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

Sixfields Stadium, Northampton

Kevin Nolan's Northampton Town side enjoy home advantage in the League One on Tuesday evening, as Conor Hourihane's Barnsley travel to the Sixfields Stadium. All statistics, including each side's 20 game form and head to head (H2H) records, will change as you click through each of the betting markets via the tabs below. Odds and, of course, our algorithmic predictions will too.

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Northampton Town's next match is v Plymouth at 15:00 on Saturday 2nd May
Barnsley's next match is v Stockport at 15:00 on Saturday 2nd May

The last English League One meeting between Northampton and Barnsley was on Tuesday 28th April 2026

English League One

April 28th 2026

Northampton 0	1 Barnsley

	37' R. Cleary

	NHT BAR
Shots On	2 3
Shots Off	9 5
Corners	5 2
Possession	43% 57%
Fouls	13 4
Yellow/red cards	1/0 1/0

Northampton	Barnsley

L. Burge C. McCarthy J. Guthrie (E. List 72') D. Campbell (T. Eaves 80') C. McGeehan S. Hoskins N. Guinness-Walker M. Dyche T. Fornah K. McAdam J. Benjamin Evans	M. Durand de Gevigney (K. Nwakali 84') C. O'Keeffe E. O'Connell J. Earl (L. Farrell 73') P. Kelly J. Bland L. Connell (A. Phillips 46') T. Bradshaw D. McGoldrick (S. Banks 72') R. Cleary K. Flavell

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there's no obvious winner for this clash, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Northampton and Barnsley will find the net twice at least between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head historically, and neither Kevin Nolan or Conor Hourihane has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s lately either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with top odds of 1.25 equating to approximately a 77% probability.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Barnsley coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Northampton 32%	21/10	40/1
Draw 24%	14/5	6/1
Barnsley 43%	21/20	1/10
Draw 1-1 11%	13/2	6/1
Barnsley 2-1 9%	8/1	28/1
Barnsley 1-0 8%	10/1	2/7
Northampton 2-1 8%	11/1	40/1
Northampton 1-0 7%	12/1	6/1
Barnsley 2-0 7%	11/1	6/1
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1	100/1
Draw 0-0 5%	16/1	5/1
Barnsley 3-1 5%	14/1	125/1
Northampton 2-0 5%	18/1	12/1
Barnsley 3-0 4%	18/1	40/1
Northampton 3-1 3%	22/1	200/1
Barnsley 3-2 3%	20/1	150/1
Northampton 3-2 3%	25/1	200/1
Northampton 3-0 2%	33/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	4/7	16/1
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	27/20	1/150
Home 1st Goal 47%	11/10	7/5
Away 1st Goal 50%	8/11	17/20
No 1st Goal 3%	16/1	5/1
BTTS - Yes 60%	8/15	19/4
BTTS - No 40%	11/8	1/9
BTTS - Home Win 18%	4/1	33/1
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	11/2
BTTS - Away Win 23%	5/2	25/1
Home/draw 57%	8/11	11/2
Away/draw 68%	4/11	1/1000
Home/away 76%	1/4	1/12
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	1/6	12/5
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	4/1	2/7
Over 3.5 Goals 35%	11/8	60/1
Under 3.5 Goals 65%	8/15	1/1000
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	10/3	125/1
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/5	1/1000
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	8/1	1/50
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/14	1/1000
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/40	1/10
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	16/1	11/2
Home DNB 49%	11/8	5/4
Away DNB 60%	8/15	4/7
Northampton win to nil 15%	6/1	-
Barnsley win to nil 20%	10/3	-
Northampton / Northampton 18%	4/1	55/1
Northampton / Barnsley 4%	20/1	80/1
Northampton / Draw 7%	12/1	80/1
Draw / Northampton 11%	13/2	20/1
Draw / Barnsley 13%	9/2	16/1
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	18/1
Barnsley / Northampton 4%	25/1	9/1
Barnsley / Barnsley 23%	9/4	2/5
Barnsley / Draw 7%	12/1	19/5

Win / draw / win League One table

Northampton have played 44 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

44 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 27 games, drawn 8 and won 9. Northampton have conceded 70 goals, scored 37, failed to score in 18 matches and kept 10 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Northampton have played 21 games at home, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 11 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 27 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Barnsley lay in 15th place on 56 points in the League One league table having played 44 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 25 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Barnsley have conceded 24 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Barnsley have played 22 away games, winning 5, drawing 8 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 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	45	30	10	5	46	100	l 0-1A	l 4-0A	l 0-2A	l 3-1A
2	Cardiff	45	27	10	8	41	91	l 1-3A	l 5-1A	d 1-1A	l 4-0A
3	Bolton	45	19	18	8	19	75	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	l 3-2A
4	Stockport	45	21	11	13	11	74	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	May 2	d 1-1F
5	Bradford	45	21	11	13	6	74	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	d 2-2F	d 2-2A
6	Stevenage	45	20	12	13	2	72	w 3-1F	l 2-0A	w 3-1F	l 1-0A
7	Luton	45	20	11	14	11	71	l 0-1A	l 2-1F	w 5-0F	l 2-1A
8	Plymouth	45	21	7	17	11	70	May 2	w 0-3F	l 0-3A	w 1-3F
9	Huddersfield	45	17	13	15	6	64	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	w 3-1F	l 2-1F
10	Reading	45	16	15	14	5	63	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	w 3-2F	d 2-2A
11	Mansfield	45	15	17	13	11	62	w 2-1A	l 4-1A	l 2-3F	d 2-2F
12	Wycombe	45	16	12	17	10	60	l 1-2A	l 2-0A	l 0-1A	d 2-2F
13	Barnsley	45	15	14	16	-3	59	l 0-1A	d 2-2F	-	-
14	Blackpool	45	16	9	20	-12	57	w 1-0F	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
15	Doncaster	45	16	9	20	-21	57	l 1-3A	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	w 1-2F
16	Wigan	45	14	14	17	-8	56	l 1-3A	l 3-1A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
17	Peterborough	45	15	8	22	-2	53	d 1-1F	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
18	Burton	45	13	14	18	-10	53	l 0-2A	l 5-1A	w 3-2A	d 1-1A
19	AFC Wim	45	15	8	22	-17	53	w 3-1F	l 1-0A	d 3-3F	l 2-0A
20	L Orient	45	14	9	22	-12	51	l 1-2A	w 0-1F	w 3-2F	w 1-3F
21	Exeter	45	12	13	20	-8	49	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	w 2-1F	l 3-0A
22	Port Vale	45	10	12	23	-23	42	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	d 0-00-0
23	Rotherham	45	10	11	24	-29	41	l 1-2F	l 2-1F	l 0-1A	w 1-3F
24	Northampton	45	9	8	28	-34	35	-	-	d 2-2A	w 0-1F

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Win / draw / win form

Northampton have lost 9 consecutive league games

Northampton have not won in 14 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Northampton	1 - 3	Doncaster
Northampton	1 - 3	Wigan
Northampton	0 - 2	Burton
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Northampton	1 - 5	Cardiff
H	Northampton	1 - 3	Doncaster
A	Northampton	1 - 2	Luton
H	Northampton	1 - 3	Wigan
A	Northampton	0 - 1	Bradford
A	Northampton	1 - 4	Mansfield
A	Northampton	1 - 2	Stockport
H	Northampton	0 - 2	Burton
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Luton	2 - 1	Barnsley
Stevenage	1 - 0	Barnsley
Port Vale	0 - 0	Barnsley
Rotherham	1 - 3	Barnsley
Burton	1 - 1	Barnsley
Mansfield	2 - 2	Barnsley
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Barnsley	1 - 2	Luton
A	Barnsley	0 - 1	Stevenage
H	Barnsley	2 - 2	Bradford
A	Barnsley	0 - 0	Port Vale
A	Barnsley	3 - 1	Rotherham
H	Barnsley	0 - 3	Plymouth
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Burton
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Doncaster
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Mansfield
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barnsley have not lost to Northampton in 5 consecutive league meetings

Northampton

Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 2

Clean sheets

0 / 2

BAR

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

Goals have been an issue for Northampton Town of late. It has been 14 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Tuesday evening against Barnsley.

Barnsley's fans will be hoping for goals on Tuesday evening, not least because Northampton Town have conceded in each of their last 13 League One matches. A PG of 1.6 for C. Hourihane's side suggests that run should continue.

	Northampton 24th	Barnsley 13th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Northampton will score no more than 1 goal	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Barnsley will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-16 Northampton have scored 16% fewer goals at home than predicted	=0 Barnsley’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

NHT

BAR

27%

better

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Games scored	26		32
Failed to score	18		12
Scored first	13		20
Goals scored	37		66
Avg. goals scored	0.8		1.5
Avg. shots per game	6		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	14		18
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.2
KickOff rating		+27%

10%

better

NHT

BAR

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Games conceded	34		41
Clean sheets	10		3
Conceded first	26		23
Goals conceded	70		70
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	16%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.7
KickOff rating		+10%

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
40	8	5	7
D Campbell	T Eaves	D Campbell	T Taylor

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Burge GLK	19			-
C McCarthy DEF	29	1	2	5 -
M Dyche DEF	36	2		2 -
J Guthrie DEF	17	1	1	1 -
N Guinness-Walker DEF	38	2	3	3 -
T Fornah MID	33		2	3 -
C McGeehan MID	32	7	1	5 -
D Campbell MID	41		5	3 -
K. McAdam MID	7		2	-
J. Benjamin Evans FWD	15	2		2 -
S Hoskins FWD	41	6		6 -
Subs
R Fitzsimons GLK	26			2 -
E List MID	32	1		3 -
M Jacobs MID	19		1	-
T Taylor MID	41		3	7 -
T Eaves FWD	33	8	2	-
K Simon-Swyer FWD	33		1	1 -
J Vale FWD	19			1

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	29	5	9
T Eaves	C McGeehan	D Campbell	D Campbell

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Eaves FWD	8	16	2	3
C McGeehan MID	7	29	1	2
S Hoskins FWD	6	16		4
M Dyche DEF	2	2		2
N Guinness-Walker DEF	2	5	3	2
J. Benjamin Evans FWD	2	8		1
C McCarthy DEF	1	4	2	3
J Guthrie DEF	1	3	1	2
Subs
E List MID	1	8		2
T Fornah MID		4	2	3
D Campbell MID		3	5	9
K. McAdam MID			2	2
Subs
M Jacobs MID		3	1	2
T Taylor MID		4	3	8
K Simon-Swyer FWD		4	1	1
J Vale FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1676	84	196
D Campbell	N Guinness-Walker	N Guinness-Walker

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
D Campbell MID	1676	82	179
Subs
T Taylor MID	1240	57	167
N Guinness-Walker DEF	957	84	196
Subs
R Fitzsimons GLK	913	2	20
M Dyche DEF	889	26	127
C McCarthy DEF	698	38	156
L Burge GLK	626	1	12
S Hoskins FWD	617	42	114
C McGeehan MID	595	38	131
T Fornah MID	490	30	107
J Guthrie DEF	385	12	79
Subs
K Simon-Swyer FWD	260	19	90
T Eaves FWD	212	7	97
M Jacobs MID	187	13	41
K. McAdam MID	168	17	31
Subs
E List MID	157	22	78
J Vale FWD	117	13	46
J. Benjamin Evans FWD	98	9	22

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	15	13	13
L Connell	D McGoldrick	R Cleary	L Connell

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Flavell GLK	2			-
C O'Keeffe DEF	22		2	9 -
M Gevigney DEF	29		1	3 -
E O'Connell DEF	24	1		4 -
J Earl DEF	20	1		6 -
J. Bland MID	44		2	11 -
L Connell MID	40	4	3	12 1
P Kelly MID	39	2	6	6 -
D McGoldrick MID	37	15	3	2 -
R Cleary MID	41	7	13	3 -
T Bradshaw FWD	18	3	2	-
Subs
O Goodman GLK	22			1 -
G. Gent DEF	4			1 -
J Shepherd DEF	39			8 1
A Phillips MID	42	8	5	3 -
K Nwakali MID	3			-
S Banks FWD	21	3	4	-
L. Farrell FWD	9	1		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	34	13	13
D McGoldrick	D McGoldrick	R Cleary	R Cleary

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D McGoldrick MID	15	34	3	2
Subs
A Phillips MID	8	19	5	8
R Cleary MID	7	20	13	13
L Connell MID	4	12	3	8
T Bradshaw FWD	3	8	2	1
Subs
S Banks FWD	3	11	4	4
P Kelly MID	2	13	6	5
E O'Connell DEF	1	1		1
J Earl DEF	1	1		2
Subs
L. Farrell FWD	1	1
C O'Keeffe DEF		3	2	3
M Gevigney DEF		2	1	3
J. Bland MID		6	2	5
Subs
O Goodman GLK				1
G. Gent DEF		1
J Shepherd DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2117	73	227
L Connell	L Connell	J Shepherd

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L Connell MID	2117	73	164
Subs
J Shepherd DEF	1995	22	227
A Phillips MID	1258	26	123
J. Bland MID	1199	61	135
J Earl DEF	1097	38	124
E O'Connell DEF	1029	22	125
P Kelly MID	900	58	168
M Gevigney DEF	892	40	158
Subs
O Goodman GLK	704		17
C O'Keeffe DEF	700	38	116
D McGoldrick MID	686	30	132
R Cleary MID	443	39	124
Subs
S Banks FWD	270	20	55
T Bradshaw FWD	177	2	70
Subs
G. Gent DEF	90	7	10
K Flavell GLK	59		1
Subs
K Nwakali MID	30	2	2
L. Farrell FWD	13	2	8

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

Northampton have played 44 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Barnsley lay in 15th place on 56 points in the League One league table having played 44 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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