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Barnsley v Northampton Town : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 3rd Feb, 19:45 BST, Oakwell, Barnsley

Conor Hourihane welcomes Kevin Nolan to the Oakwell on Tuesday evening, as their Barnsley and Northampton Town sides do battle in the League One. All statistics, including 20-game form for both teams and head-to-head history, will update as you browse each of the seventeen betting markets via the tabs below. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and, of course, KickOff's predictions will too.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 79% chance of Barnsley and Northampton delivering at least two goals in this League One clash. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are factored into that calculation , and it seems the bookmakers favour that outcome too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available with best odds of 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Barnsley are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 52% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.85.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Barnsley 52%	-	17/20 1%
Draw 23%	-	27/10 1%
Northampton 25%	-	3/1
Draw 1-1 11%	-	6/1
Barnsley 2-1 10%	-	13/2
Barnsley 1-0 9%	-	6/1
Barnsley 2-0 8%	-	15/2
Northampton 2-1 6%	-	10/1
Northampton 1-0 6%	-	10/1
Barnsley 3-1 6%	-	11/1
Draw 2-2 6%	-	11/1
Draw 0-0 5%	-	9/1
Barnsley 3-0 5%	-	11/1
Northampton 2-0 4%	-	16/1
Barnsley 3-2 3%	-	18/1
Barnsley 4-1 3%	-	20/1
Northampton 3-1 2%	-	22/1
Barnsley 4-0 2%	-	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	-	3/4
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	-	1/1
Home 1st Goal 53%	-	8/13
Away 1st Goal 44%	-	6/4
No 1st Goal 3%	-	9/1
BTTS - Yes 57%	-	8/11
BTTS - No 43%	-	1/1
BTTS - Home Win 26%	-	5/2
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	7/2 2%
BTTS - Away Win 13%	-	11/2
Home/draw 75%	-	2/9
Away/draw 48%	-	10/11 2%
Home/away 77%	-	2/7 3%
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	-	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	-	27/10
Over 3.5 Goals 34%	-	9/5
Under 3.5 Goals 66%	-	2/5
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	-	17/4
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	-	1/7
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	-	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	-	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	-	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	-	9/1
Home DNB 68%	-	4/11
Away DNB 41%	-	19/10
Barnsley win to nil 26%	-	-
Northampton win to nil 11%	-	-
Barnsley / Barnsley 28%	-	9/5
Barnsley / Northampton 3%	-	25/1
Barnsley / Draw 6%	-	12/1
Draw / Barnsley 16%	-	19/5 4%
Draw / Northampton 10%	-	7/1
Draw / Draw 15%	-	17/4
Northampton / Barnsley 5%	-	16/1
Northampton / Northampton 13%	-	5/1
Northampton / Draw 6%	-	12/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Barnsley have played 23 matches so far this season and lay in 15th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Barnsley have outscored their opponents by 37 goals to 23 goals.

Home League Performance

Barnsley have played 11 games at home winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored 22 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 17 goals at home.

Northampton are in 21st position in the League One on 29 points having played 26 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 4 and won 7. Northampton have conceded 29 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 8 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Barnsley Northampton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Cardiff	27	17	5	5	19	56	-	Jan 27	l 1-3A	Apr 25
2	Lincoln	27	15	7	5	15	52	l 0-2A	l 3-1A	l 0-1A	Feb 17
3	Bolton	28	12	10	6	9	46	d 1-1F	Feb 7	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0
4	Bradford	26	13	7	6	7	46	Apr 18	d 2-2A	d 0-00-0	Apr 3
5	Stockport	27	13	7	7	5	46	May 2	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	Mar 17
6	Huddersfield	28	12	6	10	9	42	w 3-1F	Feb 21	d 1-1F	l 2-0A
7	Luton	27	11	6	10	4	39	w 5-0F	Apr 25	l 0-1A	Apr 11
8	Stevenage	26	10	9	7	4	39	Jan 31	-	Feb 7	l 2-0A
9	Peterborough	27	12	2	13	0	38	Feb 17	w 0-1F	Feb 28	l 2-1A
10	Exeter	26	11	3	12	7	36	Mar 7	l 3-0A	w 2-0F	Feb 14
11	Mansfield	25	10	6	9	6	36	l 2-3F	Mar 14	w 2-1A	Mar 21
12	Wycombe	27	9	9	9	3	36	Mar 3	d 2-2F	l 1-2A	l 2-0A
13	Reading	26	9	9	8	2	36	w 3-2F	d 2-2A	Jan 31	l 1-0A
14	Plymouth	27	11	3	13	-5	36	Apr 6	w 1-3F	May 2	w 0-3F
15	Barnsley	23	9	6	8	1	33	-	-	Mar 28	Feb 3
16	L Orient	27	9	5	13	-5	32	w 3-2F	Feb 28	Feb 21	w 0-1F
17	Blackpool	27	9	5	13	-5	32	w 2-1F	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	l 2-0A
18	AFC Wim	26	9	5	12	-7	32	Feb 14	l 2-0A	w 3-1F	Mar 7
19	Wigan	26	7	10	9	-2	31	Mar 17	d 1-1A	Apr 6	l 3-1A
20	Burton	26	8	6	12	-10	30	w 3-2A	Apr 3	Mar 14	l 5-1A
21	Northampton	26	8	5	13	-9	29	Feb 3	Mar 28	-	-
22	Doncaster	26	7	6	13	-16	27	Mar 21	w 1-2F	Apr 18	w 1-2A
23	Rotherham	26	6	7	13	-14	25	l 0-1A	Apr 11	l 1-2F	Jan 27
24	Port Vale	25	4	6	15	-18	18	l 0-2A	-	Feb 24	d 0-00-0

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
Barnsley	0 - 2	Lincoln
Barnsley	2 - 3	Mansfield
Barnsley	3 - 2	L Orient
Barnsley	5 - 0	Luton
Barnsley	0 - 1	Rotherham
Barnsley	0 - 2	Port Vale
Barnsley	3 - 2	Reading
Barnsley	3 - 1	Huddersfield
Barnsley	1 - 1	Bolton
Barnsley	3 - 2	Burton
Barnsley	1 - 2	Shrewsbury
Barnsley	1 - 1	Peterborough
Barnsley	4 - 1	Bolton
Barnsley	1 - 2	Exeter
Barnsley	1 - 1	Cambridge
Barnsley	0 - 3	Blackpool
Barnsley	4 - 3	Lincoln
Barnsley	1 - 2	Huddersfield
Barnsley	0 - 0	Burton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Reading
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
H	Barnsley	0 - 2	Lincoln
H	Barnsley	2 - 3	Mansfield
A	Barnsley	0 - 3	Exeter
H	Barnsley	3 - 2	L Orient
A	Barnsley	1 - 3	Lincoln
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Barnsley	5 - 0	Luton
A	Barnsley	2 - 1	Doncaster
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Rotherham
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Bradford
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Wycombe
H	Barnsley	0 - 2	Port Vale
A	Barnsley	0 - 1	Blackpool
H	Barnsley	3 - 2	Reading
H	Barnsley	3 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Barnsley	0 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Barnsley	1 - 0	Peterborough

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackpool	2 - 0	Northampton
Bolton	0 - 0	Northampton
Huddersfield	2 - 0	Northampton
Burton	5 - 1	Northampton
Peterborough	2 - 1	Northampton
Plymouth	0 - 3	Northampton
Reading	1 - 0	Northampton
Doncaster	1 - 2	Northampton
Port Vale	0 - 0	Northampton
Wycombe	2 - 0	Northampton
L Orient	0 - 1	Northampton
Stevenage	2 - 0	Northampton
Wigan	3 - 1	Northampton
Crawley	3 - 0	Northampton
Charlton	2 - 1	Northampton
Peterborough	0 - 4	Northampton
Cambridge	1 - 1	Northampton
L Orient	1 - 2	Northampton
Exeter	1 - 1	Northampton
Mansfield	0 - 1	Northampton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Northampton	0 - 2	Blackpool
H	Northampton	1 - 2	Wycombe
A	Northampton	0 - 0	Bolton
H	Northampton	0 - 0	Stockport
A	Northampton	0 - 2	Huddersfield
A	Northampton	1 - 5	Burton
H	Northampton	3 - 1	AFC Wim
A	Northampton	1 - 2	Peterborough
H	Northampton	1 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Northampton	3 - 0	Plymouth
H	Northampton	1 - 3	Cardiff
H	Northampton	2 - 1	Mansfield
H	Northampton	0 - 1	Luton
A	Northampton	0 - 1	Reading
A	Northampton	2 - 1	Doncaster
H	Northampton	1 - 2	Rotherham
A	Northampton	0 - 0	Port Vale
H	Northampton	2 - 0	Bolton
A	Northampton	0 - 2	Wycombe
H	Northampton	1 - 0	Blackpool

Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Northampton Town of late. It has been 5 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Tuesday evening against Barnsley.

	Barnsley 15th	Northampton 19th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 83% probability that Barnsley will score 1 or more goals	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Northampton will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+13 Barnsley have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted	-1 Northampton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.8 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

27%

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NHT

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Games scored	16		15
Failed to score	6		10
Scored first	12		8
Goals scored	35		23
Avg. goals scored	1.5		0.9
Avg. shots per game	8		6
Avg. shots per goal	5		7
Conversion rate for	19		15
Avg. XG for	1.2		1
KickOff rating		+27%

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NHT

19%

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Games conceded	20		16
Clean sheets	2		9
Conceded first	10		13
Goals conceded	34		30
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	17%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.5
KickOff rating		+19%

Barnsley v Northampton League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	11	7	8
J Shepherd	D Keillor-Dunn	R Cleary	L Connell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Shepherd DEF	22			3 1
J. Bland MID	22		1	7 -
D Keillor-Dunn MID	22	11	1	3 -
M. Cooper GLK	21			4 -
A Phillips MID	21	4	3	1 -
T Watson DEF	20		1	1 -
P Kelly MID	20	2	3	4 -
L Connell MID	20	2	2	7 1
D McGoldrick FWD	20	5	2	2 -
R Cleary FWD	19	5	7	2 -
V. Yoganathan MID	18	2		2 1
N Ogbeta DEF	16		1	1 -
J Earl DEF	15	1		4 -
C. Vickers MID	15	2	2	-
M Gevigney DEF	13		1	-
J Russell MID	12	1		1 -
N Farrugia MID	12			1 -
M Roberts DEF	9			2 -
F Jaló FWD	3			-
J Rooney DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	25	7	8
D Keillor-Dunn	D Keillor-Dunn	R Cleary	L Connell

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Keillor-Dunn MID	11	25	1	3
D McGoldrick FWD	5	12	2	1
R Cleary FWD	5	13	7	6
A Phillips MID	4	10	3	4
P Kelly MID	2	8	3	3
L Connell MID	2	8	2	8
V. Yoganathan MID	2	3
C. Vickers MID	2	3	2	4
J Earl DEF	1	1		1
J Russell MID	1	3
J Shepherd DEF		1
J. Bland MID		3	1	3
T Watson DEF		1	1	1
N Ogbeta DEF			1	3
M Gevigney DEF			1	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1253	39	135
J Shepherd	J. Bland	J Shepherd

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Shepherd DEF	1253	16	135
L Connell MID	1197	35	88
J Earl DEF	923	24	92
A Phillips MID	823	18	82
T Watson DEF	821	35	104
J. Bland MID	720	39	83
M. Cooper GLK	710	6	18
D Keillor-Dunn MID	504	10	52
M Gevigney DEF	446	16	70
P Kelly MID	423	30	87
N Ogbeta DEF	416	30	67
M Roberts DEF	364	12	63
D McGoldrick FWD	355	14	52
C. Vickers MID	341	9	32
V. Yoganathan MID	307	18	67
R Cleary FWD	186	21	65
N Farrugia MID	121	16	38
J Russell MID	76	4	19
F Jaló FWD	23		3
J Rooney DEF	5	3	3

Northampton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
23	4	4	5
T Taylor	S Hoskins	D Campbell	T Taylor

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Taylor MID	24		2	5 -
D Campbell MID	23		4	1 -
E. Wheatley FWD	22	3	1	4 -
S Hoskins FWD	22	4		3 -
N Guinness-Walker DEF	21	1	2	1 -
C McCarthy DEF	20	1	2	4 -
E List FWD	20	1		1 -
M Dyche DEF	19	1		-
T Fornah MID	19		1	3 -
J. Perkins MID	19	1	2	2 1
K Simon-Swyer FWD	19			1 -
R Fitzsimons GLK	18			1 -
J Thorniley DEF	18		1	5 -
M. Forbes DEF	16	1	1	1 -
C McGeehan MID	16	4	1	1 -
T Eaves FWD	16	4	1	-
J Burroughs DEF	15			1 -
J Wormleighton DEF	13			2 -
J Willis DEF	11	1		-
K Edwards FWD	10			-
L Burge GLK	8			-
J Vale FWD	8			-
J Guthrie DEF	7	1		-
M Jacobs FWD	7			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	14	4	5
S Hoskins	C McGeehan	D Campbell	T Taylor

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Hoskins FWD	4	6		1
C McGeehan MID	4	14	1	1
T Eaves FWD	4	7	1	2
E. Wheatley FWD	3	12	1	2
N Guinness-Walker DEF	1	3	2
C McCarthy DEF	1	3	2	3
E List FWD	1	5		2
M Dyche DEF	1	1		1
J. Perkins MID	1	2	2	1
M. Forbes DEF	1	1	1
J Willis DEF	1	1
J Guthrie DEF	1	2
T Taylor MID		3	2	5
D Campbell MID		3	4	5
T Fornah MID		4	1	2
K Simon-Swyer FWD		2
J Thorniley DEF			1	1
J Wormleighton DEF		1
K Edwards FWD		3		1
J Vale FWD		1
M Jacobs FWD		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
870	42	112
D Campbell	D Campbell	C McCarthy

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Campbell MID	870	42	106
T Taylor MID	703	33	107
R Fitzsimons GLK	650	2	9
C McCarthy DEF	533	29	112
N Guinness-Walker DEF	521	35	96
J Thorniley DEF	440	17	80
M. Forbes DEF	415	9	85
M Dyche DEF	379	12	64
S Hoskins FWD	366	27	68
J. Perkins MID	331	23	63
T Fornah MID	282	21	67
L Burge GLK	271	1	4
C McGeehan MID	263	15	73
J Burroughs DEF	252	30	59
E. Wheatley FWD	215	22	74
K Simon-Swyer FWD	143	11	53
J Willis DEF	133	5	25
J Wormleighton DEF	113	20	45
E List FWD	107	16	48
T Eaves FWD	99	3	47
J Guthrie DEF	89	7	33
K Edwards FWD	74	7	21
M Jacobs FWD	43	2	12
J Vale FWD	33	5	20