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

Sat 28th Mar, 15:00 BST, Sixfields Stadium, Northampton

Saturday afternoon sees Kevin Nolan’s Northampton Town and Conor Hourihane’s Barnsley go up against one another in a League One battle at the Sixfields Stadium. You'll see stats supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we cover too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with League One performances and head-to-heads included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Northampton 44%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Barnsley 32%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Northampton 2-1 9%	-	-
Northampton 1-0 9%	-	-
Barnsley 2-1 8%	-	-
Barnsley 1-0 7%	-	-
Northampton 2-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Draw 0-0 5%	-	-
Northampton 3-1 5%	-	-
Barnsley 2-0 5%	-	-
Northampton 3-0 4%	-	-
Barnsley 3-1 3%	-	-
Northampton 3-2 3%	-	-
Barnsley 3-2 3%	-	-
Barnsley 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 58%	-	-
BTTS - No 42%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 23%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 17%	-	-
Home/draw 68%	-	-
Away/draw 56%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Home DNB 61%	-	-
Away DNB 49%	-	-
Northampton win to nil 21%	-	-
Barnsley win to nil 15%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Northampton have played 37 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

35 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 19 games, drawn 7 and won 9. Northampton have conceded 49 goals, scored 31, failed to score in 15 matches and kept 9 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Northampton have played 19 games at home, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 19 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Barnsley lay in 12th place on 49 points in the League One league table having played 35 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 6 games. They have scored 28 goals and kept 1 clean sheet against lower placed opposition. Barnsley have conceded 29 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Barnsley have played 17 away games, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

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	Northampton Barnsley
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	37	24	8	5	37	80	l 0-1A	l 4-0A	l 0-2A	l 3-1A
2	Cardiff	37	23	7	7	34	76	l 1-3A	Apr 25	d 1-1A	l 4-0A
3	Bolton	37	17	14	6	17	65	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	l 3-2A
4	Bradford	37	19	7	11	6	64	d 0-00-0	Apr 3	Apr 18	d 2-2A
5	Stevenage	36	16	9	11	3	57	w 3-1F	l 2-0A	w 3-1F	-
6	Huddersfield	37	16	8	13	10	56	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	w 3-1F	l 2-1F
7	Stockport	35	16	8	11	2	56	d 0-00-0	Mar 17	May 2	d 1-1F
8	Reading	37	14	13	10	6	55	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	w 3-2F	d 2-2A
9	Wycombe	37	14	11	12	12	53	l 1-2A	l 2-0A	l 0-1A	d 2-2F
10	Plymouth	37	16	5	16	3	53	May 2	w 0-3F	Apr 6	w 1-3F
11	Luton	37	14	9	14	2	51	l 0-1A	Apr 15	w 5-0F	Apr 25
12	Barnsley	35	13	10	12	0	49	Mar 28	d 2-2F	-	-
13	AFC Wim	36	14	7	15	-4	49	w 3-1F	l 1-0A	d 3-3F	l 2-0A
14	Peterborough	36	14	4	18	0	46	d 1-1F	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
15	Mansfield	35	11	12	12	3	45	w 2-1A	Mar 21	l 2-3F	d 2-2F
16	Burton	37	11	10	16	-10	43	l 0-2A	l 5-1A	w 3-2A	Apr 3
17	Doncaster	36	12	7	17	-19	43	Apr 18	w 1-2A	Mar 21	w 1-2F
18	Exeter	37	11	9	17	-7	42	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	w 2-1F	l 3-0A
19	L Orient	36	12	6	18	-11	42	l 1-2A	w 0-1F	w 3-2F	w 1-3F
20	Wigan	36	10	11	15	-12	41	Apr 6	l 3-1A	Mar 17	d 1-1A
21	Blackpool	37	10	8	19	-18	38	w 1-0F	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
22	Rotherham	36	9	9	18	-15	36	l 1-2F	l 2-1F	l 0-1A	Apr 11
23	Northampton	37	9	8	20	-19	35	-	-	d 2-2A	Mar 28
24	Port Vale	34	6	10	18	-20	28	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	-

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Northampton	1 - 1	Peterborough
Northampton	0 - 1	Port Vale
Northampton	1 - 2	L Orient
Northampton	3 - 1	Stevenage
Northampton	0 - 2	Reading
Northampton	1 - 2	Wycombe
Northampton	0 - 0	Stockport
Northampton	3 - 1	AFC Wim
Northampton	1 - 1	Huddersfield
Northampton	1 - 3	Cardiff
Northampton	2 - 1	Mansfield
Northampton	0 - 1	Luton
Northampton	1 - 2	Rotherham
Northampton	2 - 0	Bolton
Northampton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Northampton	2 - 0	Exeter
Northampton	0 - 1	Lincoln
Northampton	0 - 0	Bradford
Northampton	1 - 1	Wigan
Northampton	4 - 1	Shrewsbury

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Northampton	0 - 1	AFC Wim
H	Northampton	1 - 1	Peterborough
H	Northampton	0 - 1	Port Vale
H	Northampton	1 - 2	L Orient
A	Northampton	0 - 4	Lincoln
A	Northampton	0 - 0	Exeter
H	Northampton	3 - 1	Stevenage
A	Northampton	2 - 2	Barnsley
H	Northampton	0 - 2	Reading
A	Northampton	1 - 2	Rotherham
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
L Orient	1 - 3	Barnsley
Huddersfield	2 - 1	Barnsley
Bolton	3 - 2	Barnsley
Cardiff	4 - 0	Barnsley
Reading	2 - 2	Barnsley
Wigan	1 - 1	Barnsley
Exeter	3 - 0	Barnsley
Lincoln	3 - 1	Barnsley
Stockport	1 - 1	Barnsley
Doncaster	1 - 2	Barnsley
Bradford	2 - 2	Barnsley
Wycombe	2 - 2	Barnsley
Blackpool	1 - 0	Barnsley
AFC Wim	2 - 0	Barnsley
Peterborough	0 - 1	Barnsley
Plymouth	1 - 3	Barnsley
Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
L Orient	4 - 3	Barnsley
Birmingham	6 - 2	Barnsley
Wigan	1 - 1	Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Cardiff
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Exeter
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Wycombe
A	Barnsley	3 - 1	L Orient
A	Barnsley	1 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Peterborough
H	Barnsley	3 - 3	AFC Wim
A	Barnsley	2 - 3	Bolton
H	Barnsley	2 - 2	Northampton
H	Barnsley	3 - 1	Stevenage
A	Barnsley	0 - 4	Cardiff
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Northampton

Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 2

Clean sheets

0 / 2

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Northampton
		1 - 2		Barnsley
		1 - 2		Barnsley

Barnsley

Northampton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 3

Clean sheets

0 / 3

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Northampton Town's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Barnsley have conceded in each of their last 20 League One outings. A PG of 1.6 for K. Nolan's side suggests that run should continue.

	Northampton 23rd	Barnsley 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Northampton will score 1 or more goals	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-3 Northampton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+28 Barnsley have scored 28% more goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	2.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
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KickOff rating		0%

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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

Northampton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	8	5	5
T Taylor	T Eaves	D Campbell	T Taylor

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Taylor MID	34		3	5 -
D Campbell MID	33		5	2 -
S Hoskins FWD	32	5		4 -
N Guinness-Walker DEF	30	2	2	2 -
M Dyche DEF	28	2		2 -
E List FWD	28	1		1 -
K Simon-Swyer FWD	27		1	1 -
R Fitzsimons GLK	26			2 -
J. Perkins MID	26	1	2	3 1
T Eaves FWD	26	8	1	-
T Fornah MID	25		2	3 -
C McCarthy DEF	24	1	2	4 -
C McGeehan MID	23	4	1	3 -
J Burroughs DEF	22			2 -
E. Wheatley FWD	22	3	1	4 -
M. Forbes DEF	21	2	1	1 -
J Thorniley DEF	18		1	5 -
J Wormleighton DEF	15			2 -
J Vale FWD	15			1
J Willis DEF	14	1		-
M Jacobs FWD	11		1	-
L Burge GLK	10			-
K Edwards FWD	10			-
J Guthrie DEF	9	1	1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	16	5	8
T Eaves	C McGeehan	D Campbell	T Taylor

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Eaves FWD	8	15	1	2
S Hoskins FWD	5	12		1
C McGeehan MID	4	16	1	2
E. Wheatley FWD	3	12	1	2
N Guinness-Walker DEF	2	5	2	2
M Dyche DEF	2	2		2
M. Forbes DEF	2	2	1
E List FWD	1	7		2
J. Perkins MID	1	2	2	1
C McCarthy DEF	1	3	2	3
J Willis DEF	1	1		1
J Guthrie DEF	1	2	1	1
T Taylor MID		4	3	8
D Campbell MID		3	5	7
K Simon-Swyer FWD		4	1	1
T Fornah MID		4	2	3
J Thorniley DEF			1	1
J Wormleighton DEF		1
J Vale FWD		1
M Jacobs FWD		2	1	2
K Edwards FWD		3		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1315	69	156
D Campbell	D Campbell	T Taylor

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Campbell MID	1315	69	156
T Taylor MID	1032	51	156
R Fitzsimons GLK	913	2	20
N Guinness-Walker DEF	719	59	147
C McCarthy DEF	624	33	141
M Dyche DEF	599	21	106
M. Forbes DEF	534	11	124
S Hoskins FWD	509	40	100
J Thorniley DEF	440	17	80
J. Perkins MID	433	33	85
J Burroughs DEF	367	37	81
C McGeehan MID	355	25	98
T Fornah MID	353	25	81
L Burge GLK	340	1	5
K Simon-Swyer FWD	224	18	83
E. Wheatley FWD	215	22	74
J Willis DEF	194	8	37
T Eaves FWD	179	6	83
E List FWD	150	21	73
J Wormleighton DEF	135	24	53
J Guthrie DEF	112	7	41
K Edwards FWD	74	7	21
J Vale FWD	67	12	37
M Jacobs FWD	50	2	12

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
31	13	12	10
J Shepherd	D McGoldrick	R Cleary	L Connell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J. Bland MID	33		1	9 -
J Shepherd DEF	32			7 1
T Watson DEF	31		1	2 -
A Phillips MID	31	6	4	3 -
L Connell MID	30	4	3	9 1
R Cleary FWD	30	6	12	2 -
D McGoldrick FWD	30	13	3	2 -
P Kelly MID	28	2	3	5 -
V. Yoganathan MID	26	3		3 1
D Keillor-Dunn MID	24	13	1	3 -
M. Cooper GLK	21			4 -
N Ogbeta DEF	21		1	1 -
M Gevigney DEF	20		1	-
J Earl DEF	15	1		4 -
C. Vickers MID	15	2	2	-
J Russell MID	12	1		1 -
N Farrugia MID	12			1 -
M Roberts DEF	11			2 -
F Jaló FWD	3			-
G. Gent DEF	2			1 -
J Rooney DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	29	12	11
D McGoldrick	D Keillor-Dunn	R Cleary	R Cleary

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D McGoldrick FWD	13	27	3	1
D Keillor-Dunn MID	13	29	1	3
A Phillips MID	6	13	4	5
R Cleary FWD	6	16	12	11
L Connell MID	4	11	3	8
V. Yoganathan MID	3	4
P Kelly MID	2	11	3	5
C. Vickers MID	2	3	2	4
J Earl DEF	1	1		1
J Russell MID	1	3
J. Bland MID		5	1	4
J Shepherd DEF		1
T Watson DEF		1	1	1
N Ogbeta DEF		1	1	3
M Gevigney DEF			1	3
M Roberts DEF		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1705	52	184
J Shepherd	J. Bland	J Shepherd

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Shepherd DEF	1705	21	184
L Connell MID	1651	52	125
T Watson DEF	1091	51	148
A Phillips MID	1025	24	103
J. Bland MID	924	52	112
J Earl DEF	923	24	92
M. Cooper GLK	710	6	18
P Kelly MID	636	45	134
M Gevigney DEF	633	22	105
D Keillor-Dunn MID	555	10	55
D McGoldrick FWD	514	24	101
N Ogbeta DEF	480	37	76
M Roberts DEF	405	14	72
V. Yoganathan MID	390	32	103
C. Vickers MID	341	9	32
R Cleary FWD	320	35	102
N Farrugia MID	121	16	38
J Russell MID	76	4	19
G. Gent DEF	43	7	9
F Jaló FWD	23		3
J Rooney DEF	5	3	3