Football betting preview: Southend United vs Barrow

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 09.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Roots Hall Stadium (12392 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Southend United holding 24th place and Barrow lying 21st. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Southend United has the fewest scored goals (13) in League Two
  • Barrow have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Southend United form and stats

Southend United's struggle is real here at Roots Hall Stadium with only 10 points collected from 10 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-6. Southend are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Southend lost their last game at Leyton Orient (placed 9th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Colchester United.

The Southend United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Southend have conceded 16 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Barrow form and stats

There's been little loot from Barrow's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the League Two. Barrow only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.

Barrow played 1-1 against Tranmere Rovers in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Port Vale at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Goalkeeper Joel Dixon made a total of nine saves, making him a hero against Tranmere Rovers. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

The visiting Barrow have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. Barrow struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

BarrowS. Quigley
S. Quigley
5 goals
BarrowD. Angus
D. Angus
4 goals
BarrowJ. Kay
J. Kay
3 goals

Southend United missing players

Barrow missing players

Southend United Barrow
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 10 21
4 3 2 Won W 2 2 4
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 8
12 6 1 Lost L 2 7 9
13 10 4 Scored S 7 11 29
33 16 3 Conceded C 5 15 31
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 71%
40% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 43%
15% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 19%
30% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 62%
20% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 10% 14%
55% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.2 7.1 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9 11.6
2.2 2.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 4.2
29% 48% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 31% 33%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Southend United has the fewest scored goals (13) in League Two
  • Southend United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in League Two
  • Southend United has the the worst goal difference (-20) in League Two
  • Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Southend United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Southend United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

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

Read more about League Two

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.