FA Cup · ENG · Round 3

Northampton Town
2 - 2 Full time
Milton Keynes Dons

Lineups

Northampton Town4-2-3-1
AS1Smith
BM2Moloney
RM18MacDonald
RC6⚽Cresswell
DB16Buchanan
JB8Byrom
JO21O'Toole
NA10↓89'Adams
SH14↓77'Hoskins
RH11⚽×2↓64'Holmes
MR9Richards
CC22Cropper
JS12Spence
KM5↓61'McFadzean
JW16Walsh
LH2Hodson
JF44Forster-Caskey
BR10Reeves
DB9Bowditch
RH38Hall
JM31↓61'Murphy
SC11↓61'Church
Milton Keynes Dons4-2-3-1

Northampton Town substitutes

7 Lawson D'Ath ↑64'
22 Chris Hackett ↑77'
4 Jason Taylor ↑89'
3 Evan Horwood
12 Josh Lelan
26 Ryan Clarke
5 Zander Diamond

Milton Keynes Dons substitutes

4 Matthew Upson ↑61'
28 Nick Maynard ⚽↑61'
14 Samir Carruthers ↑61'
30 Callum Brittain
29 Charlie Burns
15 Mark Randall
19 Tom Hitchcock

Match events

13'Ryan Cresswell (own goal) 0 - 1⚽
Second half
49'Ricky Holmes 1 - 1⚽
58'Ricky Holmes 2 - 1⚽
61'↑ Matthew Upson ↓ Kyle McFadzean⇄
61'↑ Nick Maynard ↓ Josh Murphy⇄
61'↑ Samir Carruthers ↓ Simon Church⇄
64'↑ Lawson D'Ath ↓ Ricky Holmes⇄
77'↑ Chris Hackett ↓ Sam Hoskins⇄
82'Nick Maynard 2 - 2⚽
85'Samir Carruthers
89'↑ Jason Taylor ↓ Nicky Adams⇄

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 9 January 2016, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

1Northampton Town wins1Draws2Milton Keynes Dons wins

3 past meetings on record. Biggest Northampton Town win: Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 Northampton Town (2013). Biggest Milton Keynes Dons win: Northampton Town 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons (2013).

3 Sep 2013Milton Keynes Dons 2 - 0 Northampton TownJohnstones Paint Trophy
6 Aug 2013Northampton Town 1 - 2 Milton Keynes DonsCapital One Cup
4 Sep 2012Northampton Town 1 - 0 Milton Keynes DonsJohnstones Paint Trophy