Walsall 3-2 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 15 February 2020
Result
Walsall 3-2 Northampton Town
League Two · Saturday 15 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Walsall 3-2 Northampton Town: match report
Walsall beat Northampton Town 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 15 February 2020. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Callum Morton opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Walsall's goals came from Josh Gordon (55'), Danny Guthrie (77') and Rory Holden (90+3'). Northampton Town scored through Callum Morton (21') and Callum Morton (39').
Discipline: Walsall received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 15th on 40 points from 33 and Northampton Town 6th on 52 points from 32. Walsall went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Northampton Town 6th with 64.
Walsall lined up in a 3-5-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Morton of Northampton Town (8.9), ahead of Nicky Adams (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Walsall wins, 0 draws and 3 for Northampton Town.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Callum Morton
- 39'Goal · Callum Morton
- 55'Goal · Josh Gordon
- 68'Yellow card · Jordan Turnbull
- 76'Yellow card · Lloyd Jones
- 77'Goal · Danny Guthrie
- 90+3'Goal · Rory Holden
- 90+5'Yellow card · Sam Hoskins
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (3-5-2)
Liam Roberts, Dan Scarr, Matt Sadler, Zak Jules, Shay Facey, Stuart Sinclair, Nathan Sheron, L. Kinsella, Cameron Pring, Josh Gordon, Elijah Adebayo
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
David Cornell, Lloyd Jones, Charlie Goode, Scott Wharton, Nicky Adams, Ryan Watson, Jordan Turnbull, Sam Hoskins, Paul Anderson, Callum Morton, Andy Williams