Pools head to Sixfields on the back of a significant win over Newport County last week to face another side competing for automatic promotion from League Two.
The Cobblers have enjoyed a strong season so far but have hit a sticky patch of form with just two wins from seven ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Pools.
Graeme Lee will be pleased to have been able to spend a full week with his players on the training ground after another busy month of fixtures for Pools and faces a decision to make over both his team selection and his system.
Lee changed formation in South Wales to excellent effect as Pools ran out 3-2 winners at Rodney Parade.
And here we predict how Pools will line-up against Northampton and whether the likes of Bryn Morris, Joe White and Mark Shelton will return to action.
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Graeme Lee will be pleased to have been able to spend a full week with his players on the training ground after another busy month of fixtures for Pools and faces a decision to make over both his team selection and his system.