Walsall vs Northampton Prediction

Form across all competitions

Looking at the last 20 matches each side has played, including cup and friendly fixtures, Walsall have six wins, ten draws and four losses, with goals fairly even at 23 for and 25 against. Draws are clearly a theme, with results like 1-1 against Fleetwood and Tranmere and a 0-0 with Rochdale and Exeter.

Walsall: 20 completed matches; Northampton: 20 completed matches.

Walsall

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

50% 10 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

25

Difference

-2

Northampton

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

18

Conceded

23

Difference

-5

Northampton's wider sample tells a rougher story: five wins, six draws and nine losses, with 18 scored and 23 conceded. Recent league results haven't helped, including defeats to Grimsby and a 1-1 draw at York, though they did find a win away at Shrewsbury back in September.

Comparative Team Statistics: Walsall vs Northampton

A mixed recent history

These two have faced off several times down the years, mostly in League One and League Two, plus a couple of EFL Trophy ties. The two most recent meetings split evenly: Northampton won 4-2 at home in the Trophy back in January, while Walsall won 1-0 away in October 2025.

Further back, results go in both directions too, including a 0-0 draw in League Two a few seasons ago. None of that older history says much about how either side is playing now.

A big gap in the table

Walsall sit fifth with 16 points from ten games, built on three wins and seven draws without a single defeat. Northampton are down in 22nd, with just ten points from nine games and three losses already on the board.

That unbeaten record for Walsall is worth a second look, though. Seven draws in ten matches suggests a team that's hard to beat but not always clinical in front of goal.

Walsall's consistency hasn't always translated into wins, which matters against a side they'd expect to beat at home.

Key names involved

Walsall's main threat going forward looks to be A. Pressley, with four goals in seven appearances, while R. Smith has chipped in with two assists in eight games. A couple of Walsall players, E. Ahui and S. Sprangler, have picked up a handful of yellow cards each this season.

Walsall:

Best scorers:

A. Pressley - 4

Best assist providers:

R. Smith - 2

Penalty cards:

E. Ahui x 4

S. Sprangler x 3

Northampton:

Penalty cards:

L. Evans x 1 x 1

For Northampton, L. Evans has already seen red once in four matches, which is worth noting from a discipline standpoint, though it doesn't tell us anything about who's actually available for this particular fixture.