League Two preview: Can Northampton Town edge out victory against Barrow?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

The Northampton Town & Barrow managers Brady and Wild are both anxious about and feeling excited about this very important game in the higher part of the League Two league table.

Insights:
  • Northampton Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Barrow have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Northampton Town nor Barrow as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Northampton Town form and stats

Northampton Town have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the League Two. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

The club members hope that Northampton will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-6 away loss in the EFL Trophy fixture against Ipswich Town. The first defeat after going unbeaten through five league matches.

Preceding that match was the home League Two game against Doncaster Rovers that was lost 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Northampton Town handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Northampton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sixfields Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. On the other hand, Northampton Town have conceded 4 goals.

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Barrow form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the League Two away games so far for Barrow with six points collected from three matches.

Barrow have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Paul Farman. It's been 224 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Fleetwood Town in their previous outing. The EFL Trophy duel ended 1-1.

Preceding that game was the away League Two victory against AFC Wimbledon with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Barrow have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

Barrow are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the preceeding two meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Northampton, zero draws and one win for Barrow. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Hoskins with 2 goals scored against Barrow in these 2 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
7 goals
BarrowJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
4 goals
BarrowB. Whitfield
B. Whitfield
2 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Barrow missing players

Northampton Town Barrow
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 0 3 6
3 2 0 Won W 0 2 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
11 5 0 Scored S 0 4 10
9 4 1 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
83% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 50%
67% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
50% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
33% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
83% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
17% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
3.3 2.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 5
3.8 3.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.7
1.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 13 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.7 10.7
4.7 5.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.7 4.3
39% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 38%
 
10.3 8.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.7 9.2
3.7 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League Two
  • Barrow have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Northampton Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Northampton Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 Leyton Orient 6 5 1 0 12 4 3 3 0 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 8 16
2 Barrow 6 5 0 1 10 6 3 3 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 15
3 Doncaster Rovers 6 4 2 0 9 5 3 3 0 0 6 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 14
4 Salford City 6 4 1 1 10 4 3 3 0 0 6 0 3 1 1 1 4 4 6 13
5 Stevenage 6 4 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 13
6 Northampton Town 6 3 2 1 11 9 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 11
7 Crewe Alexandra 6 3 2 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 11
8 Mansfield Town 6 3 0 3 9 8 3 3 0 0 8 3 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 9
9 Walsall 6 2 2 2 8 5 3 1 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 8
10 Bradford City 6 2 2 2 7 5 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 8
11 Carlisle United 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 8
12 AFC Wimbledon 6 2 2 2 8 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 0 8
13 Sutton United 6 2 2 2 5 5 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 8
14 Grimsby Town 5 2 2 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 8
15 Tranmere Rovers 6 2 1 3 7 5 3 2 0 1 6 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 7
16 Newport County 6 2 1 3 9 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 7
17 Swindon Town 6 1 4 1 6 6 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 2 5 0 7
18 Harrogate Town 6 2 1 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 0 2 2 4 -3 7
19 Stockport County 6 1 1 4 7 10 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 0 0 3 3 6 -3 4
20 Colchester United 6 1 1 4 5 10 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -5 4
21 Gillingham 6 1 1 4 1 8 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 6 -7 4
22 Crawley Town 6 0 2 4 3 8 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 0 2 1 1 2 -5 2
23 Hartlepool United 6 0 2 4 4 13 3 0 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 3 10 -9 2
24 Rochdale 6 0 1 5 2 9 3 0 1 2 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 5 -7 1

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.