) 11
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (2) 5

The above stats are recorded by club staff. The stats shown elsewhere on this page are recorded by the Press Association.

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