League Two preview: Can Barrow edge out victory against Grimsby Town?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 23.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Progression Solicitors Stadium

An important duel in the bottom section of the League Two, with both Barrow and Grimsby Town experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 21st and the visitors in 24th place.

Insights:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grimsby Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Barrow nor Grimsby 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

The story so far in the League Two for Barrow at their home stadium (Progression Solicitors Stadium) is 5 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Barrow has won their last four matches. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Progression Solicitors Stadium.

Barrow's last game was hosting Crawley Town (placed 10th) and winning 3-2. Before that match, a win away at Cheltenham Town.

The victory against Crawley Town came after Chris Taylor's winning goal. The Barrow manager M. Jolley was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 82nd minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Chris Taylor scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Barrow handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and four defeats.

Barrow are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Stevenage awaits in four days.

Barrow are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 17 games. On the other hand, Barrow have conceded 23 goals.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grimsby Town so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-10 (win-draw-lose). The Grimsby manager P. Hurst is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 17 days. Visiting Grimsby has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Grimsby has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mansfield Town for a League Two game that ended a draw (2-2). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Tranmere Rovers.

The draw against Mansfield Town came from a losing position. The Grimsby manager P. Hurst brought on George Williams as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

We have checked recent matches where Grimsby have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were three victories, one draw and ten defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Walsall in just four days.

The attacking power of Grimsby Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 17 league matches away. Grimsby Town's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 30 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Barrow and Grimsby Town have met before this season: Grimsby Town - Barrow 1-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's zero Barrow victories, four draws and five Grimsby Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarrowS. Quigley
S. Quigley
9 goals
BarrowJ. Kay
J. Kay
5 goals
BarrowP. Brough
P. Brough
4 goals

Barrow missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barrow Grimsby Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 5 17 35
10 5 1 Won W 0 3 6
8 7 2 Drew D 0 4 10
16 5 1 Lost L 5 10 19
41 25 7 Scored S 2 14 26
43 23 7 Conceded C 12 30 54
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 83%
62% 76% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 65% 63%
35% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 59% 51%
21% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 23%
15% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
47% 59% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 49%
24% 24% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 23%
29% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 53% 46%
 
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 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.4 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.6 12.2 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.4 8.6
4 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.7 2.4
30% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 30% 31%
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.
  • Grimsby Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grimsby Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in League Two

  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 36 19 8 9 48 33 18 9 4 5 26 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 65
2 Cambridge United 37 19 7 11 55 34 19 10 5 4 24 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 21 64
3 Forest Green Rovers 35 17 10 8 49 37 17 8 6 3 26 19 18 9 4 5 23 18 12 61
4 Tranmere Rovers 35 18 7 10 48 39 18 10 1 7 27 20 17 8 6 3 21 19 9 61
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 17 9 10 47 43 19 9 4 6 23 20 17 8 5 4 24 23 4 60
6 Morecambe 36 17 8 11 51 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 19 8 4 7 25 28 2 59
7 Newport County 36 16 9 11 46 37 17 9 4 4 19 16 19 7 5 7 27 21 9 57
8 Exeter City 34 14 11 9 58 40 17 9 3 5 33 17 17 5 8 4 25 23 18 53
9 Salford City 35 13 12 10 41 29 18 8 10 0 28 12 17 5 2 10 13 17 12 51
10 Crawley Town 35 14 9 12 47 44 18 9 5 4 26 16 17 5 4 8 21 28 3 51
11 Carlisle United 33 14 6 13 46 41 16 10 2 4 32 21 17 4 4 9 14 20 5 48
12 Bradford City 34 13 9 12 38 38 17 7 6 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 48
13 Harrogate Town 36 14 6 16 40 41 17 6 4 7 15 16 19 8 2 9 25 25 -1 48
14 Leyton Orient 35 13 8 14 39 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 17 6 2 9 15 22 0 47
15 Stevenage 37 10 16 11 31 32 18 7 6 5 20 13 19 3 10 6 11 19 -1 46
16 Mansfield Town 36 9 15 12 44 48 18 4 8 6 25 27 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 42
17 Oldham Athletic 36 11 9 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 18 7 7 4 29 28 -9 42
18 Scunthorpe United 35 12 6 17 36 45 18 6 4 8 20 25 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 42
19 Port Vale 37 11 8 18 46 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 18 5 3 10 23 30 -5 41
20 Walsall 35 8 15 12 38 45 18 5 5 8 17 22 17 3 10 4 21 23 -7 39
21 Barrow 34 10 8 16 41 43 17 5 7 5 25 23 17 5 1 11 16 20 -2 38
22 Colchester United 36 8 14 14 33 49 17 7 5 5 23 20 19 1 9 9 10 29 -16 38
23 Southend United 36 7 10 19 22 50 18 4 3 11 13 25 18 3 7 8 9 25 -28 31
24 Grimsby Town 35 6 10 19 26 54 18 3 6 9 12 24 17 3 4 10 14 30 -28 28

Grimsby Town:
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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 36 19 8 9 48 33 18 9 4 5 26 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 65
2 Cambridge United 37 19 7 11 55 34 19 10 5 4 24 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 21 64
3 Forest Green Rovers 35 17 10 8 49 37 17 8 6 3 26 19 18 9 4 5 23 18 12 61
4 Tranmere Rovers 35 18 7 10 48 39 18 10 1 7 27 20 17 8 6 3 21 19 9 61
5 Bolton Wanderers 36 17 9 10 47 43 19 9 4 6 23 20 17 8 5 4 24 23 4 60
6 Morecambe 36 17 8 11 51 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 19 8 4 7 25 28 2 59
7 Newport County 36 16 9 11 46 37 17 9 4 4 19 16 19 7 5 7 27 21 9 57
8 Exeter City 34 14 11 9 58 40 17 9 3 5 33 17 17 5 8 4 25 23 18 53
9 Salford City 35 13 12 10 41 29 18 8 10 0 28 12 17 5 2 10 13 17 12 51
10 Crawley Town 35 14 9 12 47 44 18 9 5 4 26 16 17 5 4 8 21 28 3 51
11 Carlisle United 33 14 6 13 46 41 16 10 2 4 32 21 17 4 4 9 14 20 5 48
12 Bradford City 34 13 9 12 38 38 17 7 6 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 48
13 Harrogate Town 36 14 6 16 40 41 17 6 4 7 15 16 19 8 2 9 25 25 -1 48
14 Leyton Orient 35 13 8 14 39 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 17 6 2 9 15 22 0 47
15 Stevenage 37 10 16 11 31 32 18 7 6 5 20 13 19 3 10 6 11 19 -1 46
16 Mansfield Town 36 9 15 12 44 48 18 4 8 6 25 27 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 42
17 Oldham Athletic 36 11 9 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 18 7 7 4 29 28 -9 42
18 Scunthorpe United 35 12 6 17 36 45 18 6 4 8 20 25 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 42
19 Port Vale 37 11 8 18 46 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 18 5 3 10 23 30 -5 41
20 Walsall 35 8 15 12 38 45 18 5 5 8 17 22 17 3 10 4 21 23 -7 39
21 Barrow 34 10 8 16 41 43 17 5 7 5 25 23 17 5 1 11 16 20 -2 38
22 Colchester United 36 8 14 14 33 49 17 7 5 5 23 20 19 1 9 9 10 29 -16 38
23 Southend United 36 7 10 19 22 50 18 4 3 11 13 25 18 3 7 8 9 25 -28 31
24 Grimsby Town 35 6 10 19 26 54 18 3 6 9 12 24 17 3 4 10 14 30 -28 28

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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.