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Grimsby Town will be visiting The SO Legal Stadium on Friday for the League Two fixture with hosts Barrow.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Barrow v Grimsby Town match are shown here - along with the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
Barrow
LWWDDW
Barrow are hoping to win again following the 1-0 League Two victory against Newport County.
The only name on the scoresheet from Barrow was Cole Stockton (20').
Under three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Barrow have taken part. In terms of the goal weighting from this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 6 and Barrow totted up 9. That kind of pattern might not be carried forward into this next game, of course.
Their prior results show that Barrow:
- are winless against Grimsby Town in their last 2 matches in the league.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 4 home league matches.
Grimsby Town
WDDWDL
Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Wrexham in League Two action, Grimsby Town and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only player to score from Grimsby Town was Arthur Gnahoua (81'). Andy Cannon (5', 36') and Paul Mullin (41') scored for Wrexham.
In 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Grimsby Town, a notably low volume of goals have gone in between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell comes out as a meagre 1.67, with the average goals for The Mariners equalling 0.83.
Looking at their past form shows that Grimsby Town:
- are unbeaten in their previous 6 away league matches.
- are without a win away from home in their last 5 league matches.
↔️ Head to head
An examination of their prior head to head meetings going back to 10/11/2015 shows us that Barrow have won 1 of them and Grimsby Town 5, with the tally of draws standing at 0.
A combined total of 11 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them for The Bluebirds and 8 created by The Mariners. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.
The last league contest between these sides was League Two match day 11 on 03/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Grimsby Town 2-1 Barrow.
The referee was Thomas Kirk.
ℹ️ Team News: Barrow
The Barrow boss Pete Wild has no fitness concerns at all ahead of this game owing to a completely healthy group available for selection.
🗞️ Team News: Grimsby Town
In an otherwise available group of players, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the Grimsby Town manager David Artell to be concerned about. Callum Ainley (Cancer) won’t be playing here.
🔮 Prediction
We’re thinking that Grimsby Town should have enough to score against this Barrow team, but it is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.
Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Barrow at the end of the match. We’ll have to see what happens.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 14:08 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Barrow
Formed: 1901
Stadium: The SO Legal Stadium (5,400)
Captain: Niall Canavan
Chairman: Paul Hornby
Manager: Pete Wild
Competitions: League Two position 6
🔑 Key Player: Kian Spence
Generally played in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Kian Spence was born in England. Having played his first senior match for Halifax in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Midfielder has scored 7 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 37 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 73 | LWLWD |
2 |
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38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 71 | DWDDW |
3 |
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39 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 70 | WWDLW |
4 |
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40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 67 | WWLWL |
5 |
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39 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 65 | LLWLD |
6 |
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38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 64 | WWDDW |
7 |
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38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 59 | LWWDW |
8 |
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40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 59 | LDLDW |
9 |
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40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 58 | DWWLD |
10 |
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38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 56 | WWLDD |
11 |
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39 | 16 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 55 | LLWWL |
12 |
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39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 54 | WLLLL |
13 |
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39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 54 | DLDDW |
14 |
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39 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 51 | LLDWL |
15 |
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40 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 50 | WDWWL |
16 |
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39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 50 | LLWDL |
17 |
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39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 50 | WLLLL |
18 |
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38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 49 | LDWWW |
19 |
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40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 47 | LLDWW |
20 |
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39 | 11 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 44 | WDLLL |
21 |
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38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | -16 | 39 | DDWDL |
22 |
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37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -19 | 34 | DDLDD |
23 |
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40 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -26 | 33 | LDLWW |
24 |
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39 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -27 | 33 | LWWLL |
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Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 34 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 47 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Emile Acquah | 8 |
Kian Spence | 8 |
Ben Whitfield | 8 |
Cole Stockton | 7 |
Dean Campbell | 4 |
Danny Rose | 13 |
Abo Eisa | 9 |
Donovan Wilson | 7 |
Gavan Holohan | 4 |
Rekeil Pyke | 4 |
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