Salford City vs Northampton Town prediction

Match preview

Salford City have the edge at 59%, but this is far from settled: the draw is at 23% and a win for Northampton Town at 18%.

At home this season Salford City average 2.57 points and 1.3 goals per game, conceding 0.6. Away from home Northampton Town take 1.00 points per game, scoring 0.8 and conceding 1.0. On shots on target, the measure the model leans on most, Salford City manage 4.1 per home game and Northampton Town 4.0 per away game.

Form lines: Salford City have won their last 8 league matches.

Northampton Town sit 21st in the table, but their underlying numbers rank 8th in the league, so the model rates them higher than their position suggests.

Expected goals from the model: Salford City 1.14, Northampton Town 0.80. The single most likely score is 1-0 (17%), and the chance of three or more goals is 31%.

In their last 5 league meetings Salford City won 2, Northampton Town won 2 and 1 ended level.

Most likely scores

• 1-017%
• 0-014%
• 1-113%
• 0-112%
• 2-09%

Salford City form

• Wvs Exeter City2-12026-10-31
• Wat Walsall4-22026-10-26
• Wat Bristol Rovers2-12026-10-20
• Wvs Crawley Town2-12026-10-17
• Wat Cheltenham Town2-02026-10-10

Northampton Town form

• Lvs Oldham Athletic0-12026-11-03
• Dat Accrington Stanley1-12026-10-31
• Wvs Colchester United2-02026-10-24
• Lvs Tranmere Rovers0-12026-10-20
• Wat Grimsby Town2-02026-10-17