Furness Building Society Stadium: Barrow vs Newport County League Two preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Fri 24.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Furness Building Society Stadium (5000 seats)

Which side will run out as winners when Newport County visit Barrow? In this match guide you'll get all the relevant facts and stats required to get smart.

Insights:
  • Newport County have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in League Two

Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous match. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!

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Barrow form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Barrow at their home stadium (Furness Building Society Stadium) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Barrow shared the glory with Bradford City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Defender Patrick Brough got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.63/10. Brough hit two key passes and won 7 of 16 duels.

Ahead of that match, Barrow lost 2-3 at home to Colchester United.

The Barrow fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Barrow have conceded 6 from these games.

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Newport County form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Newport won their last game, 2-1 versus Walsall played at home. Mickey Demetriou was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.7. The defender Demetriou scored one goal and won 2 of 7 duels.

A 0-1 loss hosting Northampton Town before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Newport have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. Newport have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding eight meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Barrow, one draw and three wins for Newport County. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
3 goals
BarrowO. Zanzala
O. Zanzala
3 goals
Newport CountyR. Willmott
R. Willmott
2 goals

Barrow missing players

Newport County missing players

Barrow Newport County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 5 8
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 3
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
11 6 2 Scored S 1 5 9
10 6 3 Conceded C 0 7 11
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 62%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 62%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
25% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 50%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 25%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 25%
 
5 5.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.4 3.4
5.2 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.2 3
3.2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 11.5 21 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.6 10
3.1 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.6
44% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 24%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Newport County have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in League Two
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 8 6 1 1 18 8 4 3 0 1 9 6 4 3 1 0 9 2 10 19
2 Leyton Orient 8 4 3 1 16 7 4 3 0 1 9 2 4 1 3 0 7 5 9 15
3 Harrogate Town 7 4 2 1 13 9 4 2 2 0 8 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 14
4 Northampton Town 8 4 2 2 7 5 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 14
5 Exeter City 8 3 4 1 11 5 4 2 2 0 6 1 4 1 2 1 5 4 6 13
6 Hartlepool United 8 4 1 3 8 6 4 4 0 0 6 1 4 0 1 3 2 5 2 13
7 Port Vale 8 3 3 2 9 6 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 12
8 Rochdale 8 3 3 2 12 10 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 12
9 Bradford City 8 3 3 2 11 9 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 12
10 Swindon Town 8 3 3 2 9 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 12
11 Tranmere Rovers 8 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 0 1 4 1 4 0 2 2 0 2 1 11
12 Newport County 8 3 2 3 9 11 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2 11
13 Carlisle United 8 2 4 2 9 9 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 0 10
14 Crawley Town 7 3 1 3 8 10 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 0 3 4 8 -2 10
15 Barrow 8 2 3 3 11 10 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 1 1 2 5 4 1 9
16 Colchester United 7 2 3 2 7 7 3 0 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 0 6 4 0 9
17 Salford City 8 2 2 4 7 8 5 2 2 1 5 2 3 0 0 3 2 6 -1 8
18 Sutton United 7 2 2 3 6 8 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 0 2 2 2 5 -2 8
19 Walsall 8 2 2 4 8 11 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 0 1 3 2 6 -3 8
20 Mansfield Town 8 2 2 4 10 14 5 2 1 2 8 9 3 0 1 2 2 5 -4 8
21 Stevenage 8 2 2 4 7 13 4 1 2 1 3 6 4 1 0 3 4 7 -6 8
22 Bristol Rovers 8 2 1 5 6 13 4 2 0 2 3 5 4 0 1 3 3 8 -7 7
23 Scunthorpe United 8 1 4 3 6 13 4 1 1 2 3 8 4 0 3 1 3 5 -7 7
24 Oldham Athletic 8 1 1 6 4 14 4 0 1 3 1 6 4 1 0 3 3 8 -10 4

Read more about League Two

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.