Northampton Town will pray that their home advantage is enough to get all three points from this hard encounter, vs dynamic Barnsley.
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Barnsley have the most scored goals (18) in League One
The visiting Barnsley played their last game only four days ago, a League One match.
Northampton Town form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Northampton Town have to build on here at Sixfields Stadium in the League One. When Northampton Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Portsmouth, Oxford United, Bolton Wanderers, Exeter City, Stevenage, Port Vale and Peterborough United), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Hoskins was the last player to score a league goal for Northampton and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Northampton Town haven't scored in 182 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Brady led his Northampton Town to a defeat away at Port Vale. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sixfields Stadium. Guthrie was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.52 out of 10. The defender Guthrie won 10 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that result, a home defeat in the EFL Trophy against Oxford United.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Chelsea U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at Sixfields Stadium.
Northampton Town aren't scoring a lot here at Sixfields Stadium in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games.
Barnsley form and stats
Barnsley are happy with their away performances in the League One so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
The manager Collins was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Oakwell Stadium. Barnsley suffered a 2-3 loss to Portsmouth (placed 1st). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Dodgson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Dodgson served one assist, hit four key passes and won 1 of 3 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Burton Albion.A quick return to home after this game, as Barnsley are hosting Manchester City U21 in the EFL Trophy only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Barnsley's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Barnsley's manager Collins has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Cole 8 goals |   S. Hoskins 3 goals |  B. Cotter 2 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Barnsley missing players
| Northampton Town | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 14.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 15.7 | 13.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 20% | 16% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | 42% |
| 12.9 | 11.2 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.3 | 13.8 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 5 |
- All of Barnsley's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Barnsley have not yet lost a game away.
- Barnsley have scored in all their matches so far.
- Barnsley have scored more than double the goals of Northampton Town.
- Barnsley have the most scored goals (18) in League One
- Barnsley have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in League One
- Barnsley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 4 | Oxford United | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Lincoln City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 12 | Derby County | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Reading | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 5 |
| 23 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 1 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -12 | 1 |
