Walsall 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 4 February 2017

Result

Walsall 2-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 4 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Walsall 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Walsall defeated Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 4 February 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

John-Joe O'Toole opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Walsall's goals came from Matt Preston (64') and E. Öztümer (69'). Northampton Town scored through John-Joe O'Toole (23').

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

Going into the game Walsall were 12th on 39 points from 29 and Northampton Town 16th on 33 points from 29. Walsall went on to finish that season 14th with 58 points, and Northampton Town 16th with 53.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Marc RichardsNorthampton Town
  • 64'Goal · Matt PrestonWalsall · 1-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Jason McCarthyWalsall
  • 69'Goal · E. ÖztümerWalsall · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · David BuchananNorthampton Town
  • 90+4'Yellow card · George DobsonWalsall
  • 90+5'Missed penalty · Marc RichardsNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Walsall line-up

Neil Etheridge, James O'Connor, Jason McCarthy, Matt Preston, Eoghan O'Connell, Joe Edwards, Adam Chambers, Florent Cuvelier, Erhun Oztumer, Isaiah Osbourne, Amadou Bakayoko

Northampton Town line-up

Adam Smith, David Buchanan, Zander Diamond, John-Joe O'Toole, Lewin Nyatanga, Matthew Taylor, Neal Eardley, Keshi Anderson, Hiram Boateng, Luke Williams, Marc Richards