Scunthorpe United clashes with Barrow battle

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sands Venue Stadium (9088 seats)

Examine their own game or focus more on the opponent? Both Scunthorpe United and Barrow need to try something more fresh than what they have done so far. Read more!

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (25) in League Two
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Scunthorpe and Barrow.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

Scunthorpe United's struggle is real here at Sands Venue Stadium with only 14 points collected from 18 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-5-10.

Scunthorpe United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Colchester United (placed 19th).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Crawley Town that finished 0-0.

Scunthorpe United are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Salford City awaits in four days.

Scunthorpe United have scored 13 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. 26 goals have been conceded.

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Barrow form and stats

Barrow have only collected 16 points from their away games in the League Two, after 4-4-9 (17 played).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Rochdale (placed 18th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Farman got the top player rating of the team with 8.84/10. Farman topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Walsall.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Carlisle United in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Barrow as they have only managed to score 14 times from 17 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Barrow in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head encounter ended Barrow - Scunthorpe United 1-1, played this season. Stats for the preceeding four meetings between these two sides are: one win for Scunthorpe, one draw and two wins for Barrow. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

BarrowO. Banks
O. Banks
8 goals
BarrowJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
5 goals
BarrowJ. Kay
J. Kay
3 goals

Scunthorpe United missing players

Barrow missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Scunthorpe United Barrow
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 17 35
4 3 0 Won W 2 4 7
12 5 1 Drew D 2 4 13
20 10 4 Lost L 1 9 15
25 13 3 Scored S 5 14 31
62 26 8 Conceded C 1 20 41
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 88% 83%
69% 61% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 59% 66%
42% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 35% 34%
28% 22% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 17%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 35% 49%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 35% 31%
44% 39% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 41% 37%
 
4.1 4.8 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.9 5.3
5.6 5.9 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 4.9 4.9
2.1 2.4 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.5
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
9.4 9.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.8 11
2.8 2.9 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 3.1
25% 25% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 25% 28%
 
13.6 13.1 13 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 12.9 11.3
4.5 4.1 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 4.2 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest points (14) at home in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (13) at home in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (25) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (62) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-37) 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 Forest Green Rovers 35 19 11 5 64 31 17 11 2 4 27 13 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 68
2 Northampton Town 36 17 9 10 43 31 18 11 3 4 26 13 18 6 6 6 17 18 12 60
3 Newport County 36 16 11 9 58 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 18 7 5 6 22 24 13 59
4 Tranmere Rovers 36 17 8 11 41 32 18 13 1 4 27 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 9 59
5 Exeter City 34 15 13 6 50 34 17 9 6 2 27 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 16 58
6 Swindon Town 36 16 10 10 59 44 18 6 7 5 28 19 18 10 3 5 31 25 15 58
7 Sutton United 35 16 9 10 53 40 18 11 4 3 31 15 17 5 5 7 22 25 13 57
8 Bristol Rovers 36 16 9 11 51 42 18 10 3 5 27 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 9 57
9 Mansfield Town 33 16 8 9 46 37 18 12 3 3 31 19 15 4 5 6 15 18 9 56
10 Port Vale 34 14 11 9 50 34 17 8 5 4 25 14 17 6 6 5 25 20 16 53
11 Salford City 34 13 10 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 18 7 3 8 20 18 7 49
12 Hartlepool United 35 13 9 13 36 44 17 9 6 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 48
13 Crawley Town 35 12 9 14 43 50 18 5 6 7 22 26 17 7 3 7 21 24 -7 45
14 Harrogate Town 35 11 10 14 52 55 17 5 6 6 26 24 18 6 4 8 26 31 -3 43
15 Bradford City 36 10 13 13 40 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 18 6 5 7 17 20 -5 43
16 Walsall 36 11 10 15 38 47 18 7 5 6 25 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -9 43
17 Carlisle United 35 10 10 15 30 47 18 5 7 6 14 19 17 5 3 9 16 28 -17 40
18 Rochdale 34 8 15 11 39 45 16 4 9 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 39
19 Colchester United 36 9 12 15 36 50 18 4 8 6 19 23 18 5 4 9 17 27 -14 39
20 Leyton Orient 34 7 15 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 16 1 10 5 16 20 6 36
21 Barrow 35 7 13 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 17 4 4 9 14 20 -10 34
22 Stevenage 36 7 13 16 32 56 18 6 6 6 21 25 18 1 7 10 11 31 -24 34
23 Oldham Athletic 34 7 10 17 34 52 16 4 3 9 21 28 18 3 7 8 13 24 -18 31
24 Scunthorpe United 36 4 12 20 25 62 18 3 5 10 13 26 18 1 7 10 12 36 -37 24

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 35 19 11 5 64 31 17 11 2 4 27 13 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 68
2 Northampton Town 36 17 9 10 43 31 18 11 3 4 26 13 18 6 6 6 17 18 12 60
3 Newport County 36 16 11 9 58 45 18 9 6 3 36 21 18 7 5 6 22 24 13 59
4 Tranmere Rovers 36 17 8 11 41 32 18 13 1 4 27 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 9 59
5 Exeter City 34 15 13 6 50 34 17 9 6 2 27 15 17 6 7 4 23 19 16 58
6 Swindon Town 36 16 10 10 59 44 18 6 7 5 28 19 18 10 3 5 31 25 15 58
7 Sutton United 35 16 9 10 53 40 18 11 4 3 31 15 17 5 5 7 22 25 13 57
8 Bristol Rovers 36 16 9 11 51 42 18 10 3 5 27 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 9 57
9 Mansfield Town 33 16 8 9 46 37 18 12 3 3 31 19 15 4 5 6 15 18 9 56
10 Port Vale 34 14 11 9 50 34 17 8 5 4 25 14 17 6 6 5 25 20 16 53
11 Salford City 34 13 10 11 38 31 16 6 7 3 18 13 18 7 3 8 20 18 7 49
12 Hartlepool United 35 13 9 13 36 44 17 9 6 2 22 14 18 4 3 11 14 30 -8 48
13 Crawley Town 35 12 9 14 43 50 18 5 6 7 22 26 17 7 3 7 21 24 -7 45
14 Harrogate Town 35 11 10 14 52 55 17 5 6 6 26 24 18 6 4 8 26 31 -3 43
15 Bradford City 36 10 13 13 40 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 18 6 5 7 17 20 -5 43
16 Walsall 36 11 10 15 38 47 18 7 5 6 25 23 18 4 5 9 13 24 -9 43
17 Carlisle United 35 10 10 15 30 47 18 5 7 6 14 19 17 5 3 9 16 28 -17 40
18 Rochdale 34 8 15 11 39 45 16 4 9 3 19 16 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 39
19 Colchester United 36 9 12 15 36 50 18 4 8 6 19 23 18 5 4 9 17 27 -14 39
20 Leyton Orient 34 7 15 12 42 36 18 6 5 7 26 16 16 1 10 5 16 20 6 36
21 Barrow 35 7 13 15 31 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 17 4 4 9 14 20 -10 34
22 Stevenage 36 7 13 16 32 56 18 6 6 6 21 25 18 1 7 10 11 31 -24 34
23 Oldham Athletic 34 7 10 17 34 52 16 4 3 9 21 28 18 3 7 8 13 24 -18 31
24 Scunthorpe United 36 4 12 20 25 62 18 3 5 10 13 26 18 1 7 10 12 36 -37 24

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