Barrow v Salford City betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 25.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Dunes Hotel Stadium (5000 seats)

Barrow - Salford City in League Two: Statistics, squad info, games, the latest developments and headlines. Check out our thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Barrow nor Salford City 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

When playing at home in the League Two, Barrow have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games. Barrow are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at The Dunes Hotel Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

Barrow's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-3 versus Mansfield Town (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Barrow drew their last game, also a home match. Mansfield Town (placed 7th) was the opponent, 1-3 the score. The Barrow crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Mansfield Town here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium. Brough was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Brough hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Colchester United with a 2-0 scoreline. Before that, Barrow played out a draw 2-0 when visiting Colchester United. Prior to that, an away loss at Colchester United.

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.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Barrow as they are travelling to their away game against Newport County in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

Barrow has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Barrow have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Salford City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

Salford City played 0-3 against Colchester United in their previous match. Salford failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Colchester United (placed 22nd) that ended with defeat 0-3. Salford City are travelling after their nice 0-3 home win in the fixture against Colchester United (placed 22nd). Turnbull was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.33. The defender Turnbull won 5 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Port Vale at their stadium, the result 1-0. A 1-0 draw at Port Vale's stadium before that. Preceding that game, the 1-0 loss visiting Port Vale's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Salford City playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Salford City wins, one draw and eight defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Salford City manager Bowyer as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Northampton Town.

Salford find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Salford City have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former four meetings): Barrow won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Salford City got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two

Top Goalscorers

BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
7 goals
Salford CityB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
6 goals
BarrowJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
5 goals

Barrow missing players

Salford City missing players

Barrow Salford City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 5 Played P 4 12 26
6 3 1 Won W 1 4 9
8 5 2 Drew D 1 1 7
11 5 2 Lost L 2 7 10
26 15 6 Scored S 5 14 29
31 17 7 Conceded C 5 16 27
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
72% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 77%
40% 46% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 38%
20% 23% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 8%
8% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 69% 80% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 46%
28% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 42%
32% 23% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 19%
 
5.6 5.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.3
4.9 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.1 3.8
2.7 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 2.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
11.8 12.2 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.5 11.5
3.5 3.6 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 4.2
30% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 27%
 
10.9 9.5 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 13.8 12.7
3.8 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 3.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Salford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Salford City 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 Forest Green Rovers 25 16 7 2 51 21 13 9 2 2 23 9 12 7 5 0 28 12 30 55
2 Tranmere Rovers 26 14 6 6 28 15 13 10 0 3 19 6 13 4 6 3 9 9 13 48
3 Sutton United 26 13 5 8 41 33 13 9 1 3 22 12 13 4 4 5 19 21 8 44
4 Northampton Town 25 12 6 7 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 9 13 5 4 4 15 15 8 42
5 Newport County 26 11 8 7 43 34 12 6 3 3 24 13 14 5 5 4 19 21 9 41
6 Swindon Town 25 11 8 6 40 31 12 3 6 3 16 14 13 8 2 3 24 17 9 41
7 Mansfield Town 25 12 5 8 35 31 15 9 3 3 25 17 10 3 2 5 10 14 4 41
8 Exeter City 25 10 10 5 37 26 12 6 4 2 19 11 13 4 6 3 18 15 11 40
9 Port Vale 24 10 6 8 36 27 12 5 3 4 17 12 12 5 3 4 19 15 9 36
10 Salford City 26 9 7 10 29 27 14 5 6 3 15 11 12 4 1 7 14 16 2 34
11 Harrogate Town 24 9 6 9 38 35 12 4 4 4 21 18 12 5 2 5 17 17 3 33
12 Bradford City 25 7 12 6 31 29 12 4 7 1 19 14 13 3 5 5 12 15 2 33
13 Leyton Orient 23 7 11 5 37 21 12 6 4 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 32
14 Crawley Town 25 9 5 11 29 35 12 4 3 5 15 18 13 5 2 6 14 17 -6 32
15 Bristol Rovers 23 8 6 9 30 34 12 6 1 5 19 18 11 2 5 4 11 16 -4 30
16 Hartlepool United 26 8 6 12 25 37 13 7 4 2 17 12 13 1 2 10 8 25 -12 30
17 Walsall 25 7 8 10 29 34 13 4 5 4 19 19 12 3 3 6 10 15 -5 29
18 Rochdale 24 6 10 8 30 32 12 3 6 3 14 12 12 3 4 5 16 20 -2 28
19 Stevenage 27 6 10 11 25 42 14 5 6 3 18 18 13 1 4 8 7 24 -17 28
20 Carlisle United 26 6 9 11 19 33 13 3 7 3 9 10 13 3 2 8 10 23 -14 27
21 Barrow 25 6 8 11 26 31 13 3 5 5 15 17 12 3 3 6 11 14 -5 26
22 Colchester United 25 6 7 12 22 35 11 3 3 5 10 14 14 3 4 7 12 21 -13 25
23 Scunthorpe United 26 3 10 13 19 45 12 2 4 6 8 17 14 1 6 7 11 28 -26 19
24 Oldham Athletic 25 4 6 15 22 42 12 2 2 8 16 25 13 2 4 7 6 17 -20 18

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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.