Cheltenham Town 0-1 Northampton Town

Sam Hoskins has scored three goals this season, down from 22 when Northampton won promotion last season

Sam Hoskins struck a late winner to give newly promoted Northampton a win at a struggling Cheltenham.

The only goal of a largely unimaginative game came in the 88th minute after a ball from Sam Sherring went over the top of the home defense and left Hoskins only to beat Luke Southwood, and he confidently completed his third goal of the season.

The Robins are yet to score in six league and cup games this season and sit bottom in League One.

In the third minute, Will Ferry put the home side’s shot over the bar but Northampton controlled much of the opening period.

Patrick Brough fired a shot wide in the 17th minute and Kieron Bowie went wide after good work from Louis Appere in the 23rd minute.

Sherring then saw a header hit the crossbar five minutes later from a Marc Leonard corner.

Elliot Bonds fired a shot over the bar in the 61st minute and Luciano D’Auria-Henry’s header was fired by Sherring in the five-yard box, showing Cheltenham an improvement but Hoskins had the last word as the Cobblers seven points scored from their last three games as they adjust to life at a higher level.

Report provided by PA Media.

lineups

Cheltenham

formation 3-1-4-2

1Southwood

2Long33davies6Freestone

14Thompson

27D’Auria-Henry23Tie up8thSercombe15ferry

10bring it11Street

• 1Southwood
• 2Long
• 33daviesReplaced bySambuat 90+3′protocol
• 6FreestoneBooked for 82 minutes
• 14ThompsonReplaced byWilliamsat 79′protocol
• 27D’Auria-Henry
• 23Tie upReplaced byadvertising headat 90+2′protocol
• 8thSercombe
• 15ferry
• 10bring it
• 11Street

Substitute

• 3Williams
• 4Bradbury
• 5Bevan
• 16advertising head
• 20harris
• 28Sambu
• 29king

Northampton

formation 4-2-3-1

26Thompson

22The one who lives6sherring5Guthrie33Brough

4Sowerby21Leonard

7Hoskins11pinnock19bowie

9appeared

• 26Thompson
• 22The one who livesReplaced byMontheat 84′protocol
• 6sherring
• 5GuthrieBooked for 64 minutes
• 33Brough
• 4SowerbyReplaced byMcWilliamsat 84′protocol
• 21Leonard
• 7Hoskins
• 11pinnockReplaced byLintotat 84′protocol
• 19bowieBooked at 14 minutesReplaced bySimpsonsat 57′protocol
• 9appearedReplaced byHondermarckat 67′protocol

Substitute

• 12Monthe
• 16Simpsons
• 17McWilliams
• 20Lintot
• 23Hondermarck
• 35Dyche
• 36Judge

Referee: Tom Nield

Number of visitors: 3,907

live text

1. Game ends: Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 1.

2. Second half ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 1.

3. Emmanuel Monthe (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

4. Foul by Adulai Sambu (Cheltenham Town).

5. Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Adulai Sambu replaces Curtis Davies.

6. Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Daniel Adshead replaces Elliott Bonds.

7. Goal! Cheltenham Town 0, Northampton Town 1 Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the center of the goal. Supported by Sam Sherring.

8. attempt failed. Aidan Keena (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Supported by Liam Sercombe.

9. Off Northampton Town. Sam Hoskins attempts the ball through, but Marc Leonard is caught offside.

10. Corner, Northampton Town. Goal conceded by Curtis Davies.

11. Substitution, Northampton Town. Harvey Lintott replaces Mitchell Pinnock.

12. Substitution, Northampton Town. Emmanuel Monthe replaces Akinwale Odimayo.

13. Substitution, Northampton Town. Shaun McWilliams replaces Jack Sowerby.

14. Lewis Freestone (Cheltenham Town) is yellow carded for a bad foul.

15. Corner, Northampton Town. Indebted to Luciano D’Auria-Henry.

16. attempt blocked. Mitchell Pinnock (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Supported by William Hondermarck.

17. Akinwale Odimayo (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

18. Foul by Ben Williams (Cheltenham Town).

19. attempt saved. Aidan Keena (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the center of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sean Long with a cross.

20. attempt failed. Luciano D’Auria-Henry (Cheltenham Town) header from the center of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Williams with a cross.