Northampton — over 2.5 goals record & form (2025-26)

Northampton no longer play in the League One. This page keeps their last full season there — 46 league games in 2025-26 — because the record is still the best guide to how their matches ran. Nothing below is from the current campaign.

Northampton went over 2.5 goals in 22 of 46 league games that season (48%) — 43% at home, 52% away. They scored 39 and conceded 74, so their matches averaged 2.46 goals, and both teams scored in 48% of them. Record: 9-8-29 in the League One.

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How Northampton's matches tend to go

They are on the tighter end of the division: 48% over 2.5 against a league average of 54%, 6 points below it. That ranks them 0th of 24 for goals in their matches, 0th for scoring (0.85 a game) and 0th for goals conceded (1.61). They've kept 10 clean sheets and failed to score 19 times in 46 games.

Across 46 matches with half-time data, 54% of the goals in their games have come after the break (52 before, 61 after). Northampton themselves have scored 16 in first halves and 23 in second.

Season splits

PWDLGFGAO2.5O3.5BTTS
Overall469829397448%26%48%
Home236413233143%26%52%
Away233416164352%26%43%

Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.

Scorelines and margins

Their most common result this season is 0–1 (7 times). Biggest win: 3–0 away at Plymouth (Sat 29 Nov). Heaviest defeat: 1–5 away at Cardiff. 4 of their 46 games have produced five goals or more.

Against last season

In 46 league games last season Northampton's matches went over 2.5 goals 48% of the time. This season is tracking it closely at 48% — consistent goal patterns across two campaigns.

Last 10 league games

Sat, 2 May 2026vs Plymouth2–3O2.5
Tue, 28 Apr 2026vs Barnsley0–1U2.5
Sat, 25 Apr 2026at Cardiff1–5O2.5
Sat, 18 Apr 2026vs Doncaster1–3O2.5
Wed, 15 Apr 2026at Luton1–2O2.5
Mon, 6 Apr 2026vs Wigan1–3O2.5
Fri, 3 Apr 2026at Bradford0–1U2.5
Sat, 21 Mar 2026at Mansfield Town1–4O2.5
Tue, 17 Mar 2026at Stockport County1–2O2.5
Sat, 14 Mar 2026vs Burton Albion0–2U2.5