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Barrow come up against visiting side Bradford City at The SO Legal Stadium in the League Two tie on Tuesday.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Barrow v Bradford City are shown on this page - along with the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Barrow
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Barrow will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 4-2 League Two loss in their previous game against Doncaster Rovers.
For Barrow, the goals were scored by Emile Acquah (35') and Rory Feely (45'). Joe Ironside (58', 99'), Hakeeb Adelakun (84') and Harrison Biggins (88') scored for Doncaster Rovers.
It has been seldom in recent times that Barrow have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Barrow have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 13 goals on the way. That pattern isnโt assured to be continued into this next game, though.
Heading into this fixture, Barrow haven't lost in the league to Bradford City in their previous 3 matches.
Bradford City
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Bradford City will go into the game following a 2-3 League Two win against Walsall in their most recent match.
For Bradford City, the goals were scored by Andy Cook (19') and Jamie Walker (40', 53'). Ryan Stirk (7') and Modou Faal (16') scored for Walsall.
Graham Alexander's Bradford City have slotted home a total of 9 times throughout their most recent six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same matches comes to 7.
Heading into this contest, Bradford City haven't been defeated in their previous 3 away league matches.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 30/01/2021 tells us that Barrow have won 3 of them & Bradford City 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
17 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for The Bluebirds and 8 for The Bantams. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.
The last league meeting between these sides was League Two match day 17 on 11/11/2023 when it finished Bradford City 1-2 Barrow.
The referee was David Webb.
๐ Team News: Barrow
The Barrow boss Pete Wild will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash thanks to a completely healthy group available to select from.
โน๏ธ Team News: Bradford City
Due to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Bradford City boss Graham Alexander does not have any fitness worries at all coming into this match.
โก Prediction
We feel that Bradford City and Barrow should both be able to score here although itโs hard to pick a clear winner.
Itโs looking like it could well end up as a draw. Weโre therefore anticipating a 1-1 draw at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 18:01 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 Star Player: Ben Whitfield
Generally playing in the Right Wing position, Ben Whitfield was born in Bingley, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Kidderminster Harriers in the 2015 - 2016 season, the accomplished Forward has got 8 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in 33 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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45 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 49 | 92 | WWWWW |
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45 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 85 | LWWWW |
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45 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 85 | LWWWW |
4 |
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45 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 77 | WDWLW |
5 |
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45 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 70 | LDWLL |
6 |
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44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 68 | LLLDL |
7 |
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45 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 67 | WLLDD |
8 |
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44 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 67 | WWWWW |
9 |
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45 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 65 | WLLWL |
10 |
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44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 63 | WDWWW |
11 |
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45 | 18 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 63 | DLLWL |
12 |
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45 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 62 | DLWLL |
13 |
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45 | 17 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 62 | WLWDL |
14 |
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45 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 61 | DWWLW |
15 |
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45 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 57 | LDLWW |
16 |
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45 | 17 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 57 | WLLLL |
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45 | 16 | 7 | 22 | -11 | 55 | LLLLL |
18 |
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45 | 15 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 54 | DWLLL |
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45 | 14 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 53 | LWWLL |
20 |
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45 | 13 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 50 | LLLLW |
21 |
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45 | 11 | 16 | 18 | -15 | 49 | WLWLW |
22 |
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44 | 11 | 11 | 22 | -18 | 44 | LLWWL |
23 |
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45 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -25 | 41 | WWLDD |
24 |
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45 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -35 | 39 | WLLLW |
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Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 42 |
Time first goal conceded | 24 |
Yellow cards | 2.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Emile Acquah | 8 |
Kian Spence | 8 |
Ben Whitfield | 8 |
Cole Stockton | 7 |
Dean Campbell | 4 |
Andy Cook | 16 |
Jamie Walker | 7 |
Tyler Smith | 5 |
Brad Halliday | 4 |
Calum Kavanagh | 4 |
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