Who will get all the points when Grimsby Town travel to Barrow? In this pre-match guide you'll learn all the relevant facts and stats necessary to predict the outcome.
- Barrow have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Grimsby Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in League Two
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.
Barrow form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 League Two games here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium for Barrow. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Barrow, their manager Wild and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Barrow coach Wild and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Gillingham (placed 19th). Midfield player Whitfield got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Whitfield served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that match, a home victory against Carlisle United in the EFL Trophy. 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 17 games. Barrow has won 3 of these, drawn 8 and lost 6.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Barrow as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Crewe Alexandra are visiting.
Barrow are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games.
Grimsby Town form and stats
Grimsby Town's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Grimsby Town collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the League Two. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Grimsby Town's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bradford City that finished 0-0. Defender Smith was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Smith won 4 of 9 duels.
Prior to that result Grimsby won their away game at Stockport County. The scoreline was 3-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Grimsby Town in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Grimsby Town, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Hartlepool United.
Grimsby find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Grimsby Town as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent meetings featuring these teams have all finished as Grimsby Town wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gordon 7 goals |  H. Clifton 5 goals | B. Whitfield 3 goals |
Barrow missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Barrow | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 29% | 36% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 4.6 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 12.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.4 | 12.2 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 28% | 26% |
| 10.3 | 8.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13 | 11.8 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
- Barrow have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grimsby Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in League Two
- Grimsby 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 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Salford City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 11 | Barrow | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | Walsall | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | Newport County | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 13 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Colchester United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 9 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 9 |
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