Cheltenham Town welcomes Barrow as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 16.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium

The league table in League Two tells a story about these teams so far, with Cheltenham Town leading Barrow by 30 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in League Two
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cheltenham and Barrow.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have collected 28 points from their League Two home games so far after 8-4-4. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium.

Cheltenham are returning here after visiting Exeter City in a League Two game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Andy Williams scored the goal(s). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Mansfield Town.

Manager M. Duff felt very clever after Andy Williams scored the winning goal against Exeter City, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 87th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Andy Williams scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.

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

The match schedule is unforgiving for Cheltenham Town as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Salford City are visiting.

Cheltenham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium with 24 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Cheltenham have conceded 17 goals.

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Barrow form and stats

There's been little loot from Barrow's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 16 away games in the League Two. Barrow only have 4 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 1 draw.

The Barrow goalkeeper Joel Dixon is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 186 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two travels in a row for Barrow, whose manager M. Jolley could celebrate last time after the League Two win against Walsall. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Mansfield Town.

Josh Kay came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Walsall last time out, making the manager M. Jolley feel like a tactical genius.

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 Barrow playing away, we found one game. Results were one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.

After this away game Barrow return home for a League Two game against Crawley Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Barrow as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Barrow have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Barrow - Cheltenham Town 3-0. Last three meetings between the teams: Cheltenham Town won two, Barrow won one and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownA. Williams
A. Williams
8 goals
BarrowS. Quigley
S. Quigley
8 goals
Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
6 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Barrow missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cheltenham Town Barrow
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 16 6 Played P 4 16 32
18 8 5 Won W 0 4 8
8 4 0 Drew D 1 1 8
8 4 1 Lost L 3 11 16
46 24 11 Scored S 2 14 36
31 17 5 Conceded C 5 20 41
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 44% 59%
41% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 34%
12% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 19%
6% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
44% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 47%
47% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 22%
21% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12 13.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.6 10.4
4.4 5.3 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.9
31% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 25% 29%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cheltenham Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 34 18 8 8 46 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 34 16 9 9 45 34 16 9 4 3 19 15 18 7 5 6 26 19 11 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Crawley Town 33 14 8 11 44 40 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 50
11 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
12 Carlisle United 31 14 5 12 44 37 16 10 2 4 32 21 15 4 3 8 12 16 7 47
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 34 9 13 12 41 45 16 4 6 6 22 24 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 40
17 Oldham Athletic 34 11 7 16 51 60 18 4 2 12 23 33 16 7 5 4 28 27 -9 40
18 Scunthorpe United 33 12 4 17 34 43 16 6 2 8 18 23 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 40
19 Walsall 33 8 14 11 36 42 18 5 5 8 17 22 15 3 9 3 19 20 -6 38
20 Colchester United 34 8 13 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 18 1 8 9 10 29 -15 37
21 Port Vale 35 9 8 18 43 50 18 5 5 8 21 20 17 4 3 10 22 30 -7 35
22 Barrow 32 8 8 16 36 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 16 4 1 11 14 20 -5 32
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 26

Cheltenham Town:
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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 Cheltenham Town 34 18 8 8 46 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 18 10 4 4 22 14 15 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 34 16 9 9 45 34 16 9 4 3 19 15 18 7 5 6 26 19 11 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Crawley Town 33 14 8 11 44 40 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 50
11 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
12 Carlisle United 31 14 5 12 44 37 16 10 2 4 32 21 15 4 3 8 12 16 7 47
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 34 9 13 12 41 45 16 4 6 6 22 24 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 40
17 Oldham Athletic 34 11 7 16 51 60 18 4 2 12 23 33 16 7 5 4 28 27 -9 40
18 Scunthorpe United 33 12 4 17 34 43 16 6 2 8 18 23 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 40
19 Walsall 33 8 14 11 36 42 18 5 5 8 17 22 15 3 9 3 19 20 -6 38
20 Colchester United 34 8 13 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 18 1 8 9 10 29 -15 37
21 Port Vale 35 9 8 18 43 50 18 5 5 8 21 20 17 4 3 10 22 30 -7 35
22 Barrow 32 8 8 16 36 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 16 4 1 11 14 20 -5 32
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 26

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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.