Jon Brady has called upon his side to try and repeat the level of performance they showed against Derby County when the Cobblers head to Reading on Good Friday.
"It was a strong performance against Derby," he said.
"As I said on the day, it was a really good team performance and everyone was on top of their game. We have said before we need that to get results at this level and we got that last week.
"I felt we were on it from the start. When they struggled to break us down a couple of times I sensed we were in for a good performance and then when Louis' running helped to get us up the pitch we started to grow into the game and that was important.
"As a manager you often look at the performance just as much as the result and we have had some really good performances at times this season. Tactically we got it right last week and the players executed the plan really well. Over the last three years I haven't had much time to look back but at the end of this season I intend to pause and look back and enjoy some of the moments we have had this season.
"Jack Sowerby can play in central defence, no problem. He reads the game very well and I spoke to the central defenders this week to tell them to take a leaf out of his book. He reads things so well. He knows where the play will develop and that's why he played there last week. He has a very good football brain and he is very composed and I will have no problem playing him there again at any time.
"We took a couple of knocks last week but we'll see how we are come Friday. Lee Burge has been training for the last few weeks. We have been very careful not to rush him back but we'll see how he is for the games this weekend."
