📏 Form Guide

Barnsley

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Barnsley will be hoping for a better result after a 3-2 League One losing effort in their last game against Blackpool.

For Barnsley, the goalscorers were John McAtee (67') and Adam Phillips (94'). Sonny Carey (12'), James Husband (45') and Hayden Coulson (47') scored for Blackpool.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Barnsley have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Barnsley have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 13 goals during that time. That pattern might not follow through here, however.

Coming into this fixture, Barnsley haven’t won at home in the past 5 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

Northampton Town

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Exeter City in League One competition, Northampton Town and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

The only name on the scoresheet from Northampton Town was Jon Guthrie (73'). Luke Harris (20') and Will Aimson (83') scored for Exeter City.

Over the course of 5 of the prior 6 clashes involving Northampton Town, a relatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game in that period works out to a mere 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by The Cobblers equalling 1.

Heading into this fixture, Northampton Town are without a win away from home in their last 5 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was League One match day 9 on 23/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Northampton Town 1-2 Barnsley.

The match was refereed by Alan Young.

🗞️ Team News: Barnsley

The Barnsley boss will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this clash owing to a completely healthy group available to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Northampton Town

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the Northampton Town boss Jon Brady has no fitness worries at all ahead of this match.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Barnsley will most probably be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

However, Northampton Town could well struggle to find the back of the net although we do think it’s probable that they will be being dangerous at times.

Therefore, we are anticipating a comfortable 3-1 win for Barnsley when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 11:02 27/04/2024