The hosts, Barrow, should be the favourites in this match, but Tranmere Rovers have exhibited both ability and bravery. Learn more about the match!
- Barrow have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League Two
- Barrow have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tranmere Rovers have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Barrow nor Tranmere Rovers 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
24 points is a decent return from 11 League Two games here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium for Barrow. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
The home team returns to The Dunes Hotel Stadium after drawing with Salford City (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Brough was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Brough hit three key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Swindon Town that was lost 0-1.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 16 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 6.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Barrow, as the League Two home game vs Rochdale is only four days away.
Barrow have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Dunes Hotel Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Barrow have conceded only 9 goals.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Tranmere Rovers have produced an overall stat of 3-4-4 so far.
Hemmings, Morris and Lewis scored in Tranmere Rovers's previous match, the home game against Doncaster Rovers that ended 3-0. Hooray; their first victory in the league after eight games not winning. Dacres-Cogley was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.95. The defender Dacres-Cogley signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Grimsby Town's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Tranmere Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 3 Tranmere wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 11 of this club's latest 14 league fixtures have had two goals or less.
Tranmere Rovers have another fixture away from home in just three nights, a League Two fixture vs Crewe Alexandra. A demanding timetable for them!
The attacking power of Tranmere when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Tranmere Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Tranmere Rovers have put together a streak of 7 consecutive games without defeat (4-3-0) when facing Barrow.The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Tranmere Rovers - Barrow 1-0 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gordon 10 goals | B. Waters 7 goals |  K. Hemmings 5 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 28 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 23 |
| 26 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | 86% |
| 64% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 55% | 68% |
| 41% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | 32% |
| 27% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 45% | 50% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 36% | 32% |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 11.5 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9.7 | 10.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 31% |
| 9.9 | 9.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
- Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barrow have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tranmere Rovers have scored away.
- Barrow have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League Two
- Barrow 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 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 35 |
| 7 | Barrow | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | Walsall | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Salford City | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Stockport County | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 29 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 18 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 17 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -16 | 15 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -19 | 14 |
