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Northampton have endured a difficult season, and they will definitely finish rock bottom of the League One standings. They come into this final weekend with little to play for, having lost each of their last eleven consecutive games. 

Northampton were beaten 2-1 by Plymouth in the reverse fixture, and the visitors will be desperate for another three points here to conclude the season, as they are still in contention for a playoff finish.

Plymouth will need to bring the urgency here, and their recent form has been encouraging. They have won seven of their last eleven league matches, including three of their last five on the road, which bodes well for them this weekend. Even though they will need results elsewhere to go their way in order to finish in the top six, Plymouth will have to be front-footed, and they should have enough firepower to get past an out-of-sorts Northampton side. 

Plymouth are chasing a playoff spot and have the advantage of taking on a Northampton side who have already been relegated and don’t have anything to fight for. Northampton have also lost each of their last 11 games, seeing 3+ goals in seven of these matches, and have not won a game since the 10th February. 

This couldn’t be a better opportunity for Plymouth to at least make a fight of trying to break into the playoff spots. Stevenage are the only side that they can catch, with just two points separating the sides, but Luton sitting between them complicates matters further and gives Plymouth the slimmest chance on paper of any of the remaining contenders for a playoff spot in League One this term.

That being said, Plymouth have put together an impressive run of form to be in this position, with the away side unbeaten across their last five matches, seeing 3+ goals in four of these games. They came away 2-1 winners over Port Vale last time out to give themselves a chance on the final day, and have seen 67 goals across their 22 away matches in League One this term (3.04 per game).