19th- against 10th spot might not feel all that juicy. But: We have the facts and figures that makes Grimsby Town - Barrow (even) more action-packed!
- Grimsby Town have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in League Two
- Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It's no vacation for neither Grimsby nor Barrow 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.
Grimsby Town form and stats
Grimsby Town have played 5 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Grimsby Town to get some points in this home game.
Grimsby Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at Swindon Town (1-2). The versatile forward Rose outshone all others in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Rose served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Crawley Town (2-3).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Grimsby have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 3 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Grimsby Town after this match as they are travelling to Tranmere Rovers for a League Two game in only four days.
Grimsby has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. From these home matches, Grimsby Town have conceded only 4 goals.
Barrow form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Barrow have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
Impressive finishing from Warren, Garner and Acquah secured the home win 3-2 against Doncaster Rovers in their previous game. Acquah came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Doncaster Rovers last time out, making the manager Wild feel like a tactical genius. The attacker Garner got a match rating of 7.42 in that game. Garner scored one goal.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Mansfield Town's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Barrow in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Barrow, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Barrow are hosting Notts County in the League Two only four days away.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Barrow as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Grimsby won six games, three matches ended in a draw and Barrow managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Eisa 5 goals |  E. Acauah 4 goals | G. Holohan 2 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Barrow missing players
| Grimsby Town | Barrow | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 33% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 30% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 11% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 6.1 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 12.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 11.7 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.7 | 11.4 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
- Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grimsby Town have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in League Two
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Crawley Town | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | Gillingham | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | AFC Wimbledon | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Stockport County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | Wrexham | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Barrow | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Walsall | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Newport County | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 20 | Salford City | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 21 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 8 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -10 | 7 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 6 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 4 |
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