Barnsley 2–2 Northampton – England League One, 3 Feb 2026

Match facts

Barnsley Northampton

22 Shots 14

5 Shots on target 4

6 Corners 7

15 Fouls 6

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (340 league matches this season so far).

Result Barnsley to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.82

Expected goals 1.77 – 1.08

Home / Draw / Away

54% 23% 23%

BarnsleyDrawNorthampton

Under / Over 2.5 goals

46% 54%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

45% 55%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

16% 1

24% 2

22% 3

16% 4

16% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11% 1–0 10.2% 2–1 9.8%

Statistics 2025/2026, before this match

Barnsley before this match, all matches

1.44points / match

1.60scored / match

1.64conceded / match

10 6 9

WonDrawnLost 25 played · 40:41

Northampton before this match, all matches

1.04points / match

0.86scored / match

1.29conceded / match

8 5 15

WonDrawnLost 28 played · 24:36

Barnsley all matches all matches Northampton

Per match

1.60 Goals scored 0.86

1.64 Goals conceded 1.29

3.24 Total goals 2.14

11.20 Shots 9.21

3.84 Shots on target 2.93

12.08 Shots faced 13.36

5.24 Corners 5.04

5.36 Corners against 5.04

11.12 Fouls 10.00

1.96 Yellow cards 1.32

0.80 1st-half goals scored 0.29

0.72 1st-half goals conceded 0.61

How often Full Time

40% Wins 29%

24% Draws 18%

36% Losses 54%

100% Over 0.5 goals 86%

88% Over 1.5 goals 68%

64% Over 2.5 goals 39%

52% Over 3.5 goals 14%

20% Over 4.5 goals 4%

0% Over 5.5 goals 4%

64% Both teams scored 39%

8% Clean sheets 32%

28% Failed to score 43%

How often Half Time

36% Wins 11%

28% Draws 54%

36% Losses 36%

84% Over 0.5 goals 57%

48% Over 1.5 goals 21%

20% Over 2.5 goals 4%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Barnsley all matches

1

3

L

3

2

W

3

L

2

3

L

2

L

1

D

2

1

W

2

D

4

L

3

1

W

Northampton all matches

1

2

L

3

1

W

1

5

L

2

L

D

1

2

L

2

L

1

2

L

2

L

Barnsley before this match, at home

1.83points / match

2.08scored / match

1.50conceded / match

7 1 4

WonDrawnLost 12 played · 25:18

Northampton before this match, away

0.79points / match

0.71scored / match

1.57conceded / match

3 2 9

WonDrawnLost 14 played · 10:22

Barnsley at home away Northampton

Per match

2.08 Goals scored 0.71

1.50 Goals conceded 1.57

3.58 Total goals 2.29

12.25 Shots 9.00

4.08 Shots on target 2.57

9.92 Shots faced 15.64

5.00 Corners 4.93

3.83 Corners against 5.86

12.08 Fouls 10.43

2.17 Yellow cards 1.14

1.00 1st-half goals scored 0.14

0.67 1st-half goals conceded 0.79

How often Full Time

58% Wins 21%

8% Draws 14%

33% Losses 64%

100% Over 0.5 goals 86%

92% Over 1.5 goals 71%

67% Over 2.5 goals 43%

58% Over 3.5 goals 14%

42% Over 4.5 goals 7%

0% Over 5.5 goals 7%

67% Both teams scored 36%

8% Clean sheets 29%

25% Failed to score 50%

How often Half Time

42% Wins 7%

33% Draws 43%

25% Losses 50%

75% Over 0.5 goals 57%

58% Over 1.5 goals 14%

33% Over 2.5 goals 7%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Barnsley at home

3

1

W

3

2

W

2

L

1

L

5

W

3

2

W

2

3

L

2

L

2

1

W

3

1

W

Northampton away

D

2

1

W

1

L

3

W

1

2

L

1

5

L

2

L

D

2

L

1

2

L

Last 10 matches before this match

Barnsley all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
31.01.26	Barnsley – Stevenage	3–1 (2–1)	2.40	3.30	2.75	2.15	1.67
27.01.26	Cardiff – Barnsley	4–0 (2–0)	1.61	3.80	4.75	1.62	2.25
24.01.26	Reading – Barnsley	2–2 (1–1)	2.25	3.60	2.82	1.73	2.08
17.01.26	Barnsley – Blackpool	2–1 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.20	1.73	2.08
01.01.26	Wigan – Barnsley	1–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.25	3.40	2.08	1.73
29.12.25	Barnsley – Lincoln	0–2 (0–1)	2.65	3.25	2.50	1.80	2.00
26.12.25	Barnsley – Mansfield	2–3 (2–1)	1.86	3.50	3.75	1.75	2.05
20.12.25	Exeter – Barnsley	3–0 (1–0)	3.20	3.50	2.10	1.83	2.03
13.12.25	Barnsley – Leyton Orient	3–2 (1–2)	2.10	3.60	2.95	1.67	2.15
09.12.25	Lincoln – Barnsley	3–1 (1–0)	1.86	3.50	3.90	1.93	1.93

Northampton all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
31.01.26	Northampton – Reading	0–2 (0–0)	3.10	3.30	2.20	2.10	1.70
27.01.26	Rotherham – Northampton	2–1 (0–1)	2.05	3.10	3.50	2.25	1.62
24.01.26	Blackpool – Northampton	2–0 (1–0)	1.91	3.40	3.80	2.10	1.70
17.01.26	Northampton – Wycombe	1–2 (1–1)	3.20	3.30	2.15	2.10	1.70
04.01.26	Bolton – Northampton	0–0 (0–0)	1.35	4.50	8.00	1.62	2.25
01.01.26	Northampton – Stockport	0–0 (0–0)	3.50	3.30	2.01	2.10	1.70
29.12.25	Huddersfield – Northampton	2–0 (1–0)	1.49	3.75	6.25	1.95	1.85
26.12.25	Burton – Northampton	5–1 (4–1)	2.20	3.05	3.25	2.25	1.62
19.12.25	Northampton – AFC Wimbledon	3–1 (1–1)	2.20	3.05	3.30	2.50	1.50
13.12.25	Peterboro – Northampton	2–1 (1–0)	2.01	3.30	3.50	2.05	1.75

Barnsley at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
31.01.26	Barnsley – Stevenage	3–1 (2–1)	2.40	3.30	2.75	2.15	1.67
17.01.26	Barnsley – Blackpool	2–1 (1–0)	2.10	3.40	3.20	1.73	2.08
29.12.25	Barnsley – Lincoln	0–2 (0–1)	2.65	3.25	2.50	1.80	2.00
26.12.25	Barnsley – Mansfield	2–3 (2–1)	1.86	3.50	3.75	1.75	2.05
13.12.25	Barnsley – Leyton Orient	3–2 (1–2)	2.10	3.60	2.95	1.67	2.15
22.11.25	Barnsley – Luton	5–0 (3–0)	3.05	3.40	2.15	1.75	2.05
25.10.25	Barnsley – Rotherham	0–1 (0–0)	1.81	3.60	3.90	1.70	2.10
27.09.25	Barnsley – Port Vale	0–2 (0–0)	2.01	3.50	3.25	1.80	2.00
13.09.25	Barnsley – Reading	3–2 (1–1)	1.76	3.80	4.20	1.62	2.25
30.08.25	Barnsley – Huddersfield	3–1 (2–0)	2.50	3.75	2.35	1.75	2.05

Northampton away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
27.01.26	Rotherham – Northampton	2–1 (0–1)	2.05	3.10	3.50	2.25	1.62
24.01.26	Blackpool – Northampton	2–0 (1–0)	1.91	3.40	3.80	2.10	1.70
04.01.26	Bolton – Northampton	0–0 (0–0)	1.35	4.50	8.00	1.62	2.25
29.12.25	Huddersfield – Northampton	2–0 (1–0)	1.49	3.75	6.25	1.95	1.85
26.12.25	Burton – Northampton	5–1 (4–1)	2.20	3.05	3.25	2.25	1.62
13.12.25	Peterboro – Northampton	2–1 (1–0)	2.01	3.30	3.50	2.05	1.75
29.11.25	Plymouth – Northampton	0–3 (0–0)	2.01	3.25	3.60	2.08	1.73
21.10.25	Reading – Northampton	1–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.50	3.60	2.00	1.85
18.10.25	Doncaster – Northampton	1–2 (1–0)	1.76	3.60	4.20	2.10	1.70
04.10.25	Port Vale – Northampton	0–0 (0–0)	1.76	3.50	4.33	2.35	1.57

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

2 2

Barnsley winsDrawsNorthampton wins

4matches

3.00goals / match

75%over 2.5

100%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
25.02.25E2	Northampton – Barnsley	1–2 (0–1)	3.40	3.50	2.00	1.95	1.90
24.08.24E2	Barnsley – Northampton	2–2 (1–0)	1.65	3.80	5.00	1.80	2.00
27.04.24E2	Barnsley – Northampton	1–1 (1–0)	1.45	4.75	7.00	1.50	2.50
23.09.23E2	Northampton – Barnsley	1–2 (0–1)	3.20	3.50	2.20	1.75	2.05

England League One table 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	29	18	6	5	52	29	+23	60
2	Lincoln	29	17	7	5	48	29	+19	58
3	Bolton	30	14	10	6	38	27	+11	52
4	Stockport	29	15	7	7	42	35	+7	52
5	Bradford	28	14	7	7	36	31	+5	49
6	Huddersfield	30	14	6	10	51	40	+11	48
7	Luton	29	12	6	11	38	34	+4	42
8	Stevenage	28	11	9	8	30	27	+3	42
9	Wycombe	29	10	10	9	36	31	+5	40
10	Reading	28	10	10	8	39	35	+4	40
11	Mansfield	27	10	8	9	36	30	+6	38
12	Peterboro	29	12	2	15	37	39	-2	38
13	Exeter	28	11	4	13	33	30	+3	37
14	Plymouth	29	11	4	14	36	42	-6	37
15	Barnsley	25	10	6	9	40	41	-1	36
16	AFC Wimbledon	28	10	5	13	29	36	-7	35
17	Blackpool	29	9	5	15	35	42	-7	32
18	Leyton Orient	29	9	5	15	40	49	-9	32
19	Wigan	28	7	10	11	29	34	-5	31
20	Rotherham	28	8	7	13	31	40	-9	31
21	Burton	28	8	7	13	30	41	-11	31
22	Doncaster	28	8	6	14	31	45	-14	30
23	Northampton	28	8	5	15	24	36	-12	29
24	Port Vale	27	5	6	16	20	38	-18	21

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cardiff	15	12	1	2	35	16	+19	37
2	Lincoln	15	11	3	1	31	14	+17	36
3	Bolton	15	10	4	1	26	9	+17	34
4	Bradford	14	10	2	2	22	12	+10	32
5	Huddersfield	15	9	4	2	29	13	+16	31
6	Luton	15	8	4	3	22	13	+9	28
7	Wycombe	15	8	3	4	26	15	+11	27
8	Stockport	15	8	3	4	22	19	+3	27
9	Reading	15	7	5	3	20	16	+4	26
10	Stevenage	13	6	6	1	14	7	+7	24
11	Exeter	13	7	2	4	20	12	+8	23
12	Leyton Orient	15	6	5	4	23	17	+6	23
13	Barnsley	12	7	1	4	25	18	+7	22
14	Blackpool	15	6	4	5	24	21	+3	22
15	Mansfield	13	6	3	4	21	12	+9	21
16	Peterboro	15	6	2	7	21	18	+3	20
17	Rotherham	14	5	5	4	18	19	-1	20
18	Doncaster	14	5	4	5	20	21	-1	19
19	Wigan	13	5	3	5	12	10	+2	18
20	Northampton	14	5	3	6	14	14	0	18
21	Burton	14	5	3	6	16	20	-4	18
22	Plymouth	15	5	3	7	16	20	-4	18
23	AFC Wimbledon	13	4	3	6	10	10	0	15
24	Port Vale	13	2	3	8	11	17	-6	9

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stockport	14	7	4	3	20	16	+4	25
2	Cardiff	14	6	5	3	17	13	+4	23
3	Lincoln	14	6	4	4	17	15	+2	22
4	AFC Wimbledon	15	6	2	7	19	26	-7	20
5	Plymouth	14	6	1	7	20	22	-2	19
6	Stevenage	15	5	3	7	16	20	-4	18
7	Peterboro	14	6	0	8	16	21	-5	18
8	Bolton	15	4	6	5	12	18	-6	18
9	Mansfield	14	4	5	5	15	18	-3	17
10	Huddersfield	15	5	2	8	22	27	-5	17
11	Bradford	14	4	5	5	14	19	-5	17
12	Reading	13	3	5	5	19	19	0	14
13	Luton	14	4	2	8	16	21	-5	14
14	Exeter	15	4	2	9	13	18	-5	14
15	Barnsley	13	3	5	5	15	23	-8	14
16	Wycombe	14	2	7	5	10	16	-6	13
17	Wigan	15	2	7	6	17	24	-7	13
18	Burton	14	3	4	7	14	21	-7	13
19	Port Vale	14	3	3	8	9	21	-12	12
20	Rotherham	14	3	2	9	13	21	-8	11
21	Northampton	14	3	2	9	10	22	-12	11
22	Doncaster	14	3	2	9	11	24	-13	11
23	Blackpool	14	3	1	10	11	21	-10	10
24	Leyton Orient	14	3	0	11	17	32	-15	9

Barnsley Northampton

Under / Over goals 2025/2026, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Huddersfield	30	12	18	1.7	1.3	14	6	10	51	40	48
2	18	Leyton Orient	29	11	18	1.4	1.7	9	5	15	40	49	32
3	1	Cardiff	29	13	16	1.8	1.0	18	6	5	52	29	60
4	4	Stockport	29	13	16	1.4	1.2	15	7	7	42	35	52
5	5	Bradford	28	12	16	1.3	1.1	14	7	7	36	31	49
6	15	Barnsley	25	9	16	1.6	1.6	10	6	9	40	41	36
7	20	Rotherham	28	12	16	1.1	1.4	8	7	13	31	40	31
8	21	Burton	28	12	16	1.1	1.5	8	7	13	30	41	31
9	2	Lincoln	29	14	15	1.7	1.0	17	7	5	48	29	58
10	12	Peterboro	29	14	15	1.3	1.3	12	2	15	37	39	38
11	7	Luton	29	15	14	1.3	1.2	12	6	11	38	34	42
12	17	Blackpool	29	15	14	1.2	1.4	9	5	15	35	42	32
13	22	Doncaster	28	14	14	1.1	1.6	8	6	14	31	45	30
14	11	Mansfield	27	14	13	1.3	1.1	10	8	9	36	30	38
15	14	Plymouth	29	16	13	1.2	1.4	11	4	14	36	42	37
16	3	Bolton	30	18	12	1.3	0.9	14	10	6	38	27	52
17	9	Wycombe	29	17	12	1.2	1.1	10	10	9	36	31	40
18	10	Reading	28	16	12	1.4	1.2	10	10	8	39	35	40
19	13	Exeter	28	16	12	1.2	1.1	11	4	13	33	30	37
20	16	AFC Wimbledon	28	16	12	1.0	1.3	10	5	13	29	36	35
21	23	Northampton	28	17	11	0.9	1.3	8	5	15	24	36	29
22	24	Port Vale	27	16	11	0.7	1.4	5	6	16	20	38	21
23	8	Stevenage	28	18	10	1.1	1.0	11	9	8	30	27	42
24	19	Wigan	28	20	8	1.0	1.2	7	10	11	29	34	31

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Cardiff	15	4	11	2.3	1.1	12	1	2	35	16	37
2	2	Lincoln	15	6	9	2.1	0.9	11	3	1	31	14	36
3	17	Blackpool	15	6	9	1.6	1.4	6	4	5	24	21	22
4	3	Bolton	15	7	8	1.7	0.6	10	4	1	26	9	34
5	4	Stockport	15	7	8	1.5	1.3	8	3	4	22	19	27
6	5	Bradford	14	6	8	1.6	0.9	10	2	2	22	12	32
7	6	Huddersfield	15	7	8	1.9	0.9	9	4	2	29	13	31
8	12	Peterboro	15	7	8	1.4	1.2	6	2	7	21	18	20
9	15	Barnsley	12	4	8	2.1	1.5	7	1	4	25	18	22
10	20	Rotherham	14	6	8	1.3	1.4	5	5	4	18	19	20
11	21	Burton	14	6	8	1.1	1.4	5	3	6	16	20	18
12	22	Doncaster	14	6	8	1.4	1.5	5	4	5	20	21	19
13	7	Luton	15	8	7	1.5	0.9	8	4	3	22	13	28
14	9	Wycombe	15	8	7	1.7	1.0	8	3	4	26	15	27
15	11	Mansfield	13	6	7	1.6	0.9	6	3	4	21	12	21
16	18	Leyton Orient	15	8	7	1.5	1.1	6	5	4	23	17	23
17	10	Reading	15	9	6	1.3	1.1	7	5	3	20	16	26
18	13	Exeter	13	7	6	1.5	0.9	7	2	4	20	12	23
19	14	Plymouth	15	9	6	1.1	1.3	5	3	7	16	20	18
20	24	Port Vale	13	7	6	0.8	1.3	2	3	8	11	17	9
21	23	Northampton	14	9	5	1.0	1.0	5	3	6	14	14	18
22	16	AFC Wimbledon	13	10	3	0.8	0.8	4	3	6	10	10	15
23	8	Stevenage	13	11	2	1.1	0.5	6	6	1	14	7	24
24	19	Wigan	13	11	2	0.9	0.8	5	3	5	12	10	18

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	18	Leyton Orient	14	3	11	1.2	2.3	3	0	11	17	32	9
2	6	Huddersfield	15	5	10	1.5	1.8	5	2	8	22	27	17
3	16	AFC Wimbledon	15	6	9	1.3	1.7	6	2	7	19	26	20
4	4	Stockport	14	6	8	1.4	1.1	7	4	3	20	16	25
5	5	Bradford	14	6	8	1.0	1.4	4	5	5	14	19	17
6	8	Stevenage	15	7	8	1.1	1.3	5	3	7	16	20	18
7	15	Barnsley	13	5	8	1.2	1.8	3	5	5	15	23	14
8	20	Rotherham	14	6	8	0.9	1.5	3	2	9	13	21	11
9	21	Burton	14	6	8	1.0	1.5	3	4	7	14	21	13
10	7	Luton	14	7	7	1.1	1.5	4	2	8	16	21	14
11	12	Peterboro	14	7	7	1.1	1.5	6	0	8	16	21	18
12	14	Plymouth	14	7	7	1.4	1.6	6	1	7	20	22	19
13	2	Lincoln	14	8	6	1.2	1.1	6	4	4	17	15	22
14	10	Reading	13	7	6	1.5	1.5	3	5	5	19	19	14
15	11	Mansfield	14	8	6	1.1	1.3	4	5	5	15	18	17
16	13	Exeter	15	9	6	0.9	1.2	4	2	9	13	18	14
17	19	Wigan	15	9	6	1.1	1.6	2	7	6	17	24	13
18	22	Doncaster	14	8	6	0.8	1.7	3	2	9	11	24	11
19	23	Northampton	14	8	6	0.7	1.6	3	2	9	10	22	11
20	1	Cardiff	14	9	5	1.2	0.9	6	5	3	17	13	23
21	9	Wycombe	14	9	5	0.7	1.1	2	7	5	10	16	13
22	17	Blackpool	14	9	5	0.8	1.5	3	1	10	11	21	10
23	24	Port Vale	14	9	5	0.6	1.5	3	3	8	9	21	12
24	3	Bolton	15	11	4	0.8	1.2	4	6	5	12	18	18

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.