An important duel in the bottom section of the League Two, with both Barrow and Oldham Athletic experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 17th place.
It's no vacation for neither Barrow nor Oldham Athletic 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.
Barrow form and stats
1-6-0 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Barrow so far this season.
The spoils were shared in Barrow's previous game, also at home. Visiting Forest Green Rovers (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that, Barrow played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Cambridge United.
Dior Angus was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Forest Green Rovers after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
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 nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost four.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Barrow, as the FA Cup home game vs AFC Wimbledon is only two days away.
A decent goal production from Barrow in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. On the other hand, Barrow have conceded 10 goals.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two, are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
It's the second away game in a row for Oldham, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Exeter City (placed 6th) in the League Two last time out. A 0-2 loss hosting Scunthorpe United before that.
Oldham goalie Ian Lawlor was high and low in the Exeter City game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Oldham Athletic in our archives, and the results are: one win for Oldham Athletic, five draws and seven defeats.
Oldham has another fixture away, a FA Cup game, against Bradford City in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Oldham Athletic are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Oldham have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. McAleny 5 goals |   D. Angus 4 goals | Z. Dearnley 4 goals |
Barrow missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Barrow | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 69% | 86% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 8% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 154 | 95 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 67 | 153 |
| 53 | 30 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 21 | 45 |
| 32% | 37% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 38% |
- All of Oldham Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Barrow have not yet lost a game at home.
- Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barrow have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most matches over the total-line (9) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oldham Athletic 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 | Newport County | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cambridge United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Colchester United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Salford City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Walsall | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Barrow | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Southend United | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |