Preview: 16 points are between the participants so far, Northampton Town having performed best. Will Walsall take the guests by surprise?
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals (23) in League Two
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Walsall and Northampton Town.
Walsall form and stats
Overall League Two stats playing at home this season for Walsall are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Walsall drew their last game, 1-1 away at Stockport County (placed 19th). Williams was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Stockport County after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Defender Monthe got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.13/10. Monthe won 5 of 12 duels.
Ahead of that match, Walsall lost 0-1 at home to Tranmere Rovers.This is expected to be a close game, with Walsall perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Walsall as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Walsall has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus AFC Wimbledon in only four days. This game is also played here at Poundland Bescot Stadium.
Walsall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games.
Northampton Town form and stats
3-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Northampton Town, who have the most scored goals (23) in League Two, in their League Two matches away.
Northampton Town play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Swindon Town (placed 10th). Midfielder Pinnock was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Pinnock scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Stockport County.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Northampton Town playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 5 Northampton wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Salford City in just four days.
Northampton Town have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings between these two participants are: five wins for Walsall, two draws and three wins for Northampton Town. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hoskins 11 goals |  D. Johnson 6 goals |  J. Guthrie 2 goals |
Walsall missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Walsall | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 4.6 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 2 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 11.6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.8 | 11.1 |
| 2.5 | 3.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 39% | 37% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 46% |
| 9.2 | 7.8 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 11.2 | 10.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3 |
- All of Northampton Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Northampton Town have not yet lost a game away.
- Northampton Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Northampton Town have scored more than double the goals of Walsall.
- Northampton Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most matches over the total-line (8) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals (10) away in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals (23) in League Two
- Northampton Town have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in League Two
- Northampton Town have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Salford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Barrow | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Carlisle United | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Newport County | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 17 | Walsall | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Stockport County | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 5 |
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