Evenly matched teams: Barrow vs Crawley Town match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Progression Solicitors Stadium

Season ticket holders at Progression Solicitors Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Barrow languishing in the 22nd position so far. The guesting Crawley Town will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Barrow nor Crawley Town 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.

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Barrow form and stats

4-7-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Barrow so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Barrow, as their goalkeeper Joel Dixon has completely shut out the opponents for 276 minutes in the League Two.

Barrow are returning here after visiting Cheltenham Town in a League Two game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. James Jones scored the goal(s). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Walsall.

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 ten games. Barrow has won two of these, drawn four and lost four.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Grimsby Town in only three days. This game is also played here at Progression Solicitors Stadium.

The Barrow fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 16 matches. Barrow's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crawley Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

Crawley played 1-1 against Walsall in their previous match. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Mansfield Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Crawley Town in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Crawley Town, four draws and seven defeats.

The visiting Crawley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 16 games. In the opposite end, Crawley have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Crawley Town - Barrow 4-2 played earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Barrow victories, two draws and three Crawley Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crawley TownT. Nichols
T. Nichols
11 goals
BarrowS. Quigley
S. Quigley
8 goals

Barrow missing players

Crawley Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barrow Crawley Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 5 16 34
9 4 2 Won W 1 5 14
8 7 2 Drew D 1 4 9
16 5 2 Lost L 3 7 11
38 22 5 Scored S 5 19 45
41 21 4 Conceded C 8 25 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
61% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 74%
33% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 44%
18% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 24%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 9%
45% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 69% 56%
24% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 29%
30% 19% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 19% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.1 1.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.5 12.2 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12 10.9
3.9 4.3 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.6 4
29% 32% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 26% 33%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 35 18 8 9 46 33 17 8 4 5 24 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 13 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 35 16 9 10 46 36 16 9 4 3 19 15 19 7 5 7 27 21 10 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 34 13 12 9 41 27 18 8 10 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 51
10 Crawley Town 34 14 9 11 45 41 18 9 5 4 26 16 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 51
11 Carlisle United 32 14 6 12 45 38 16 10 2 4 32 21 16 4 4 8 13 17 7 48
12 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 35 9 14 12 42 46 17 4 7 6 23 25 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 41
17 Oldham Athletic 35 11 8 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 17 7 6 4 29 28 -9 41
18 Scunthorpe United 34 12 5 17 35 44 17 6 3 8 19 24 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 41
19 Walsall 34 8 15 11 37 43 18 5 5 8 17 22 16 3 10 3 20 21 -6 39
20 Port Vale 36 10 8 18 45 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 38
21 Colchester United 35 8 14 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 19 1 9 9 10 29 -15 38
22 Barrow 33 9 8 16 38 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 17 5 1 11 16 20 -3 35
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 26

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 Cheltenham Town 35 18 8 9 46 33 17 8 4 5 24 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 13 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 35 16 9 10 46 36 16 9 4 3 19 15 19 7 5 7 27 21 10 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 34 13 12 9 41 27 18 8 10 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 51
10 Crawley Town 34 14 9 11 45 41 18 9 5 4 26 16 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 51
11 Carlisle United 32 14 6 12 45 38 16 10 2 4 32 21 16 4 4 8 13 17 7 48
12 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 35 9 14 12 42 46 17 4 7 6 23 25 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 41
17 Oldham Athletic 35 11 8 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 17 7 6 4 29 28 -9 41
18 Scunthorpe United 34 12 5 17 35 44 17 6 3 8 19 24 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 41
19 Walsall 34 8 15 11 37 43 18 5 5 8 17 22 16 3 10 3 20 21 -6 39
20 Port Vale 36 10 8 18 45 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 38
21 Colchester United 35 8 14 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 19 1 9 9 10 29 -15 38
22 Barrow 33 9 8 16 38 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 17 5 1 11 16 20 -3 35
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 26

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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.