Stevenage manager Evans looking for three points in Barrow showdown

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Fri 02.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Lamex Stadium (6722 seats)

A lot of action is likely at The Lamex Stadium when Stevenage face Barrow in what should be a magnificent fixture. Read on!

Insights:
  • Stevenage have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Barrow have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League Two

Stevenage and Barrow should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Stevenage form and stats

Stevenage have been outstanding at home so far in the League Two with 8 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss.

Stevenage are returning here after visiting King's Lynn Town in a FA Cup game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. The striker Norris was named "man of the match" for Stevenage with the rating of 8.81/10. Norris scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).

Before that fixture, a home victory against Arsenal U21 in the EFL Trophy. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Stevenage have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

A decent goal production from Stevenage in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Stevenage are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Lamex Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Barrow form and stats

Playing away, Barrow have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the League Two this season.

Two away games in a row for Barrow, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 vs Bolton Wanderers in the EFL Trophy.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Hartlepool United in the League Two.

Barrow are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Barrow have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stevenage have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Barrow.

Top Goalscorers

BarrowJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
10 goals
BarrowB. Waters
B. Waters
7 goals
StevenageJ. Roberts
J. Roberts
5 goals

Stevenage missing players

Barrow missing players

Stevenage Barrow
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 1 9 19
12 8 2 Won W 0 3 11
4 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 1 Lost L 1 5 7
26 15 6 Scored S 1 9 27
16 5 4 Conceded C 3 11 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 63%
42% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 42%
5% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 22% 26%
5% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
53% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 42%
37% 67% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 32%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 26%
 
5.2 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 5.5
4.1 3.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.2 4.1
1.5 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.9 14.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.4 11.7
4.2 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.7 4.1
32% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 35%
 
8.8 7.4 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10.9 9.6
2.3 1.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3 2.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have the fewest points from losing position (0) in League Two
  • Barrow have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League Two
  • Barrow have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stevenage have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Stevenage have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Stevenage haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 19 14 3 2 30 12 9 7 1 1 14 4 10 7 2 1 16 8 18 45
2 Stevenage 19 12 4 3 26 16 9 8 0 1 15 5 10 4 4 2 11 11 10 40
3 Northampton Town 19 11 5 3 34 20 9 5 2 2 16 10 10 6 3 1 18 10 14 38
4 Barrow 19 11 1 7 27 19 10 8 0 2 18 8 9 3 1 5 9 11 8 34
5 Bradford City 19 9 6 4 26 17 10 3 5 2 12 9 9 6 1 2 14 8 9 33
6 Carlisle United 19 8 8 3 30 20 9 4 4 1 13 8 10 4 4 2 17 12 10 32
7 Swindon Town 19 8 7 4 24 19 10 5 3 2 13 8 9 3 4 2 11 11 5 31
8 Mansfield Town 19 9 3 7 27 26 9 4 3 2 15 13 10 5 0 5 12 13 1 30
9 Salford City 19 8 4 7 20 18 10 3 3 4 10 11 9 5 1 3 10 7 2 28
10 Doncaster Rovers 19 8 4 7 23 25 9 5 1 3 13 10 10 3 3 4 10 15 -2 28
11 Walsall 19 7 6 6 23 17 10 6 2 2 17 8 9 1 4 4 6 9 6 27
12 Tranmere Rovers 19 7 5 7 19 16 10 4 2 4 12 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 3 26
13 AFC Wimbledon 19 7 5 7 24 24 9 4 2 3 12 10 10 3 3 4 12 14 0 26
14 Stockport County 19 7 4 8 24 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 3 1 5 11 12 2 25
15 Crewe Alexandra 18 6 7 5 17 20 9 4 3 2 12 8 9 2 4 3 5 12 -3 25
16 Grimsby Town 18 6 6 6 20 18 9 1 5 3 9 10 9 5 1 3 11 8 2 24
17 Sutton United 19 6 4 9 17 25 10 5 2 3 11 10 9 1 2 6 6 15 -8 22
18 Newport County 19 5 4 10 18 22 10 3 1 6 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 9 -4 19
19 Crawley Town 19 4 6 9 20 30 9 4 1 4 12 13 10 0 5 5 8 17 -10 18
20 Harrogate Town 19 4 4 11 20 29 10 3 3 4 13 14 9 1 1 7 7 15 -9 16
21 Rochdale 19 4 3 12 13 25 9 2 1 6 7 11 10 2 2 6 6 14 -12 15
22 Colchester United 19 3 5 11 17 26 10 3 4 3 12 11 9 0 1 8 5 15 -9 14
23 Gillingham 19 2 8 9 6 21 9 2 4 3 4 8 10 0 4 6 2 13 -15 14
24 Hartlepool United 19 2 6 11 16 34 9 2 4 3 7 11 10 0 2 8 9 23 -18 12

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.