A first-half brace from Emile Sinclair has given Northampton Town a 2-1 win over Torquay United in League Two this evening.

The visitors took the lead in the 10th minute of the game when Sinclair drove towards goal, before letting fly with a right-footed shot which flew across the goal and into the bottom left corner.

Northampton doubled their advantage in the 16th minute when Richard Ravenhill fed Sinclair into the right side of the box, allowing the striker to drill home a finish past the keeper in the centre of goal.

Torquay tried to get more of a foothold in the game as Jayden Stockley tried to claw a goal back with a right-footed shot from outside the box. However, it was far too easy as it was gobbled up by the Northampton keeper.

The visitors did manage to pull one back just before the break, as Jordan Chapell whipped in a corner for Krystian Pearce to prod home from the centre of the box.

Anthony O'Connor almost equalised for the Gulls after half time, but he saw his header from the right side of the six-yard box saved at the bottom corner.

Torquay were wasteful again in the 70th minute when Karl Hawley sent a header wide of the target with only the keeper to beat.

Town looked to seal their victory late on and almost did so when Chris Hackett unleashed the shot of the match, which produced a fine save from Michael Poke as the game ended 2-1 to the visitors.