This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, good and bad giving mid-table positions so far. Get ready for Barrow - Salford City!
- Barrow have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Barrow have scored home.
It's no vacation for neither Barrow nor Salford City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Barrow form and stats
Barrow have collected 9 points from their League Two home games so far after 2-3-0. Two draws in a row at home now for Barrow.
The Barrow goalkeeper Paul Farman is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 235 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.
A strong away win for Barrow against Forest Green Rovers the last match, as Telford and Foley were on target. Finally, a league victory after four matches without. Farman loved the game against Forest Green Rovers. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. Goalkeeper Farman got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.0 out of ten. Farman topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, Barrow hosted AFC Wimbledon and drew the game 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Barrow have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 12 league games, 9 have had two goals or less.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Barrow, as the League Two home game vs Morecambe is only three days away.
The Barrow fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches.
Salford City form and stats
Playing away, Salford City have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the League Two this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Salford City, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Doncaster Rovers (placed 18th) last time out. It's hard not to mention Smith's lethal finishing against Doncaster Rovers. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Attacker Smith got a player rating of 9.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Smith scored three goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Swindon Town.Salford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Take note that 9 of this side's 12 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
A new game in only three days for Salford City, the EFL Trophy home match versus Manchester United U21. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Salford City's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. Salford City have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Salford City have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (3-3-0) when playing Barrow.Top Goalscorers
  M. Smith 12 goals |   E. Acauah 5 goals |  C. Hendry 3 goals |
Barrow missing players
Salford City missing players
| Barrow | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 26 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 93% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 93% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 7% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 27% |
| 64% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 60% |
| 21% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 20% |
| 21% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.9 | 11.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.9 | 12.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 29% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 11.4 | 9.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.9 | 14.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
- Barrow have not yet lost a game at home.
- Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barrow have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Barrow have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in League Two
- Barrow have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Barrow have scored home.
- Salford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stockport County | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Notts County | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Wrexham | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Gillingham | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Morecambe | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 23 |
| 10 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Barrow | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Salford City | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 19 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 19 | Newport County | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 15 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 13 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 7 |
