League Two: Barrow - Gillingham pre-match thoughts and statistics

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Dunes Hotel Stadium (5000 seats)

Statistics, patterns, game results, form, H2H stats, team selections and a lot more: Here's all you should know on Barrow - Gillingham!

Insights:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (26) in League Two

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Barrow form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Barrow at their home stadium (The Dunes Hotel Stadium) is 10 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

A nice win for Barrow last time playing, versus AFC Wimbledon. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Canavan and Gordon scoring for the victors. Canavan was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.73 out of 10. The defender Canavan scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Harrogate Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Barrow have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 5 and lost 7.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 10 league matches, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Barrow has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Barrow have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gillingham form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gillingham so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-10 (win-draw-lose).

Gillingham go into this game after a win, the home game against Carlisle United that ended 1-0. Late drama in the previous game, when Williams scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Carlisle United. Midfielder Williams was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.91. Williams scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Crewe Alexandra.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gillingham playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 2 Gillingham wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Low on goals? 29 of this side's latest 35 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Gillingham have conceded 23 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other earlier on this season: Gillingham - Barrow 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

BarrowJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
12 goals
BarrowB. Whitfield
B. Whitfield
5 goals
BarrowJ. Kay
J. Kay
4 goals

Barrow missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barrow Gillingham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 6 19 38
16 10 3 Won W 0 2 11
7 3 1 Drew D 2 7 11
15 6 2 Lost L 4 10 16
40 23 6 Scored S 5 10 26
43 16 4 Conceded C 12 23 40
92% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 84%
55% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 63% 63%
34% 37% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 16% 18%
21% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 5% 3%
13% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 3%
39% 37% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 21% 24%
32% 37% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 32% 37%
37% 37% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 68% 55%
 
4.8 5.4 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.1 4.2
4.1 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.8 4.6
1.8 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.1 11.2 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.1 9.7
3.4 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.3 1.8
31% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 42% 37%
 
10 9.3 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 13.1 11.6
3.2 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barrow have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gillingham have scored away.
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (10) away in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (26) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (31) in League Two
  • Gillingham have won significantly less corners away then 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 Leyton Orient 37 21 11 5 49 25 19 13 5 1 27 8 18 8 6 4 22 17 24 74
2 Northampton Town 38 19 12 7 52 33 19 10 5 4 24 15 19 9 7 3 28 18 19 69
3 Stevenage 37 19 10 8 51 34 19 14 1 4 34 14 18 5 9 4 17 20 17 67
4 Carlisle United 38 18 12 8 58 36 19 10 6 3 28 16 19 8 6 5 30 20 22 66
5 Stockport County 38 18 9 11 51 32 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 9 2 8 26 18 19 63
6 Salford City 38 18 8 12 60 43 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 9 3 7 34 24 17 62
7 Bradford City 37 16 13 8 45 32 19 7 8 4 24 17 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 61
8 Mansfield Town 37 16 10 11 55 45 18 7 7 4 29 25 19 9 3 7 26 20 10 58
9 Sutton United 38 15 11 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 19 4 7 8 16 25 0 56
10 Barrow 38 16 7 15 40 43 19 10 3 6 23 16 19 6 4 9 17 27 -3 55
11 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 49 43 18 7 5 6 26 18 19 6 7 6 23 25 6 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 38 15 6 17 40 52 19 10 1 8 24 23 19 5 5 9 16 29 -12 51
13 Walsall 37 11 16 10 39 33 19 8 7 4 23 14 18 3 9 6 16 19 6 49
14 Tranmere Rovers 38 13 10 15 37 39 19 8 5 6 23 18 19 5 5 9 14 21 -2 49
15 Grimsby Town 36 12 11 13 38 42 18 4 9 5 18 20 18 8 2 8 20 22 -4 47
16 Gillingham 38 11 11 16 26 40 19 9 4 6 16 17 19 2 7 10 10 23 -14 44
17 Newport County 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 4 6 8 17 23 19 6 7 6 21 20 -5 43
18 AFC Wimbledon 38 10 13 15 39 45 18 6 6 6 20 20 20 4 7 9 19 25 -6 43
19 Crewe Alexandra 37 9 15 13 34 47 19 7 6 6 22 23 18 2 9 7 12 24 -13 42
20 Harrogate Town 37 9 11 17 42 54 19 5 7 7 23 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -12 38
21 Colchester United 38 9 10 19 34 46 19 4 8 7 17 20 19 5 2 12 17 26 -12 37
22 Crawley Town 37 9 9 19 41 59 18 8 3 7 28 28 19 1 6 12 13 31 -18 36
23 Hartlepool United 38 6 14 18 41 67 19 3 9 7 21 31 19 3 5 11 20 36 -26 32
24 Rochdale 38 6 8 24 33 59 19 3 4 12 19 30 19 3 4 12 14 29 -26 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 Leyton Orient 37 21 11 5 49 25 19 13 5 1 27 8 18 8 6 4 22 17 24 74
2 Northampton Town 38 19 12 7 52 33 19 10 5 4 24 15 19 9 7 3 28 18 19 69
3 Stevenage 37 19 10 8 51 34 19 14 1 4 34 14 18 5 9 4 17 20 17 67
4 Carlisle United 38 18 12 8 58 36 19 10 6 3 28 16 19 8 6 5 30 20 22 66
5 Stockport County 38 18 9 11 51 32 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 9 2 8 26 18 19 63
6 Salford City 38 18 8 12 60 43 19 9 5 5 26 19 19 9 3 7 34 24 17 62
7 Bradford City 37 16 13 8 45 32 19 7 8 4 24 17 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 61
8 Mansfield Town 37 16 10 11 55 45 18 7 7 4 29 25 19 9 3 7 26 20 10 58
9 Sutton United 38 15 11 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 19 4 7 8 16 25 0 56
10 Barrow 38 16 7 15 40 43 19 10 3 6 23 16 19 6 4 9 17 27 -3 55
11 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 49 43 18 7 5 6 26 18 19 6 7 6 23 25 6 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 38 15 6 17 40 52 19 10 1 8 24 23 19 5 5 9 16 29 -12 51
13 Walsall 37 11 16 10 39 33 19 8 7 4 23 14 18 3 9 6 16 19 6 49
14 Tranmere Rovers 38 13 10 15 37 39 19 8 5 6 23 18 19 5 5 9 14 21 -2 49
15 Grimsby Town 36 12 11 13 38 42 18 4 9 5 18 20 18 8 2 8 20 22 -4 47
16 Gillingham 38 11 11 16 26 40 19 9 4 6 16 17 19 2 7 10 10 23 -14 44
17 Newport County 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 4 6 8 17 23 19 6 7 6 21 20 -5 43
18 AFC Wimbledon 38 10 13 15 39 45 18 6 6 6 20 20 20 4 7 9 19 25 -6 43
19 Crewe Alexandra 37 9 15 13 34 47 19 7 6 6 22 23 18 2 9 7 12 24 -13 42
20 Harrogate Town 37 9 11 17 42 54 19 5 7 7 23 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -12 38
21 Colchester United 38 9 10 19 34 46 19 4 8 7 17 20 19 5 2 12 17 26 -12 37
22 Crawley Town 37 9 9 19 41 59 18 8 3 7 28 28 19 1 6 12 13 31 -18 36
23 Hartlepool United 38 6 14 18 41 67 19 3 9 7 21 31 19 3 5 11 20 36 -26 32
24 Rochdale 38 6 8 24 33 59 19 3 4 12 19 30 19 3 4 12 14 29 -26 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.