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Walsall travel to take on Northampton Town at Sixfields on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Saddlers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Northampton was back in May 2001, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Sat 05 May | Northampton | 0 - 3 | Walsall | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 25 Nov | Walsall | 3 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 23 Feb | Northampton | 0 - 1 | Walsall | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 15 Aug | Walsall | 0 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 28 Dec | Northampton | 3 - 2 | Walsall | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 02 Sep | Walsall | 0 - 2 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 25 Mar | Northampton | 2 - 2 | Walsall | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Cobblers in those games, with 5 conceded.
Walsall's away form is equally impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Saddlers, and 5 goals against.
Northampton find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 16 matches. Walsall see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 21 points from their 16 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Walsall | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Saddlers's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Northampton, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | 10 games since last home draw. |
| Walsall | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. 6 games since last defeat. |