League One: Northampton vs Barnsley – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One game between Northampton and Barnsley who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Barnsley take on Northampton this coming Saturday at Sixfields Stadium with both fighting to improve on their current position at either end of the League One standings.

Form: Northampton vs Barnsley

Northampton Form

Northampton currently look solid, going undefeated in three matches, which started by drawing 1-1 against Shrewsbury. They followed that up by sharing the spoils with Stevenage in a 0-0 encounter, before beating Burton in a 0-1 encounter. Northampton won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the League One, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored six and conceded six goals.

Barnsley Form

Barnsley are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Peterborough got left behind in a 1-3 win, before Wrexham got hammered in a 2-1 victory. Crawley was the most recent victim in a 3-0 win for Barnsley. Barnsley came through their last six away games in the League One with four wins. Of those six matches, they drew once and lost once in which, they scored ten and conceded five.

Betting facts for Northampton and Barnsley

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Northampton and Barnsley. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Northampton vs Barnsley

Having scored just once lately in the League One, Tom Eaves will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Barnsley hope Davis Keillor-Dunn can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of five League One goals in his last six League One games.

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Full-time result

Northampton claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing four. Barnsley won six of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost three of the games in this run. Barnsley won their last 4 matches.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Northampton only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Barnsley scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Northampton managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Barnsley kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches. Northampton have scored in 7 consecutive league meetings with Barnsley.

Total goals

Northampton saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Barnsley, who managed to hit the net 1.5 times on average in these games.