Football tips: Barrow vs Scunthorpe United - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Furness Building Society Stadium (5000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Barrow holding 21st place and Scunthorpe United lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only four days ago.

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Barrow form and stats

2 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Barrow have to build on here at Furness Building Society Stadium in the League Two.

No payout for Barrow in their previous match, an away game at Southend United that ended in defeat 0-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Tranmere Rovers.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Barrow have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost four.

Barrow have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Furness Building Society Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Barrow have conceded 16 goals.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

4-0-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Scunthorpe United in their League Two matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Salford City with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Stevenage's place.

We have checked recent matches where Scunthorpe United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were four victories, three draws and five defeats.

Scunthorpe find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Scunthorpe have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Scunthorpe United - Barrow 2-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

BarrowS. Quigley
S. Quigley
5 goals
BarrowD. Angus
D. Angus
4 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedA. Eisa
A. Eisa
4 goals

Barrow missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Barrow Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 4 11 22
4 2 1 Won W 1 4 7
8 7 1 Drew D 0 0 2
10 2 0 Lost L 3 7 13
29 18 2 Scored S 6 12 22
32 16 1 Conceded C 7 15 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 59%
41% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 36%
27% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 27%
18% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 18%
59% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 41%
14% 18% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 18%
27% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 45% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 14 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.7 8.9
4.2 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.7 3
31% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 40% 33%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Scunthorpe United 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 Carlisle United 21 12 3 6 32 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 39
2 Newport County 20 11 5 4 31 21 9 7 1 1 15 10 11 4 4 3 16 11 10 38
3 Forest Green Rovers 22 10 8 4 28 19 11 5 4 2 14 10 11 5 4 2 14 9 9 38
4 Cambridge United 22 11 4 7 35 21 12 7 3 2 19 11 10 4 1 5 16 10 14 37
5 Salford City 22 10 6 6 29 17 11 5 6 0 18 7 11 5 0 6 11 10 12 36
6 Cheltenham Town 21 10 5 6 30 21 11 5 3 3 17 12 10 5 2 3 13 9 9 35
7 Crawley Town 22 9 7 6 34 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 12 4 4 4 15 17 6 34
8 Morecambe 20 10 4 6 27 30 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 5 1 4 14 17 -3 34
9 Leyton Orient 22 10 3 9 32 26 11 6 2 3 19 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 6 33
10 Exeter City 20 8 8 4 41 27 11 6 2 3 23 11 9 2 6 1 18 16 14 32
11 Walsall 22 7 9 6 27 30 12 5 3 4 13 14 10 2 6 2 14 16 -3 30
12 Colchester United 21 7 8 6 27 29 10 6 3 1 17 10 11 1 5 5 10 19 -2 29
13 Port Vale 23 8 4 11 32 33 12 4 3 5 15 14 11 4 1 6 17 19 -1 28
14 Tranmere Rovers 20 8 4 8 23 25 9 4 0 5 11 9 11 4 4 3 12 16 -2 28
15 Oldham Athletic 22 8 4 10 34 38 11 2 1 8 14 20 11 6 3 2 20 18 -4 28
16 Bolton Wanderers 22 7 6 9 26 34 11 3 2 6 11 16 11 4 4 3 15 18 -8 27
17 Mansfield Town 22 5 11 6 28 28 12 2 6 4 16 17 10 3 5 2 12 11 0 26
18 Harrogate Town 21 7 4 10 22 26 9 1 3 5 7 13 12 6 1 5 15 13 -4 25
19 Bradford City 21 6 6 9 20 25 11 3 4 4 10 11 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 24
20 Scunthorpe United 22 7 2 13 22 33 11 3 2 6 10 18 11 4 0 7 12 15 -11 23
21 Barrow 22 4 8 10 29 32 11 2 7 2 18 16 11 2 1 8 11 16 -3 20
22 Stevenage 20 4 8 8 16 22 10 4 2 4 10 8 10 0 6 4 6 14 -6 20
23 Grimsby Town 23 5 5 13 19 40 11 2 3 6 8 18 12 3 2 7 11 22 -21 20
24 Southend United 21 5 4 12 14 33 11 4 1 6 11 16 10 1 3 6 3 17 -19 19

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.