The football year has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, both rise and fall giving mid-table places so far. Let's get ready for Walsall - Barrow!
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barrow have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in League Two
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Walsall form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Walsall have to build on here at The Banks's Stadium in the League Two.
It's back home for Walsall, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Oldham Athletic away with the result 3-1. Jack Earing, George Miller and Emmanuel Osadebe found the net in that victory. Midfield player Jack Earing got a match rating of 7.71 in that game, the max score being 10. Earing scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
0-0 away at Leyton Orient before that.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 twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost five.
Walsall have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Banks's Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Walsall have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Barrow form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Barrow's last game was the home draw against Scunthorpe United (1-1). Midfield player Robbie Gotts was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Gotts scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 69 successful passes (of 73 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Port Vale wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Barrow in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Barrow, two draws and six defeats.
Barrow have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Barrow in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Walsall wins - draws - Barrow wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 5 goals |   O. Banks 5 goals | K. Phillips 3 goals |
Walsall missing players
Barrow missing players
| Walsall | Barrow | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 69% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 11.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.8 | 12.7 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 44% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 35% |
- Barrow have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Barrow have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in League Two
- Barrow have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Walsall have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Walsall 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 11 | Barrow | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Newport County | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Salford City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 16 | Walsall | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 11 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 8 |
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