Bristol Rovers vs Barrow: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Memorial Stadium (1500 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Bristol Rovers in this match vs Barrow, but the away team will resist to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!

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

It's no vacation for neither Bristol Rovers nor Barrow 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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Bristol Rovers form and stats

The complete League Two statistics at home this season for Bristol Rovers are 8-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Bristol Rovers drew their last game, also a home match. Exeter City (placed 4th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfield player Evans got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Evans served one assist and hit four key passes.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Leyton Orient with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bristol handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and four defeats.

Bristol Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Newport County awaits in four days.

Bristol Rovers has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Barrow form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barrow so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-8 (win-draw-lose).

Barrow aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 253 league minutes without a goal. Rooney was the last player to find the net. Barrow have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Paul Farman. It's been 226 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.

Barrow delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Harrogate Town (placed 14th) in their previous fixture. Defender Canavan was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Canavan won 4 of 7 duels.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Stevenage.

We have checked recent matches where Barrow have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were three victories, three draws and nine defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Barrow are hosting Walsall in the League Two only four days away.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 19 goals have been conceded by Barrow in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other previously this season, with the final score Barrow - Bristol Rovers 1-1 registered in the official records. Previous three meetings with these participants: Bristol Rovers won one, Barrow triumphed in one and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
8 goals
BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
8 goals
BristolA. Evans
A. Evans
7 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Barrow missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol Rovers Barrow
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 15 32
13 8 3 Won W 0 4 7
9 3 0 Drew D 1 3 11
10 5 2 Lost L 3 8 14
45 23 6 Scored S 4 14 30
40 19 5 Conceded C 9 19 39
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 84%
81% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 69%
47% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 40% 38%
28% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 19%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
59% 50% 20% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 50%
31% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 31%
12% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 34%
 
4.5 3.7 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.2 5.5
5.1 5.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 4.6
2.1 1.8 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.3 2.7
8 5 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.4 11 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.7 11.1
4.1 3.5 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.2
34% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 29%
 
12 11.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.1 10.9
4.2 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners at home than 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 32 19 9 4 62 27 16 11 2 3 27 11 16 8 7 1 35 16 35 66
2 Northampton Town 33 16 8 9 38 26 16 10 2 4 22 10 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
7 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
8 Newport County 33 14 10 9 54 44 16 8 5 3 34 20 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 52
9 Port Vale 31 13 10 8 45 31 16 7 5 4 21 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 14 49
10 Bristol Rovers 32 13 9 10 45 40 16 8 3 5 23 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 48
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
13 Crawley Town 31 12 7 12 39 42 15 5 4 6 19 22 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 43
14 Harrogate Town 32 11 9 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 42
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Rochdale 31 8 14 9 39 40 15 4 8 3 19 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -1 38
17 Walsall 33 10 8 15 35 45 17 6 5 6 24 23 16 4 3 9 11 22 -10 38
18 Leyton Orient 31 7 12 12 38 32 17 6 4 7 24 14 14 1 8 5 14 18 6 33
19 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
20 Barrow 32 7 11 14 30 39 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 32
21 Colchester United 33 7 11 15 30 47 16 3 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 32
22 Carlisle United 32 7 10 15 24 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -21 31
23 Oldham Athletic 31 7 9 15 31 47 15 4 3 8 20 26 16 3 6 7 11 21 -16 30
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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 32 19 9 4 62 27 16 11 2 3 27 11 16 8 7 1 35 16 35 66
2 Northampton Town 33 16 8 9 38 26 16 10 2 4 22 10 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
7 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
8 Newport County 33 14 10 9 54 44 16 8 5 3 34 20 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 52
9 Port Vale 31 13 10 8 45 31 16 7 5 4 21 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 14 49
10 Bristol Rovers 32 13 9 10 45 40 16 8 3 5 23 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 48
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
13 Crawley Town 31 12 7 12 39 42 15 5 4 6 19 22 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 43
14 Harrogate Town 32 11 9 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 42
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Rochdale 31 8 14 9 39 40 15 4 8 3 19 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -1 38
17 Walsall 33 10 8 15 35 45 17 6 5 6 24 23 16 4 3 9 11 22 -10 38
18 Leyton Orient 31 7 12 12 38 32 17 6 4 7 24 14 14 1 8 5 14 18 6 33
19 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
20 Barrow 32 7 11 14 30 39 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 32
21 Colchester United 33 7 11 15 30 47 16 3 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 32
22 Carlisle United 32 7 10 15 24 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -21 31
23 Oldham Athletic 31 7 9 15 31 47 15 4 3 8 20 26 16 3 6 7 11 21 -16 30
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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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.