Northampton Town manager Brady looking for three points in Walsall showdown

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

The hosts, Northampton Town, should be favourites in this game, but Walsall have shown both capability and guts. Learn more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

The visiting Walsall played their last game only four days ago, a League Two match. That game was also an away game, at Salford City. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Northampton Town form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Northampton Town have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.

A strong away win for Northampton Town against Barrow the last match, as McWilliams and Fox were on target. King, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.64 out of 10 in that game. King topped it up with a clean sheet.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Stockport County.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Northampton Town handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

A decent goal production from Northampton Town in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches.

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Walsall form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Walsall have produced an overall stat of 3-5-5 so far.

There might be some fixture complaints from Walsall as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Salford City. Defender Daniels was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Daniels won 9 of 19 duels.

The match earlier was the FA Cup-duel against Leicester City, a home defeat (0-1). Walsall are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The attacking power of Walsall when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Walsall as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Walsall - Northampton 1-0 was the end result in these sides' previous head to head game, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Northampton Town won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Walsall managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

NorthamptonS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
16 goals
Northampton TownK. Bowie
K. Bowie
4 goals
Northampton TownM. Pinnock
M. Pinnock
3 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Walsall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Northampton Town Walsall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 6 13 25
14 7 2 Won W 1 3 10
7 3 2 Drew D 1 5 7
6 3 1 Lost L 4 5 8
42 20 7 Scored S 4 11 30
28 13 5 Conceded C 7 12 23
93% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 85% 92%
78% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 68%
52% 62% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 40%
26% 23% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
59% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 56%
26% 23% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 31% 28%
22% 23% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 24%
 
5 4.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.2 4.6
4.1 4 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.7 4.8
1.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.9 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.3 11.9 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 9.8 11.2
4.1 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2 3
38% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 42% 40%
 
10.1 9.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.7 11
2.7 2.4 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.6 2.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 28 17 6 5 36 17 14 10 3 1 20 4 14 7 3 4 16 13 19 57
2 Stevenage 26 16 7 3 39 18 14 12 1 1 27 6 12 4 6 2 12 12 21 55
3 Carlisle United 28 14 9 5 48 27 14 8 5 1 25 11 14 6 4 4 23 16 21 51
4 Northampton Town 27 14 7 6 42 28 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 22 15 14 49
5 Salford City 28 13 6 9 38 28 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 7 2 5 22 15 10 45
6 Swindon Town 27 11 9 7 36 28 14 6 5 3 22 13 13 5 4 4 14 15 8 42
7 Mansfield Town 27 12 6 9 40 36 14 6 5 3 25 20 13 6 1 6 15 16 4 42
8 Bradford City 26 11 8 7 31 25 13 5 5 3 17 13 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 41
9 Barrow 28 12 4 12 33 37 14 8 1 5 19 13 14 4 3 7 14 24 -4 40
10 Stockport County 27 11 6 10 36 25 13 6 4 3 17 10 14 5 2 7 19 15 11 39
11 AFC Wimbledon 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 6 4 3 15 11 14 4 5 5 15 17 2 39
12 Sutton United 28 11 6 11 28 35 13 8 2 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 12 23 -7 39
13 Tranmere Rovers 27 10 8 9 29 23 14 6 4 4 19 12 13 4 4 5 10 11 6 38
14 Walsall 25 10 7 8 30 23 12 7 2 3 19 11 13 3 5 5 11 12 7 37
15 Doncaster Rovers 26 11 4 11 31 39 12 7 1 4 19 16 14 4 3 7 12 23 -8 37
16 Crewe Alexandra 25 7 10 8 21 29 14 5 5 4 15 14 11 2 5 4 6 15 -8 31
17 Grimsby Town 24 8 6 10 26 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 12 5 1 6 13 17 -6 30
18 Colchester United 29 8 6 15 29 37 14 4 5 5 15 16 15 4 1 10 14 21 -8 30
19 Newport County 26 6 8 12 24 30 13 3 3 7 11 16 13 3 5 5 13 14 -6 26
20 Crawley Town 25 6 7 12 29 41 13 6 1 6 18 19 12 0 6 6 11 22 -12 25
21 Harrogate Town 26 6 6 14 32 41 14 4 4 6 18 21 12 2 2 8 14 20 -9 24
22 Hartlepool United 28 5 7 16 28 52 14 3 5 6 14 23 14 2 2 10 14 29 -24 22
23 Gillingham 26 4 9 13 14 31 12 3 4 5 6 12 14 1 5 8 8 19 -17 21
24 Rochdale 28 5 5 18 22 42 14 2 2 10 11 21 14 3 3 8 11 21 -20 20

Walsall:
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Table
  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 28 17 6 5 36 17 14 10 3 1 20 4 14 7 3 4 16 13 19 57
2 Stevenage 26 16 7 3 39 18 14 12 1 1 27 6 12 4 6 2 12 12 21 55
3 Carlisle United 28 14 9 5 48 27 14 8 5 1 25 11 14 6 4 4 23 16 21 51
4 Northampton Town 27 14 7 6 42 28 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 22 15 14 49
5 Salford City 28 13 6 9 38 28 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 7 2 5 22 15 10 45
6 Swindon Town 27 11 9 7 36 28 14 6 5 3 22 13 13 5 4 4 14 15 8 42
7 Mansfield Town 27 12 6 9 40 36 14 6 5 3 25 20 13 6 1 6 15 16 4 42
8 Bradford City 26 11 8 7 31 25 13 5 5 3 17 13 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 41
9 Barrow 28 12 4 12 33 37 14 8 1 5 19 13 14 4 3 7 14 24 -4 40
10 Stockport County 27 11 6 10 36 25 13 6 4 3 17 10 14 5 2 7 19 15 11 39
11 AFC Wimbledon 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 6 4 3 15 11 14 4 5 5 15 17 2 39
12 Sutton United 28 11 6 11 28 35 13 8 2 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 12 23 -7 39
13 Tranmere Rovers 27 10 8 9 29 23 14 6 4 4 19 12 13 4 4 5 10 11 6 38
14 Walsall 25 10 7 8 30 23 12 7 2 3 19 11 13 3 5 5 11 12 7 37
15 Doncaster Rovers 26 11 4 11 31 39 12 7 1 4 19 16 14 4 3 7 12 23 -8 37
16 Crewe Alexandra 25 7 10 8 21 29 14 5 5 4 15 14 11 2 5 4 6 15 -8 31
17 Grimsby Town 24 8 6 10 26 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 12 5 1 6 13 17 -6 30
18 Colchester United 29 8 6 15 29 37 14 4 5 5 15 16 15 4 1 10 14 21 -8 30
19 Newport County 26 6 8 12 24 30 13 3 3 7 11 16 13 3 5 5 13 14 -6 26
20 Crawley Town 25 6 7 12 29 41 13 6 1 6 18 19 12 0 6 6 11 22 -12 25
21 Harrogate Town 26 6 6 14 32 41 14 4 4 6 18 21 12 2 2 8 14 20 -9 24
22 Hartlepool United 28 5 7 16 28 52 14 3 5 6 14 23 14 2 2 10 14 29 -24 22
23 Gillingham 26 4 9 13 14 31 12 3 4 5 6 12 14 1 5 8 8 19 -17 21
24 Rochdale 28 5 5 18 22 42 14 2 2 10 11 21 14 3 3 8 11 21 -20 20

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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.