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Barnsley vs Northampton Town
3 Feb 2026, 19:45 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
Thomas ParsonsLeague One 2025/2026 · 18 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
BarnsleyMin
Northampton Town- 3′⚽
Nesta Guinness-Walker 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
Left foot shot
Jack Shepherd
Yellowcard
Foul
4′- ⚽
David McGoldrick 1-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Scott Banks
Right foot shot
30′ - 58′
Cameron McGeehan
Yellowcard
Foul
- 59′⇄
Tyrese Fornah
Substitution
Off: Cameron McGeehan
- 59′
Northampton Town
Yellowcard
- 59′⇄
C. McCarthy
Substitution
Off: Jordan Willis
- 60′⇄
Kamarai Swyer
Substitution
Off: Sam Hoskins
- ⇄
A. Phillips
Substitution
Off: Vimal Yoganathan
61′ - ⚽
A. Phillips 2-1
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
62′ - 69′⇄
Tom Eaves
Substitution
Off: Michael Forbes
- 69′⇄
E. List
Substitution
Off: Jack Vale
- 71′⚽
Max Dyche 2-2
Goal · Header
With: Kamarai Swyer
Header
- ⇄
Nathanael Ogbeta
Substitution
Off: T. Watson
77′ Patrick Kelly
Yellowcard
Argument
90+5′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6.64 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 6.89 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.20 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.37 | |
| 77 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.86 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | 7.32 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 7.62 | |
| 61 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 6.42 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 7.18 | |
| 90 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | 6.28 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.76 | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.56 | |
| 29 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.03 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Barnsley
Latest: Stevenage · 3–1
Match stats
31 Jan 2026, 15:00 · Home vs Stevenage · 2025/2026
Northampton Town
Latest: Rotherham United · 1–2
Match stats
27 Jan 2026, 19:45 · Away vs Rotherham United · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Barnsley’s ground: 3 previous meetings, 0 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Barnsley’s home games with Northampton Town’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Barnsley
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Northampton Town
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Barnsley
Northampton Town
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Barnsley
Northampton Town
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Barnsley
Northampton Town
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.