Northampton Town 2-1 Walsall: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 December 2017

Result

Northampton Town 2-1 Walsall

League One · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Northampton Town 2-1 Walsall: match report

Northampton Town beat Walsall 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 16 December 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

E. Öztümer opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Chris Long (4') and Chris Long (41'). Walsall scored through E. Öztümer (2').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 23rd on 19 points from 21 and Walsall 11th on 28 points from 20. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Walsall 19th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 0 draws and 1 for Walsall.

Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read L-D-L-L-W and Walsall's W-W-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · E. ÖztümerWalsall · 0-1
  • 4'Goal · Chris LongNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Chris LongNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Sam FoleyNorthampton Town
  • 71'Yellow card · Joe EdwardsWalsall
  • 77'Yellow card · Dan AgyeiWalsall
  • 79'Yellow card · Matt GrimesNorthampton Town
  • 82'Yellow card · Matt CrooksNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 0, Walsall 1.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

David Cornell, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, John-Joe O'Toole, Sam Foley, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Lewis McGugan, Christopher Long

Walsall line-up

Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, James Wilson, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Florent Cuvelier, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, L. Kinsella, Zeli Ismail, Amadou Bakayoko