Barton Rovers vs Dunstable Town: Match guide and preview

Competition: England Non League Div One: Southern Central
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sharpenhoe Road (4000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Barton Rovers are in the 13th position while the guests worry at 17th.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Barton Rovers form and stats

The struggle is real here at Sharpenhoe Road with only 16 points collected from 16 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 4-4-8. Barton Rovers has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.

The fans are hoping that Barton Rovers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Non League Div One: Southern Central game against Peterborough Sports (placed 2nd). Preceding that match was the home game against Thame that was lost 2-4.

Barton Rovers has scored 20 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Barton Rovers have conceded 35 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Dunstable Town form and stats

As the visiting team Dunstable Town have produced an overall stat of 5-2-9 so far. With the Dunstable Town losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Dunstable Town manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Dunstable Town failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Kidlington (placed 19th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Prior to that match, the Dunstable Town manager faced defeat in their match when travelling to Aylesbury and losing 2-3.

Dunstable Town have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, 16 away games. Dunstable Town have conceded 34 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Barton Rovers and Dunstable Town have met before this season: Dunstable Town - Barton Rovers 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Barton Rovers won 3 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Dunstable Town has 2 wins.

Barton Rovers missing players

Dunstable Town missing players

Barton Rovers Dunstable Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 16 Played 16 32
94% 94% Over 0.5 94% 97%
75% 88% Over 1.5 81% 84%
53% 62% Over 2.5 75% 75%
34% 38% Over 3.5 50% 50%
16% 25% Over 4.5 44% 38%
50% 62% Both teams to score 56% 59%
22% 12% Clean Sheet 12% 9%
34% 31% Failed To Score 38% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bromsgrove Sporting 31 22 5 4 95 37 15 14 1 0 58 11 16 8 4 4 37 26 58 71
2 Peterborough Sports 29 22 4 3 83 22 15 12 2 1 46 7 14 10 2 2 37 15 61 70
3 Corby Town 31 20 5 6 93 47 16 13 0 3 50 21 15 7 5 3 43 26 46 65
4 Didcot Town 31 16 6 9 63 48 16 10 4 2 34 21 15 6 2 7 29 27 15 54
5 Thame 30 15 4 11 51 50 14 8 2 4 25 19 16 7 2 7 26 31 1 49
6 Sutton Coldfield Town 31 13 9 9 51 41 16 6 6 4 30 27 15 7 3 5 21 14 10 48
7 Bedford Town 30 15 2 13 60 41 15 9 2 4 27 14 15 6 0 9 33 27 19 47
8 Coleshill Town 31 13 8 10 49 44 16 6 4 6 23 21 15 7 4 4 26 23 5 47
9 Berkhamsted 30 13 7 10 48 39 15 6 3 6 21 16 15 7 4 4 27 23 9 46
10 AFC Dunstable 31 13 6 12 49 55 16 5 5 6 30 31 15 8 1 6 19 24 -6 45
11 Cambridge City 31 10 8 13 49 48 15 5 4 6 29 25 16 5 4 7 20 23 1 38
12 Aylesbury United 31 11 5 15 52 67 15 6 1 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 27 37 -15 38
13 Barton Rovers 31 10 8 13 37 52 16 4 4 8 20 35 15 6 4 5 17 17 -15 38
14 AFC Kempston Rovers 31 9 7 15 45 64 15 2 5 8 22 35 16 7 2 7 23 29 -19 34
15 Welwyn Garden City 30 8 9 13 37 47 15 6 3 6 19 20 15 2 6 7 18 27 -10 33
16 Yaxley FC 31 9 4 18 56 83 15 7 0 8 35 41 16 2 4 10 21 42 -27 31
17 Dunstable Town 31 8 6 17 45 72 15 3 4 8 22 38 16 5 2 9 23 34 -27 30
18 Aylesbury 31 7 7 17 38 63 16 4 4 8 15 26 15 3 3 9 23 37 -25 28
19 Kidlington 31 8 4 19 35 72 16 4 3 9 18 33 15 4 1 10 17 39 -37 28
20 North Leigh 31 6 4 21 50 94 15 5 2 8 28 38 16 1 2 13 22 56 -44 22

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