The Dunes Hotel Stadium: Barrow vs Stevenage League Two pre-match guide

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Dunes Hotel Stadium (5000 seats)

It's been rough for Barrow so far, and the same description fits Stevenage. These hardened teams have a chance to get some important points here.

Insights:
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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.

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Barrow form and stats

Barrow's struggle is real here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium with only 15 points collected from 15 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-6-6.

Barrow lost their last game at Hartlepool United (placed 15th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Midfield player Banks got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Banks hit two key passes and had 74 successful passes (of 90 total).

In the match before that, Barrow hosted Tranmere Rovers and drew the game 1-1.

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 14 matches with the results: Won two, drawn eight and lost four.

Barrow are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. On the other hand, Barrow have conceded 20 goals.

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Stevenage form and stats

Stevenage have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-5-9 (15 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 14 away games in a row.

Stevenage failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bradford City (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Crawley Town that ended 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Stevenage in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Stevenage, two draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Stevenage have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Stevenage is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Carlisle United, Walsall, Rochdale, Stevenage and Oldham Athletic.

Head 2 Head

Stevenage - Barrow 1-0 was the result in these squads' previous head-to-head match, earlier this season. Numbers for the preceeding eight meetings between these two sides are: one win for Barrow, two draws and five wins for Stevenage. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
8 goals
StevenageE. List
E. List
8 goals
StevenageL. Norris 'Hacker'
L. Norris 'Hacker'
7 goals

Barrow missing players

Stevenage missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barrow Stevenage
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 3 15 31
7 3 0 Won W 0 1 7
9 6 2 Drew D 1 5 11
14 6 2 Lost L 2 9 13
30 16 4 Scored S 2 9 30
39 20 6 Conceded C 6 27 46
90% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
73% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 71%
40% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 47% 45%
20% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 26%
7% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
53% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 42%
27% 20% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 26%
30% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 60% 42%
 
5.5 5.7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 4.7
4.8 5.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.9 5.2
2.8 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.3 11.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.9 10.8
3.3 3.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3.8
30% 32% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 20% 26%
 
11.1 10.1 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 14.1 13.3
3.8 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.5 4.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 29 19 8 2 60 23 15 11 2 2 27 10 14 8 6 0 33 13 37 65
2 Tranmere Rovers 30 16 7 7 33 20 16 12 0 4 23 10 14 4 7 3 10 10 13 55
3 Northampton Town 29 15 6 8 35 25 15 9 2 4 19 10 14 6 4 4 16 15 10 51
4 Sutton United 29 14 7 8 44 34 15 9 3 3 23 13 14 5 4 5 21 21 10 49
5 Mansfield Town 28 14 6 8 39 32 17 11 3 3 29 18 11 3 3 5 10 14 7 48
6 Exeter City 28 12 11 5 40 27 14 7 5 2 20 11 14 5 6 3 20 16 13 47
7 Newport County 30 13 8 9 46 38 13 7 3 3 26 14 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 47
8 Port Vale 27 12 7 8 41 29 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 6 3 4 22 16 12 43
9 Swindon Town 29 11 10 8 43 38 14 3 7 4 18 17 15 8 3 4 25 21 5 43
10 Salford City 30 11 8 11 33 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 2 8 16 17 4 41
11 Bradford City 30 9 13 8 36 35 14 4 8 2 21 17 16 5 5 6 15 18 1 40
12 Crawley Town 29 11 7 11 37 40 13 4 4 5 17 20 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 40
13 Harrogate Town 28 10 7 11 41 41 15 5 5 5 24 21 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 37
14 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 36 39 13 7 1 5 20 18 14 3 6 5 16 21 -3 37
15 Hartlepool United 28 9 7 12 28 38 14 8 4 2 20 13 14 1 3 10 8 25 -10 34
16 Leyton Orient 28 7 12 9 38 27 14 6 4 4 24 9 14 1 8 5 14 18 11 33
17 Stevenage 31 7 11 13 30 46 16 6 6 4 21 19 15 1 5 9 9 27 -16 32
18 Rochdale 27 6 12 9 32 35 12 3 6 3 14 12 15 3 6 6 18 23 -3 30
19 Barrow 30 7 9 14 30 39 15 3 6 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 30
20 Colchester United 29 7 9 13 26 39 13 3 5 5 12 16 16 4 4 8 14 23 -13 30
21 Walsall 29 7 8 14 30 39 15 4 5 6 20 22 14 3 3 8 10 17 -9 29
22 Carlisle United 29 6 9 14 21 40 15 3 7 5 10 15 14 3 2 9 11 25 -19 27
23 Oldham Athletic 28 6 7 15 25 43 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 3 4 7 7 17 -18 25
24 Scunthorpe United 30 4 10 16 22 50 15 3 4 8 11 21 15 1 6 8 11 29 -28 22

Table
  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 29 19 8 2 60 23 15 11 2 2 27 10 14 8 6 0 33 13 37 65
2 Tranmere Rovers 30 16 7 7 33 20 16 12 0 4 23 10 14 4 7 3 10 10 13 55
3 Northampton Town 29 15 6 8 35 25 15 9 2 4 19 10 14 6 4 4 16 15 10 51
4 Sutton United 29 14 7 8 44 34 15 9 3 3 23 13 14 5 4 5 21 21 10 49
5 Mansfield Town 28 14 6 8 39 32 17 11 3 3 29 18 11 3 3 5 10 14 7 48
6 Exeter City 28 12 11 5 40 27 14 7 5 2 20 11 14 5 6 3 20 16 13 47
7 Newport County 30 13 8 9 46 38 13 7 3 3 26 14 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 47
8 Port Vale 27 12 7 8 41 29 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 6 3 4 22 16 12 43
9 Swindon Town 29 11 10 8 43 38 14 3 7 4 18 17 15 8 3 4 25 21 5 43
10 Salford City 30 11 8 11 33 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 2 8 16 17 4 41
11 Bradford City 30 9 13 8 36 35 14 4 8 2 21 17 16 5 5 6 15 18 1 40
12 Crawley Town 29 11 7 11 37 40 13 4 4 5 17 20 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 40
13 Harrogate Town 28 10 7 11 41 41 15 5 5 5 24 21 13 5 2 6 17 20 0 37
14 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 36 39 13 7 1 5 20 18 14 3 6 5 16 21 -3 37
15 Hartlepool United 28 9 7 12 28 38 14 8 4 2 20 13 14 1 3 10 8 25 -10 34
16 Leyton Orient 28 7 12 9 38 27 14 6 4 4 24 9 14 1 8 5 14 18 11 33
17 Stevenage 31 7 11 13 30 46 16 6 6 4 21 19 15 1 5 9 9 27 -16 32
18 Rochdale 27 6 12 9 32 35 12 3 6 3 14 12 15 3 6 6 18 23 -3 30
19 Barrow 30 7 9 14 30 39 15 3 6 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 30
20 Colchester United 29 7 9 13 26 39 13 3 5 5 12 16 16 4 4 8 14 23 -13 30
21 Walsall 29 7 8 14 30 39 15 4 5 6 20 22 14 3 3 8 10 17 -9 29
22 Carlisle United 29 6 9 14 21 40 15 3 7 5 10 15 14 3 2 9 11 25 -19 27
23 Oldham Athletic 28 6 7 15 25 43 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 3 4 7 7 17 -18 25
24 Scunthorpe United 30 4 10 16 22 50 15 3 4 8 11 21 15 1 6 8 11 29 -28 22

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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.