Home advantage could prove decisive in Milton Keynes Dons - Barrow battle

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 14.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium mk (30500 seats)

Closing in on the top clubs is on the list when these two mid-table clubs meet. Both are trying to better their league position, Milton Keynes Dons in 16th and Barrow in 12th spot.

Insights:
  • Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Barrow have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two

Barrow could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Morecambe. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

Milton Keynes Dons have collected 7 points from their League Two home games so far after 2-1-2. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Milton Keynes Dons, their manager Alexander and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Milton Keynes Dons faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gillingham (1-2). Defender Harvie got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Harvie hit five key passes and won 6 of 12 duels.

Before that, Keynes played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Walsall.

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 Milton Keynes Dons have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Milton Keynes Dons has scored {5 goals-1} so far and conceded {5 goals-2} from 5 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Barrow form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. Barrow seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Two away matches in a row for Barrow, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 vs Morecambe in the EFL Trophy.

A draw for Barrow before that, at their own venue hosting Notts County (1-1).

Barrow are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

The attacking power of Barrow when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Milton Keynes DonsM. Eisa
M. Eisa
5 goals
BarrowE. Acauah
E. Acauah
4 goals
Milton Keynes DonsJ. Leko
J. Leko
3 goals

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Barrow missing players

Milton Keynes Dons Barrow
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 2 7 11
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 4
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 2 1 Lost L 0 3 3
17 5 0 Scored S 2 6 13
18 5 1 Conceded C 1 7 12
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 73%
58% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 36%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
75% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 73%
17% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 9%
17% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 18%
 
5.1 5.4 11 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6 5.2
6.1 6.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.9 5.3
2.4 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.9 15 27 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.6 11.3
4.2 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.8
34% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 26% 31%
 
13.3 11.4 3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.3 10.7
4.8 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 12 7 3 2 27 21 5 5 0 0 15 8 7 2 3 2 12 13 6 24
2 Stockport County 12 7 2 3 23 13 7 4 2 1 13 5 5 3 0 2 10 8 10 23
3 Gillingham 12 7 1 4 11 12 6 4 1 1 7 6 6 3 0 3 4 6 -1 22
4 AFC Wimbledon 12 5 6 1 20 10 5 1 3 1 9 7 7 4 3 0 11 3 10 21
5 Mansfield Town 12 4 8 0 17 9 6 3 3 0 7 2 6 1 5 0 10 7 8 20
6 Crewe Alexandra 12 5 5 2 28 21 6 4 2 0 15 8 6 1 3 2 13 13 7 20
7 Wrexham 12 5 5 2 24 23 6 3 2 1 20 16 6 2 3 1 4 7 1 20
8 Crawley Town 12 6 2 4 20 20 7 5 0 2 13 6 5 1 2 2 7 14 0 20
9 Swindon Town 11 5 4 2 27 18 5 4 1 0 17 6 6 1 3 2 10 12 9 19
10 Morecambe 11 5 3 3 15 13 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 2 0 3 6 9 2 18
11 Accrington Stanley 12 5 2 5 17 18 7 4 1 2 13 10 5 1 1 3 4 8 -1 17
12 Barrow 11 4 4 3 13 12 4 2 2 0 7 5 7 2 2 3 6 7 1 16
13 Salford City 12 5 1 6 19 19 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 3 0 3 10 9 0 16
14 Bradford City 12 4 4 4 13 14 6 3 2 1 7 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 -1 16
15 Harrogate Town 12 5 1 6 11 13 5 2 0 3 5 5 7 3 1 3 6 8 -2 16
16 Milton Keynes Dons 12 4 3 5 17 18 5 2 1 2 5 5 7 2 2 3 12 13 -1 15
17 Walsall 12 4 3 5 15 21 5 2 2 1 5 5 7 2 1 4 10 16 -6 15
18 Grimsby Town 12 3 5 4 16 17 6 3 2 1 9 5 6 0 3 3 7 12 -1 14
19 Newport County 12 4 2 6 21 24 7 3 2 2 14 11 5 1 0 4 7 13 -3 14
20 Doncaster Rovers 12 3 2 7 13 20 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 1 0 5 6 13 -7 11
21 Colchester United 11 3 1 7 17 20 6 2 1 3 11 13 5 1 0 4 6 7 -3 10
22 Tranmere Rovers 12 3 1 8 17 22 7 3 1 3 13 10 5 0 0 5 4 12 -5 10
23 Sutton United 12 2 1 9 16 26 7 2 1 4 10 9 5 0 0 5 6 17 -10 7
24 Forest Green Rovers 12 2 1 9 11 24 6 0 0 6 4 15 6 2 1 3 7 9 -13 7

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.