FA Cup · ENG · Round 3

Milton Keynes Dons
3 - 0 Full time
Northampton Town

Lineups

Milton Keynes Dons4-4-2
DM1Martin
LH2Hodson
MU4↓38'Upson
AK6Kay
DL3Lewington
SC14Carruthers
JF44Forster-Caskey
RH38Hall
BR10⚽↓74'Reeves
DB9↓54'Bowditch
SC11âš½Church
AS1Smith
BM2Moloney
ZD5↓88'Diamond
RM18MacDonald
DB16Buchanan
JB8Byrom
JO21O'Toole
RH11Holmes
SH14Hoskins
NA10Adams
MR9Richards
Northampton Town4-4-2

Milton Keynes Dons substitutes

16 Joe Walsh ↑38'
31 Josh Murphy ⚽↑54'
17 Daniel Powell ↑74'
22 Cody Cropper
12 Jordan Spence
19 Tom Hitchcock

Northampton Town substitutes

6 Ryan Cresswell ↑88'
15 Alfie Potter
3 Evan Horwood
4 Jason Taylor
12 Josh Lelan
26 Ryan Clarke

Match events

19'Brendan Moloney
38'↑ Joe Walsh ↓ Matthew Upson⇄
Second half
53'Ben Reeves (penalty) 1 - 0âš½
54'↑ Josh Murphy ↓ Dean Bowditch⇄
62'Josh Murphy 2 - 0âš½
71'Josh Murphy
74'↑ Daniel Powell ↓ Ben Reeves⇄
88'↑ Ryan Cresswell ↓ Zander Diamond⇄
89'Simon Church (penalty) 3 - 0âš½

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Match details

CompetitionFA Cup
Kick-off (UTC)Tuesday, 19 January 2016, 19:45 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

3Milton Keynes Dons wins1Draws1Northampton Town wins

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

9 Jan 2016Northampton Town 2 - 2 Milton Keynes DonsFA Cup
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