Match preview League Two: Northampton Town - Walsall at Sixfields Stadium

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

Northampton Town welcome Walsall for another interesting League Two fixture here at Sixfields Stadium.

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Northampton Town form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Northampton Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 2 Lost 4.

Northampton Town have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Northampton Town scored 1 goal and let in 8 goals during these four games.

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Walsall form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Walsall, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Walsall have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from five fixtures.

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Walsall as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 12 victories from 46 games, relegation was a fact. Walsall's manager D. Clarke are hoping to lead the team right back to League One at the first attempt.

Head 2 Head

Northampton Town-Walsall H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Northampton Town 3 wins, Walsall 6 wins, 1 draw. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Northampton Town Last season Walsall
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
14 7   Won   5 12
19 12   Drew   6 11
13 4   Lost   12 23
64 30   Scored   19 49
63 27   Conceded   34 71
91% 87%   Over 0.5   87% 89%
80% 78%   Over 1.5   78% 78%
57% 52%   Over 2.5   52% 59%
37% 30%   Over 3.5   13% 26%
7% 0%   Over 4.5   0% 9%
65% 65%   BTTS   48% 57%
22% 26%   Clean Sheets   22% 20%
22% 22%   Failed To Score   43% 35%
 
5.7 5.5   Corners For (avg)   5.7 5.4
4.7 4.2   Corners Against (avg)   6.4 5.6
2.2 1.7   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.6 1.5
2 1   Red Cards   2 3

Northampton Town
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
04-05-19 LT Oldham Athletic 2 - 5 Northampton Town
12-07-19 CF Coventry City 1 - 1 Northampton Town
16-07-19 CF Northampton Town 0 - 4 Sheffield Wednesday
20-07-19 CF Northampton Town 0 - 2 Sheffield United
23-07-19 CF Brackley Town 1 - 0 Northampton Town
26-07-19 CF Northampton Town 18:30 Milton Keynes Dons
03-08-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Walsall
10-08-19 LT Port Vale 14:00 Northampton Town
13-08-19 CC Swansea City 18:45 Northampton Town
17-08-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Macclesfield Town
Walsall
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
06-07-19 CF Alfreton Town 2 - 1 Walsall
09-07-19 CF Leamington 1 - 1 Walsall
13-07-19 CF Nuneaton Town 1 - 4 Walsall
20-07-19 CF Notts County 2 - 1 Walsall
24-07-19 CF Walsall 1 - 5 Aston Villa
27-07-19 CF Tranmere Rovers 14:00 Walsall
03-08-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Walsall
10-08-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Forest Green Rovers
13-08-19 CC Walsall 18:45 Crawley Town
17-08-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 14:00 Walsall

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 46 27 13 6 90 42 23 16 7 0 57 19 23 11 6 6 33 23 48 94
2 Barnsley 46 26 13 7 80 39 23 15 8 0 40 16 23 11 5 7 40 23 41 91
3 Charlton Athletic 46 26 10 10 73 40 23 16 5 2 41 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 33 88
4 Portsmouth 46 25 13 8 83 51 23 12 7 4 42 22 23 13 6 4 41 29 32 88
5 Sunderland 46 22 19 5 80 47 23 12 10 1 46 25 23 10 9 4 34 22 33 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 13 13 76 58 23 13 7 3 45 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 18 73
7 Peterborough United 46 20 12 14 71 62 23 9 7 7 31 28 23 11 5 7 40 34 9 72
8 Coventry City 46 18 11 17 54 54 23 9 7 7 24 20 23 9 4 10 30 34 0 65
9 Burton Albion 46 17 12 17 66 57 23 11 5 7 35 23 23 6 7 10 31 34 9 63
10 Blackpool 46 15 17 14 50 52 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 7 9 7 22 26 -2 62
11 Fleetwood Town 46 16 13 17 58 52 23 9 9 5 33 27 23 7 4 12 25 25 6 61
12 Oxford United 46 15 15 16 58 64 23 11 4 8 34 27 23 4 11 8 24 37 -6 60
13 Gillingham 46 15 10 21 61 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 23 8 6 9 34 36 -11 55
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 13 19 51 67 23 7 6 10 26 33 23 7 7 9 25 34 -16 55
15 Bristol Rovers 46 13 15 18 47 50 23 6 6 11 24 28 23 7 9 7 23 22 -3 54
16 Rochdale 46 15 9 22 54 87 23 8 4 11 25 37 23 7 5 11 29 50 -33 54
17 Wycombe Wanderers 46 14 11 21 55 67 23 10 5 8 28 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -12 53
18 Shrewsbury Town 46 12 16 18 51 59 23 8 9 6 25 25 23 4 7 12 26 34 -8 52
19 Southend United 46 14 8 24 55 68 23 8 2 13 32 34 23 6 6 11 23 34 -13 50
20 AFC Wimbledon 46 13 11 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 23 7 6 10 18 26 -21 50
21 Plymouth Argyle 46 13 11 22 56 80 23 9 6 8 36 38 23 4 5 14 20 42 -24 50
22 Walsall 46 12 11 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 23 5 6 12 19 34 -22 47
23 Scunthorpe United 46 12 10 24 53 83 23 6 7 10 31 42 23 6 3 14 22 41 -30 46
24 Bradford City 46 11 8 27 49 77 23 7 4 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 41

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