Match preview: 12 points are between the participants so far this season, Mansfield Town the sharpest side. Will Barrow strike back?
- Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (6-0-0) in League Two
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Barrow form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Barrow have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. When Barrow hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Newport County, Tranmere Rovers, Forest Green Rovers, Sutton United, Exeter City, Northampton Town and Swindon Town), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
A good away victory last time out for Barrow, who won 2-0 against Colchester United (placed 22nd). Midfielder Banks was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.95 (out of ten) in that game. Banks hit four key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 57 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Barnsley (after extra-time) in the FA Cup.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 13 matches with the results: Won two, drawn seven and lost four.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Salford City in only three days. This game is also played here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium.
The Barrow fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. On the other hand, Barrow have conceded 14 goals.
Mansfield Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mansfield Town so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Mansfield Town, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Mansfield's previous game versus Walsall (placed 15th), a League Two 2-0 win played at home. Midfield player Charsley was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.23/10. Charsley scored two goals.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Swindon Town.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mansfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Mansfield Town wins, one draw and five defeats.
The attacking power of Mansfield Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Mansfield Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
Mansfield Town - Barrow 0-1 was the score in these contenders' last h2h game, played this season. Barrow-Mansfield Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Barrow four wins, Mansfield Town four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  O. Banks 7 goals | J. Gordon 5 goals |  O. Hawkins 5 goals |
Barrow missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Barrow | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 32 |
| 28 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 30 |
| 88% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 92% |
| 71% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| 38% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 50% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 62% |
| 29% | 25% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 25% |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.8 | 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11 | 12.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 30% | 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 27% | 46% |
| 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.7 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
- Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 27 | 52 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 45 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 43 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Newport County | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 35 |
| 10 | Salford City | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 29 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 27 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 27 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 21 | Barrow | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 22 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
