Barrow supporters put their faith in manager Cooper to deliver victory against Carlisle United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Dunes Hotel Stadium (5000 seats)

This is a vital face-off in the "wrong" end of the League Two, with both Barrow and Carlisle United going through more angst than joy. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the team playing at home positioned 21st and the away team in 18th position.

Insights:
  • Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

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Barrow form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Barrow have only managed 3 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses from their games here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium. Barrow are slowly digging their own grave here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Swindon Town match.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Barrow, as their goalkeeper Paul Farman has completely shut out the opponents for 203 minutes in the League Two.

Happy days for Barrow in their previous game, a fixture away at Scunthorpe United (placed 24th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Canavan got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Canavan won 8 of 11 duels.

Before that, Barrow played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Rochdale.

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 ten games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost five.

Barrow aren't scoring a lot here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium in the league, with only 17 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Barrow has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Carlisle United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. When Carlisle United is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 4 of 5 matches. Scunthorpe United, Leyton Orient, Carlisle United, Colchester United, Rochdale, Stevenage and Oldham Athletic is teams we like to compare Barrow with. Carlisle love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Carlisle United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Newport County (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Northampton Town.

Carlisle United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Carlisle United have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported result between these participants is the Carlisle United - Barrow 0-0 played not long ago this season. Barrow-Carlisle United H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Barrow zero wins, Carlisle United one win, two draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
8 goals
Carlisle UnitedO. Patrick
O. Patrick
7 goals
BarrowJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
5 goals

Barrow missing players

Carlisle United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barrow Carlisle United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 17 36
8 3 0 Won W 4 5 10
13 9 4 Drew D 1 3 10
15 6 2 Lost L 0 9 16
32 17 5 Scored S 8 16 31
41 21 7 Conceded C 3 28 49
83% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 86%
64% 72% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 76% 72%
33% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 71% 50%
17% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 14%
6% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 61% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 42%
33% 28% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 24% 31%
36% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 35% 42%
 
5.4 5.6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.3 4.5
4.9 5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 4.9 4.8
2.5 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.2 1.6
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.2 11.2 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 11.4 11.7
3.2 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.1 3.8
27% 32% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 23% 23%
 
11.3 9.8 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 13.1 12.5
3.6 3.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.8 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Forest Green Rovers 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Northampton Town 37 18 9 10 45 32 18 11 3 4 26 13 19 7 6 6 19 19 13 63
3 Newport County 37 17 11 9 60 46 18 9 6 3 36 21 19 8 5 6 24 25 14 62
4 Tranmere Rovers 37 18 8 11 43 32 19 14 1 4 29 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 11 62
5 Exeter City 35 16 13 6 52 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 17 6 7 4 23 19 17 61
6 Swindon Town 37 17 10 10 61 45 19 7 7 5 30 20 18 10 3 5 31 25 16 61
7 Bristol Rovers 37 17 9 11 52 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 10 60
8 Sutton United 36 16 9 11 54 42 18 11 4 3 31 15 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 57
9 Port Vale 35 15 11 9 53 35 18 9 5 4 28 15 17 6 6 5 25 20 18 56
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 35 13 11 11 39 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 19 7 4 8 21 19 7 50
12 Hartlepool United 36 13 9 14 36 46 18 9 6 3 22 16 18 4 3 11 14 30 -10 48
13 Bradford City 37 11 13 13 42 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 19 7 5 7 19 20 -3 46
14 Walsall 37 12 10 15 40 48 19 8 5 6 27 24 18 4 5 9 13 24 -8 46
15 Crawley Town 36 12 9 15 44 52 18 5 6 7 22 26 18 7 3 8 22 26 -8 45
16 Harrogate Town 36 11 10 15 52 57 17 5 6 6 26 24 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 43
17 Rochdale 35 8 16 11 40 46 17 4 10 3 20 17 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 40
18 Carlisle United 36 10 10 16 31 49 19 5 7 7 15 21 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 40
19 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
20 Leyton Orient 35 7 16 12 43 37 18 6 5 7 26 16 17 1 11 5 17 21 6 37
21 Barrow 36 8 13 15 32 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 18 5 4 9 15 20 -9 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 35 7 10 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 21 28 19 3 7 9 14 26 -19 31
24 Scunthorpe United 37 4 12 21 25 63 19 3 5 11 13 27 18 1 7 10 12 36 -38 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Northampton Town 37 18 9 10 45 32 18 11 3 4 26 13 19 7 6 6 19 19 13 63
3 Newport County 37 17 11 9 60 46 18 9 6 3 36 21 19 8 5 6 24 25 14 62
4 Tranmere Rovers 37 18 8 11 43 32 19 14 1 4 29 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 11 62
5 Exeter City 35 16 13 6 52 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 17 6 7 4 23 19 17 61
6 Swindon Town 37 17 10 10 61 45 19 7 7 5 30 20 18 10 3 5 31 25 16 61
7 Bristol Rovers 37 17 9 11 52 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 10 60
8 Sutton United 36 16 9 11 54 42 18 11 4 3 31 15 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 57
9 Port Vale 35 15 11 9 53 35 18 9 5 4 28 15 17 6 6 5 25 20 18 56
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 35 13 11 11 39 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 19 7 4 8 21 19 7 50
12 Hartlepool United 36 13 9 14 36 46 18 9 6 3 22 16 18 4 3 11 14 30 -10 48
13 Bradford City 37 11 13 13 42 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 19 7 5 7 19 20 -3 46
14 Walsall 37 12 10 15 40 48 19 8 5 6 27 24 18 4 5 9 13 24 -8 46
15 Crawley Town 36 12 9 15 44 52 18 5 6 7 22 26 18 7 3 8 22 26 -8 45
16 Harrogate Town 36 11 10 15 52 57 17 5 6 6 26 24 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 43
17 Rochdale 35 8 16 11 40 46 17 4 10 3 20 17 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 40
18 Carlisle United 36 10 10 16 31 49 19 5 7 7 15 21 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 40
19 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
20 Leyton Orient 35 7 16 12 43 37 18 6 5 7 26 16 17 1 11 5 17 21 6 37
21 Barrow 36 8 13 15 32 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 18 5 4 9 15 20 -9 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 35 7 10 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 21 28 19 3 7 9 14 26 -19 31
24 Scunthorpe United 37 4 12 21 25 63 19 3 5 11 13 27 18 1 7 10 12 36 -38 24

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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.