Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Barnsley 15th with 59 points, Northampton Town 24th with 35, 24 apart. Per game in the league, Northampton Town were scoring 0.85 and conceding 1.61, Barnsley 1.48 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Ten consecutive defeats weighed on Northampton Town.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Northampton Town win, 2 for Barnsley, 3 draws, at 3.17 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 83% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 100%.
Sixfields Stadium, capacity 7,798, hosted the game. Barnsley led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Barnsley: Reyes Cleary (37')
Key stats
Possession: Northampton Town 43% · Barnsley 57% · Total shots: 14-10 · On target: 2-3 · Corners: 5-2