Mansfield Town will visit The SO Legal Stadium on Saturday for the League Two clash with home team Barrow.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Barrow v Mansfield Town match are shown here - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Barrow
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Barrow will be hoping for a better result after a 4-2 League Two loss in their previous game against Doncaster Rovers.
For Barrow, the scorers were Emile Acquah (35') and Rory Feely (45'). Joe Ironside (58', 99'), Hakeeb Adelakun (84') and Harrison Biggins (88') scored for Doncaster Rovers.
Fixtures featuring Barrow have proved to be absorbing affairs lately with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 7 of them belonging to Barrow. Letโs see if that trend will be continued on in this game.
Coming into this meeting, Barrow have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.
Mansfield Town
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Mansfield Town go into this meeting following a 2-1 League Two win to defeat Gillingham in their most recent outing.
For Mansfield Town, the goals were scored by Davis Keillor-Dunn (77') and Stephen McLaughlin (80'). Timothรฉe Dieng (19') was the scorer for Gillingham.
The stats tell the story, and Mansfield Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. In defence, Mansfield Town have been far from perfect.
Ahead of this meeting, Mansfield Town remain unbeaten by Barrow when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 06/03/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with Barrow winning 3 of those games, Mansfield Town 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.
An aggregate of 14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for The Bluebirds and 7 being from The Stags. The average goals per game has been 2.33.
The previous league game featuring the two was League Two match day 9 on 23/09/2023 when it finished Mansfield Town 1-0 Barrow.
The match was refereed by Marc Edwards.
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Team News: Barrow
The Barrow boss Pete Wild has no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game with a fully healthy squad available for selection.
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Team News: Mansfield Town
Thanks to a largely available group, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Mansfield Town manager Nigel Clough to contend with. Alfie Kilgour (Achilles tendon rupture) wonโt be in action.
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Prediction
In our view, Mansfield Town and Barrow could both well score here although itโs hard to see a clear-cut winner.
Letโs see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. Therefore, we predict a close game with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
20:48 23/04/2024
๐๏ธ 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
๐ Key Player: Ben Whitfield
Mostly played in the Right Wing position, Ben Whitfield was born in Bingley, England. After making a first senior appearance for Kidderminster Harriers in the 2015 - 2016 season, the skilful Forward has struck 8 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 34 appearances.