Who will get all the points when Barrow visit Walsall? In this preview you'll get all the relevant facts and stats necessary to enjoy the game more.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two.
Walsall form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Walsall have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games. Walsall are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of six drawn games in a row.
The Walsall coach Flynn and his crew return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Hartlepool United (placed 22nd). A disappointing finish for Walsall in their match versus Hartlepool United as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. The talented striker Hutchinson outperformed all teammates in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.32 out of 10. Hutchinson scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Crewe Alexandra.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 Walsall have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 5.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have had two goals or less.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Walsall, as the League Two home game vs Bradford City is only three days away.
Walsall has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Walsall have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Barrow form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Barrow have produced an overall stat of 5-4-8 so far.
Barrow played 1-1 against Salford City in their previous match. Midfielder Brough was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.33. Brough hit two key passes.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Stockport County.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 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 Barrow wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's last 11 league matches have contained two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Barrow rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Barrow have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (2-3-0) when facing Walsall.The participants have faced each other already this season, with the final score Barrow - Walsall 2-1 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gordon 11 goals | B. Waters 8 goals | B. Whitfield 5 goals |
Walsall missing players
Barrow missing players
| Walsall | Barrow | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 35 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 37 |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 26 | 41 |
| 84% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 65% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 59% | 59% |
| 35% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 35% | 35% |
| 13% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | 15% |
| 55% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 47% | 41% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | 29% |
| 29% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 35% | 35% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 12.5 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 10.9 | 11.3 |
| 3.2 | 4.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 36% | 33% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 31% | 32% |
| 10.6 | 10.2 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.4 | 9.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 71 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 60 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 58 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 56 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 54 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 54 |
| 7 | Salford City | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 53 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 52 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -2 | 50 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 48 |
| 11 | Barrow | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -4 | 48 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 47 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -7 | 46 |
| 14 | Walsall | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 43 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 42 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 38 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 38 |
| 18 | Newport County | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -5 | 37 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 33 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -13 | 31 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -26 | 28 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -19 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 52 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -25 | 22 |
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