AFC Bournemouth v Northampton Town

AFC Bournemouth v Northampton Town

CAPITAL ONE CUP, 2ND ROUND
Tuesday August 25th, 7.45pm
Goldsands Stadium

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 3

Dan Gosling 21

Brett Pitman 30

Callum Wilson 79

NORTHAMPTON TOWN 0

Attendance: 5,250 (332 Cobblers fans)

AFC Bournemouth: Lee Camp, Adam Smith, Steve Cook, Baily Cargill, Ian Harte, Ryan Fraser, Eunan O'Kane, Dan Gosling, Marc Pugh (sub Matt Ritchie 70), Brett Pitman (sub Junior Stanislas 82), Tokelo Rantie (sub Callum Wilson 70).

Subs not used: Darryl Flahavan, Yann Kermorgant, Charlie Daniels, Tommy Elphick

Cobblers: Jordan Archer, Ben Tozer, Gregor Robertson, Zander Diamond, Lee Collins, Lawson D’Ath (sub Alex Nicholls 75), Ricky Ravenhill (sub John-Joe O'Toole 57), Joel Byrom, Kaid Mohamed, Emile Sinclair (sub David Moyo 73), Marc Richards

Subs not used: Matt Duke, Sam Warburton, Ben Jackson, Chris Hackett

Referee: Mr C Berry

Booked:
AFC Bournemouth: none
Cobblers: Lee Collins (49, 1st of the season), Zander Diamond (63, 2nd)

5 cautions on or before 30 November; 1 match suspension
10 cautions on or before 11 April; 2 match suspension
15 cautions at any time in season; 3 match suspension

Sent off:
AFC Bournemouth: none
Cobblers: none

Sendings off: 2 cautions in one game; 1 match suspension but cautions do not count towards above totals. Other sendings off; 1 or 3 match suspension. Extra match ban for additional sendings off.

Northampton Town travelled to Championship side AFC Bournemouth in the Capital One Cup second round on Tuesday night.

Boss Chris Wilder made four changes to the side that started against Shrewsbury with on-loan Tottenham goalkeeper Jordan Archer, Emile Sinclair, Lawson D’Ath and Ricky Ravenhill replacing Matt Duke, John-Joe O’Toole, Chris Hackett and Ivan Toney, who was rested from the matchday 18.

Bournemouth started brightly and nearly took the lead on 6 minutes, Eunan O'Kane’s shot cannoning against the underside of the Cobblers crossbar. Lee Collins then headed just wide from a Joel Byrom corner in the first opening for Town.

The home side’s pressure told on 21 minutes, Dan Gosling side-footing the ball home from 15-yards.

Brett Pitman made it 2-0 on the half hour, the Cherries striker keeping a cool head to slot the ball home after rounding debutant Archer.

The Cobblers had a chance to pull a goal back just before half-time but Marc Richards bullet header from a Kaid Mohamed cross went narrowly over the bar.

John-Joe O’Toole replaced Ricky Ravenhill as the Cobblers enjoyed a good spell of possession ten minutes into the second half. The game was now a much more even contest and without really creating any clear cut chances Chris Wilder’s side were more than matching their Championship opponents in the second half.

Archer made a terrific point blank save to deny Cherries substitute Callum Wilson on 72 minutes before David Moyo came on for Emile Sinclair.

There was then a big moment for Alex Nicholls as he came on for the final 15 minutes, Nicholls first taste of competitive action since suffering a broken leg against Port Vale back in October 2012.

Callum Wilson made it 3-0 to Bournemouth on 79 minutes, heading in on the rebound after a good initial save from Archer.

3-0 was how it finished as the Championship side booked their place in round 3 of the Capital One Cup.

AFC BOURNEMOUTH MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (5) 13
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (7) 12
CORNERS: (5) 9
FOULS: (6) 9
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (2) 3

COBBLERS MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (0) 0
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (4) 5
CORNERS: (2) 2
FOULS: (5) 11
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (2) 3

The above stats are recorded by club staff. The stats shown elsewhere on this page are recorded by Opta

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