National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Barrow or Mansfield Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
Barrow have less rest than Mansfield Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only four days ago. This match was also played here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mansfield Town have had more rest.
Barrow form and stats
Barrow participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.21 points is a decent return from 9 League Two games here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium for Barrow. The data says 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
A nice win for Barrow last time playing, versus Colchester United. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Waters scoring for the victors. Waters was absolutely essential when Barrow beat Colchester United 3-1, scoring three goals. Midfielder Waters was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.32 (out of ten) in that game. Waters scored three goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Crewe Alexandra.A decent goal production from Barrow in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Barrow have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Mansfield was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round last season.The visitors are W4-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Mansfield Town might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Swindon Town proved too strong as Mansfield Town slumped to a 2-5 defeat in front of their own fans at One Call Stadium. As you can tell from the result, the match against Swindon Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? It's worrying for Mansfield Town that their goalie Pym managed six saves in the Swindon Town game, but still were unable to rescue them from a loss. The attacker Swan got a match rating of 7.61 in that game. Swan scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Newport County in the League Two.After this away game Mansfield Town return home for a League Two game against Bradford City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Mansfield are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). 10 goals have been conceded by Mansfield Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Barrow won three, Mansfield Town triumphed in six and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gordon 9 goals | B. Waters 6 goals |   G. Lapslie 5 goals |
Barrow missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Barrow | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 13.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Barrow | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Salford City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Stockport County | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
