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Tuesday 3 February 2026 · 19:45 · HT 1-1 · Referee Thomas Parsons

Barnsley v Northampton Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Barnsley's last 10 home games and Northampton Town's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 10 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 12 of 20, with 10.0 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.0 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Barnsley's 25 League One games and Northampton Town's 28 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Barnsley v Northampton Town, full match

65%

Possession

35%

2.93

Expected goals (xG)

2.04

22

Shots

13

5

Shots on target

4

6

Corners

7

15

Fouls

6

2

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

5

Goals and cards

3'

Goal

Nesta Guinness-Walker NOR

4'

Yellow card

Jack Shepherd BAR

30'

Goal

David McGoldrick BAR

58'

Yellow card

Cameron McGeehan NOR

62'

Goal

Adam Phillips BAR

71'

Goal

Max Dyche NOR

90+5'

Yellow card

Patrick Kelly BAR

At a glance

Barnsley

15th in the table

W

L

D

W

D

Northampton Town

24th in the table

L

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Barnsley's home games and Northampton Town's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Barnsley's last 10 home games and Northampton Town's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

10/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

60%

12/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

35%

7/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

55%

11/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

60%

12/20 games · League 56%

Barnsley clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Northampton Town clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Barnsley fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Northampton Town fail to score

50%

5/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 2.6

Corners

10.0

League 10.0

Cards

4.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Barnsley

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Owen Goodman

DEFENDERS

5

7

15

27

MIDFIELDERS

18

19

22

30

45

FORWARDS

10

David McGoldrick

SUBSTITUTES

51

4

6

14

8

23

39

Northampton Town

3-4-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

34

Ross Fitzsimons

DEFENDERS

6

Jordan Willis

12

Nesta Guinness-Walker

16

Joe Wormleighton

18

Michael Forbes

35

Max Dyche

MIDFIELDERS

4

Dean Campbell

23

Terry Taylor

FORWARDS

7

Sam Hoskins

8

Cameron McGeehan

27

Jack Vale

SUBSTITUTES

1

3

10

14

21

9

11

Referee: Thomas Parsons

18 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.1

Red cards per game

0.11

Fouls per game

22.2

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.17

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BAR

NOR

Match

League

Goals per match

3.2

2.1

2.7

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

25/25

86%

24/28

92%

49/53

95%

Over 1.5

88%

22/25

68%

19/28

77%

41/53

72%

Over 2.5

64%

16/25

39%

11/28

51%

27/53

49%

Over 3.5

52%

13/25

14%

4/28

32%

17/53

24%

Over 4.5

20%

5/25

4%

1/28

11%

6/53

10%

Bet

BAR

NOR

Match

League

Yes

64%

16/25

39%

11/28

51%

27/53

50%

Yes and win

32%

8/25

11%

3/28

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

52%

13/25

36%

10/28

43%

23/53

38%

Yes and draw

24%

6/25

4%

1/28

13%

7/53

18%

Yes and loss

8%

2/25

25%

7/28

16%

Yes in both halves

8%

2/25

0%

0/28

4%

2/53

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Bet

BAR

NOR

Match

League

Corners per match

10.6

10.1

10.3

9.9

Over 7.5

72%

18/25

79%

22/28

75%

40/53

74%

Over 8.5

72%

18/25

68%

19/28

70%

37/53

62%

Over 9.5

56%

14/25

54%

15/28

55%

29/53

49%

Over 10.5

40%

10/25

46%

13/28

43%

23/53

39%

Over 11.5

32%

8/25

39%

11/28

36%

19/53

31%

Over 12.5

32%

8/25

11%

3/28

21%

11/53

20%

Referee Thomas Parsons: 3.2 cards and 22.2 fouls per game in 18 games this season

Bet

BAR

NOR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

3.6

3.7

3.9

Over 2.5

84%

21/25

75%

21/28

79%

42/53

75%

Over 3.5

56%

14/25

46%

13/28

51%

27/53

57%

Over 4.5

20%

5/25

29%

8/28

25%

13/53

34%

Over 5.5

16%

4/25

11%

3/28

13%

7/53

19%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

David McGoldrick

15 starts · 0.5 per 90

20%

3/15

33%

5/15

7%

1/15

0%

0/15

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Barnsley

Last 5 games before this match

31 Jan

Stevenage

(H)

3-1

W

27 Jan

Cardiff City

(A)

0-4

L

24 Jan

Reading

(A)

2-2

D

17 Jan

Blackpool

(H)

2-1

W

1 Jan

Wigan Athletic

(A)

1-1

D

Northampton Town

Last 5 games before this match

31 Jan

Reading

(H)

0-2

L

27 Jan

Rotherham United

(A)

1-2

L

24 Jan

Blackpool

(A)

0-2

L

17 Jan

Wycombe Wanderers

(H)

1-2

L

4 Jan

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

0-0

D

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Barnsley and Northampton Town haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Barnsley v Northampton Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Barnsley

Northampton Town

Referee: Thomas Parsons

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Barnsley

Northampton Town

Head to head

League One table