Barrow have come here for an exciting game versus the hosts Oldham Athletic. Get smart on the match with this in-depth League Two preview!
- Oldham Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in League Two
- Barrow have lost all their away matches so far.
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 Oldham and Barrow.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
Oldham Athletic are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two League Two games here at Boundary Park. The Oldham manager K. Curle might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
A nice win for Oldham Athletic last time playing, versus Salford City. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with C. Piergianni scoring for the victors.
In the game before, an away victory in the League Two match versus Sutton United with a 2-1 scoreline.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 Oldham Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 19 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn two and lost nine.
Early season league goal statistics from Oldham Athletic's 2 home games: 1 goal, 3 conceded.
Barrow form and stats
It's not happening yet for Barrow on their League Two travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Barrow seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Barrow are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Accrington Stanley. As mentioned above, Barrow drew the match against Accrington Stanley. Manager M. Cooper brought on O. Banks to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Bristol Rovers in the League Two.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Barrow playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were nine Barrow wins, two draws and seven defeats.
Barrow have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Oldham Athletic wins - draws - Barrow wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Bahamboula 2 goals |   O. Zanzala 2 goals | C. Piergianni 1 goals |
Oldham Athletic missing players
Barrow missing players
| Oldham Athletic | Barrow | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 4.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 9.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 33% |
- Barrow have lost all their away matches so far.
- Oldham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Oldham Athletic have lost all their home matches so far.
- Oldham Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Oldham Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Oldham Athletic | Last season | Barrow | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Lost | L | 14 | 22 | ||
| 72 | 31 | Scored | S | 21 | 53 | ||
| 81 | 42 | Conceded | C | 27 | 59 | ||
| 91% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 83% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 67% | ||
| 67% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 26% | 37% | ||
| 37% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 17% | ||
| 30% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 11% | ||
| 67% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 50% | ||
| 11% | 4% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 20% | ||
| 30% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 30% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Bradford City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Hartlepool United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Stevenage | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Newport County | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Salford City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Barrow | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 21 | Walsall | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |