Tranmere Rovers - Barrow. 5th spot meets 19th spot. Nothing is certain - get a broad preview here!
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two
Tranmere Rovers 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.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Prenton Park as Tranmere Rovers have scored 11 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 7-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Tranmere are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ross Doohan not having conceded a league goal in 334 minutes.
The Tranmere crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Harrogate Town here at Prenton Park in a EFL Trophy match.
Previous to that game, a League Two home match hosting Leyton Orient in a game that was won 1-0.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 Tranmere have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tranmere as they are travelling to their away game against Hartlepool United in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Tranmere Rovers has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Tranmere have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Barrow form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barrow so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Barrow seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed Barrow's previous game versus Ipswich Town, a FA Cup 2-0 win played at home. The attacker Gotts got a match rating of 8.12 in that game. Gotts scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Swindon Town in the League Two.We have checked recent matches where Barrow have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were two victories, three draws and eight defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Barrow are hosting Oldham Athletic in the League Two only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Barrow as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Barrow have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Tranmere victories, two draws and three Barrow wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Banks 7 goals | J. Gordon 4 goals |  P. Clarke 3 goals |
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| Tranmere Rovers | Barrow | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 70% |
| 19% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 19% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 55% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 30% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 12.5 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 24% | 29% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 30% | 33% |
| 13.9 | 12.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.7 | 11.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
- Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the most clean sheets (11) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (14) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Newport County | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 10 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Salford City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 14 | Rochdale | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Barrow | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 19 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 16 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 16 |
