Northampton Town v Exeter City: Is the game on TV? Kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Northampton Town will be keen to make home advantage count as they seek their first points of the new League One season against Exeter City on Saturday.

The Cobblers suffered stoppage time heartbreak away at Bristol Rovers last weekend as Bryant Bilongo's 92nd minute effort inflicted an opening day defeat upon Jon Brady's side.

Meanwhile, Exeter City ensured a dream start to the new campaign with a deserved 1-0 victory over promotion hopefuls Rotherham United, and will hope to follow that up with another three-point haul at Sixfields.

Is Northampton Town v Exeter City on TV?

Northampton Town v Exeter City has not been selected for TV coverage on Sky Sports during this round of League One fixtures.

Northampton Town v Exeter City kick-off time, date and venue

Northampton Town v Exeter City will take place at Sixfields Stadium in Northampton, with the game kicking-off at 15:00 (BST) on Saturday 17th August 2024.

Northampton Town v Exeter City stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

The omens don't appear to be particularly great for Northampton Town this weekend despite the Cobblers boasting a winning record in head-to-head meetings with Exeter.

Somewhat surprisingly, the away side has prevailed in five of the last six clashes between the pair, with both sides tasting success on away soil last season.

Exeter registered a 2-1 triumph at Sixfields back in April, following Northampton's 2-0 away day victory seven months earlier.

That said, up until February 2020, Northampton had won four successive home fixtures versus the Grecians and will be desperately hoping to ignite another productive Sixfields run, starting on Saturday.

Northampton Town v Exeter City head-to-head record (H2H)

Northampton Town wins	57
Draws	35
Exeter City wins	31

Northampton Town v Exeter City team news

Northampton Town team news

Summer signing Tom Eaves is expected to miss out once again after being injured in pre-season, although former Brentford man Tariqe Fosu could be in-line to make his first league start for the club after impressing in the EFL Cup in midweek. 

Defender Jordan Willis was rested in Tuesday evening's 2-0 cup loss at home to Wycombe Wanderers, but is expected to return to the starting line-up.

Exeter City team news

Gary Caldwell made six changes to his starting XI for Exeter's disappointing EFL Cup exit at Walsall in the week and is expected to ring the changes once more as he looks to lead his troops back to winning ways.

The Grecians enjoyed a fine start to their league campaign last weekend and it's expected that the City manager will revert back to the same side that registered a 1-0 success over Rotherham United a week ago.

That should mean returns to the side for the likes of Josh Magennis, Caleb Watts and Jack Aitchinson, all of whom were amongst the substitutes at the Bescot Stadium on Tuesday.