League Two duel: Close contest expected between Walsall and Northampton Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Banks's Stadium (11300 seats)

Walsall will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Northampton Town.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Walsall form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Walsall have only managed 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at The Banks's Stadium. The Walsall manager Darrell Clarke might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The home team returns to The Banks's Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Newport County (placed 13th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 0-0. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Forest Green 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 16 games. Walsall has won six of these, drawn three and lost seven.

Walsall have scored 13 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Northampton Town form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Northampton Town have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 211 minutes ago. C. Morton was the goal scorer.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Swindon Town with 0-1 on the scoreboard. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Port Vale.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Northampton Town in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Northampton Town, six draws and two defeats.

Northampton Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. 21 goals have been conceded by Northampton Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Northampton Town - Walsall 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Walsall won six games, one match ended with a draw and Northampton Town has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownA. Williams
A. Williams
8 goals
WalsallJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
7 goals
Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
7 goals

Walsall missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Walsall Northampton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 3 15 32
11 4 0 Won W 1 5 15
7 4 0 Drew D 1 5 7
15 8 3 Lost L 1 5 10
32 13 2 Scored S 3 17 45
44 21 5 Conceded C 6 21 33
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 69%
52% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 47% 41%
15% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 25%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 9%
52% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 44%
30% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 34%
30% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.8 2.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
362 213 39 Total Shots T S 23 157 396
132 74 9 Shots on Target S O 9 49 132
24% 18% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 34%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Swindon Town 33 19 6 8 57 36 16 11 2 3 29 14 17 8 4 5 28 22 21 63
2 Crewe Alexandra 32 18 7 7 59 38 17 11 3 3 33 16 15 7 4 4 26 22 21 61
3 Exeter City 32 17 9 6 47 34 16 10 5 1 29 13 16 7 4 5 18 21 13 60
4 Plymouth Argyle 31 17 6 8 51 35 15 9 4 2 30 15 16 8 2 6 21 20 16 57
5 Colchester United 33 13 13 7 47 31 17 9 5 3 28 15 16 4 8 4 19 16 16 52
6 Northampton Town 32 15 7 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 28 12 15 5 5 5 17 21 12 52
7 Cheltenham Town 31 13 12 6 45 25 14 8 4 2 30 15 17 5 8 4 15 10 20 51
8 Bradford City 33 13 12 8 40 33 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 3 7 6 13 20 7 51
9 Port Vale 33 13 12 8 43 40 16 8 7 1 23 13 17 5 5 7 20 27 3 51
10 Forest Green Rovers 33 12 9 12 40 38 17 5 4 8 16 22 16 7 5 4 24 16 2 45
11 Salford City 33 10 11 12 43 44 17 4 6 7 17 22 16 6 5 5 26 22 -1 41
12 Cambridge United 33 11 8 14 36 43 16 6 3 7 20 24 17 5 5 7 16 19 -7 41
13 Newport County 30 10 10 10 27 26 17 7 7 3 17 12 13 3 3 7 10 14 1 40
14 Crawley Town 33 9 13 11 45 46 16 8 4 4 25 19 17 1 9 7 20 27 -1 40
15 Walsall 33 11 7 15 32 44 16 4 4 8 13 21 17 7 3 7 19 23 -12 40
16 Grimsby Town 31 9 11 11 36 39 15 4 5 6 16 21 16 5 6 5 20 18 -3 38
17 Leyton Orient 33 9 11 13 42 50 17 4 7 6 22 27 16 5 4 7 20 23 -8 38
18 Scunthorpe United 33 9 9 15 41 50 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 4 3 9 18 27 -9 36
19 Oldham Athletic 33 8 12 13 36 51 16 5 6 5 22 20 17 3 6 8 14 31 -15 36
20 Carlisle United 32 8 10 14 33 50 16 4 6 6 13 21 16 4 4 8 20 29 -17 34
21 Mansfield Town 33 7 11 15 45 53 16 3 5 8 26 29 17 4 6 7 19 24 -8 32
22 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 31 54 17 4 7 6 19 22 16 3 2 11 12 32 -23 30
23 Macclesfield Town 32 7 14 11 29 36 15 5 8 2 16 11 17 2 6 9 13 25 -7 29
24 Stevenage 33 3 13 17 23 44 16 2 6 8 10 21 17 1 7 9 13 23 -21 22

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 Swindon Town 33 19 6 8 57 36 16 11 2 3 29 14 17 8 4 5 28 22 21 63
2 Crewe Alexandra 32 18 7 7 59 38 17 11 3 3 33 16 15 7 4 4 26 22 21 61
3 Exeter City 32 17 9 6 47 34 16 10 5 1 29 13 16 7 4 5 18 21 13 60
4 Plymouth Argyle 31 17 6 8 51 35 15 9 4 2 30 15 16 8 2 6 21 20 16 57
5 Colchester United 33 13 13 7 47 31 17 9 5 3 28 15 16 4 8 4 19 16 16 52
6 Northampton Town 32 15 7 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 28 12 15 5 5 5 17 21 12 52
7 Cheltenham Town 31 13 12 6 45 25 14 8 4 2 30 15 17 5 8 4 15 10 20 51
8 Bradford City 33 13 12 8 40 33 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 3 7 6 13 20 7 51
9 Port Vale 33 13 12 8 43 40 16 8 7 1 23 13 17 5 5 7 20 27 3 51
10 Forest Green Rovers 33 12 9 12 40 38 17 5 4 8 16 22 16 7 5 4 24 16 2 45
11 Salford City 33 10 11 12 43 44 17 4 6 7 17 22 16 6 5 5 26 22 -1 41
12 Cambridge United 33 11 8 14 36 43 16 6 3 7 20 24 17 5 5 7 16 19 -7 41
13 Newport County 30 10 10 10 27 26 17 7 7 3 17 12 13 3 3 7 10 14 1 40
14 Crawley Town 33 9 13 11 45 46 16 8 4 4 25 19 17 1 9 7 20 27 -1 40
15 Walsall 33 11 7 15 32 44 16 4 4 8 13 21 17 7 3 7 19 23 -12 40
16 Grimsby Town 31 9 11 11 36 39 15 4 5 6 16 21 16 5 6 5 20 18 -3 38
17 Leyton Orient 33 9 11 13 42 50 17 4 7 6 22 27 16 5 4 7 20 23 -8 38
18 Scunthorpe United 33 9 9 15 41 50 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 4 3 9 18 27 -9 36
19 Oldham Athletic 33 8 12 13 36 51 16 5 6 5 22 20 17 3 6 8 14 31 -15 36
20 Carlisle United 32 8 10 14 33 50 16 4 6 6 13 21 16 4 4 8 20 29 -17 34
21 Mansfield Town 33 7 11 15 45 53 16 3 5 8 26 29 17 4 6 7 19 24 -8 32
22 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 31 54 17 4 7 6 19 22 16 3 2 11 12 32 -23 30
23 Macclesfield Town 32 7 14 11 29 36 15 5 8 2 16 11 17 2 6 9 13 25 -7 29
24 Stevenage 33 3 13 17 23 44 16 2 6 8 10 21 17 1 7 9 13 23 -21 22

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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.