Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Barrow & Carlisle United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Barrow form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium as Barrow have scored 8 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The supporters are hoping that Barrow will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Rochdale. Canavan, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Canavan scored one goal and won 2 of 4 duels.
Ahead of that match, Barrow lost 0-1 at home to Mansfield Town.This is expected to be a close game, with Barrow perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Barrow as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Barrow has won 3 of these, drawn 8 and lost 6.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Barrow as they are travelling to their away game against Gillingham in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Barrow has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches.
Carlisle United form and stats
They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the 3rd round.2-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Carlisle United in their League Two matches away.
The fans enjoyed Carlisle United's previous game versus Doncaster Rovers, a 3-0 win played at home. The attacker Stretton got a match rating of 8.13 in that game. Stretton scored two goals.
Preceding that game was the away League Two victory against Hartlepool United with the score of 3-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Carlisle in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Carlisle United, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Leyton Orient in just four days.
Carlisle United have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Carlisle United have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Barrow.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gordon 7 goals |   K. Dennis 7 goals | B. Whitfield 3 goals |
Barrow missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Barrow | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Scored | S | 27 | 46 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| 10.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester United U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Fleetwood Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Barrow | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stevenage | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Salford City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 11 | Barrow | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Walsall | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 19 | Newport County | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 9 |
