Barrow greet Scunthorpe United as obvious favourites: Read our match preview

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 19.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Furness Building Society Stadium (5000 seats)

Having a 9 point dominance in the league standings, Barrow supporters long to see their side win max points from this game vs Scunthorpe United.

Insights:
  • Barrow have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (7) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

L D L W W

Barrow form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Barrow have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

No payout for Barrow in their previous match, an away game at Port Vale that ended in defeat 1-3. The gifted forward Robbie Gotts outshone all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.15 out of 10. Gotts dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

Before that, Barrow drew at home versus Leyton Orient.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Barrow matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from two games).

There will be little rest for Barrow after this match as they are travelling to Walsall for a League Two game in only four days.

Barrow have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Furness Building Society Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Barrow have conceded 8 in these home matches.

L L L L L

Scunthorpe United form and stats

Scunthorpe United have only collected 3 points from their away games in the League Two, after 0-3-3 (6 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Scunthorpe who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Carlisle United was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Scunthorpe failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Forest Green Rovers (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Midfield player Myles Hippolyte was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Hippolyte hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A 1-6 defeat away at Harrogate Town before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Scunthorpe playing away, we found eight games. Results were one away win, two draws and five home wins.

A new game in only four days for Scunthorpe United, the League Two home match versus Crawley Town. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Scunthorpe United as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. For Scunthorpe, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the previous three meetings): Barrow won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Scunthorpe United have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
5 goals
BarrowO. Zanzala
O. Zanzala
3 goals
BarrowJ. Kay
J. Kay
2 goals

Barrow missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Barrow Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 6 12
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
4 3 0 Drew D 0 3 4
4 1 1 Lost L 1 3 7
16 9 2 Scored S 0 4 7
15 8 3 Conceded C 3 14 25
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 75%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 42%
25% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
17% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
67% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 42%
25% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
17% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 50%
 
5.5 6.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.7 4.7
5 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 5.1
2.6 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.5 13.2 21 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9 9.1
3.4 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.7 2.7
39% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 22%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have scored more than double the goals of Scunthorpe United.
  • Barrow have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in League Two
  • Barrow have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (7) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (14) away in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (25) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-18) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Scunthorpe United have yet to win a 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 12 8 2 2 22 10 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 5 1 0 13 2 12 26
2 Harrogate Town 12 6 4 2 23 14 6 3 3 0 14 7 6 3 1 2 9 7 9 22
3 Port Vale 12 6 3 3 19 13 6 3 2 1 10 6 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 21
4 Tranmere Rovers 12 6 3 3 9 4 6 5 0 1 8 2 6 1 3 2 1 2 5 21
5 Sutton United 11 6 2 3 17 11 5 4 0 1 12 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 20
6 Swindon Town 12 5 5 2 16 10 6 1 3 2 5 6 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 20
7 Leyton Orient 12 4 6 2 19 11 6 3 2 1 9 2 6 1 4 1 10 9 8 18
8 Northampton Town 12 5 3 4 12 11 6 3 1 2 7 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 1 18
9 Exeter City 12 3 8 1 18 12 6 2 4 0 10 5 6 1 4 1 8 7 6 17
10 Bradford City 12 4 5 3 16 13 6 3 3 0 12 6 6 1 2 3 4 7 3 17
11 Hartlepool United 12 5 2 5 11 12 6 5 1 0 9 3 6 0 1 5 2 9 -1 17
12 Crawley Town 12 5 2 5 14 16 6 3 2 1 8 6 6 2 0 4 6 10 -2 17
13 Barrow 12 4 4 4 16 15 6 2 3 1 9 8 6 2 1 3 7 7 1 16
14 Newport County 12 4 4 4 15 15 5 2 2 1 7 4 7 2 2 3 8 11 0 16
15 Salford City 12 4 3 5 14 12 7 3 3 1 9 4 5 1 0 4 5 8 2 15
16 Bristol Rovers 12 4 2 6 14 19 6 3 0 3 7 8 6 1 2 3 7 11 -5 14
17 Rochdale 12 3 4 5 14 16 6 1 2 3 3 5 6 2 2 2 11 11 -2 13
18 Walsall 12 3 4 5 13 16 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 0 3 3 4 8 -3 13
19 Colchester United 11 3 4 4 8 11 5 1 1 3 2 5 6 2 3 1 6 6 -3 13
20 Stevenage 12 3 4 5 11 18 6 2 3 1 7 8 6 1 1 4 4 10 -7 13
21 Oldham Athletic 12 3 2 7 9 16 6 1 1 4 5 8 6 2 1 3 4 8 -7 11
22 Mansfield Town 12 2 4 6 10 17 7 2 2 3 8 10 5 0 2 3 2 7 -7 10
23 Carlisle United 12 2 4 6 9 19 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 1 1 4 4 12 -10 10
24 Scunthorpe United 12 1 4 7 7 25 6 1 1 4 3 11 6 0 3 3 4 14 -18 7

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.