Not long now until the long-awaited National League Play-offs semi-final contest between Barnet and Solihull Moors on Saturday. With the big prize for the side that wins the tie being a place in the final of the competition, letโs hope for a great game.
Our tips, poll and stats for Barnet v Solihull Moors can all be found here - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Barnet
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Barnet, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 4-1 National League triumph against Kidderminster Harriers.
For Barnet, the scorers were Danny Collinge (33'), Nicke Kabamba (44'), Luke Freeman (48') and Idris Kanu (95'). Charlie Weston (60') scored for Kidderminster Harriers.
Barnet have been conceding pretty frequently recently, although they have also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Barnet have been punished defensively in 5 of them as well as scoring in 6 of those games. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.
Solihull Moors
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Solihull Moors will come into the meeting after a 4-2 National League Play-offs win vs Halifax in their previous match.
For Solihull Moors, the goals were scored by Tahvon Campbell (14'), Jack Stevens (19') and Jamey Osborne (87'). Tylor Golden (38' Own goal), Jack Evans (45') and Florent Hoti (74') scored for Halifax.
Andy Whing's Solihull Moors have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 11 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that same period adds up to 7.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 28/08/2021, there has been little between the sides with Barnet winning 1 of those games, Solihull Moors 1 and 4 being drawn in regulation time.
In all, 13 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 6 for The Bees and 7 being from The Moors. The average goals per game has been 2.17.
The previous league clash between the two was National League match day 42 on 29/03/2024 which ended up with the score at Solihull Moors 2-2 Barnet.
The referee was Stephen Parkinson.
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Team News: Barnet
The Barnet boss Dean Brennan will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all before this game thanks to a fully healthy group to pick from.
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Team News: Solihull Moors
Owing to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Solihull Moors boss Andy Whing has zero fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match. Richard Stearman cannot play in this game through suspension.
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Prediction
It looks to us that Barnet have it within them to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
However, Solihull Moors are also probably going to find it difficult to make a breakthrough but we do think that itโs more than likely that they will be being dangerous for periods.
We reckon that it will be a controlled 3-1 margin for Barnet at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
11:00 25/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Barnet
Formed: 1888
Stadium: The Hive Stadium (6,500)
Captain: Dale Gorman
Chairman: Tony Kleanthous
Manager: Dean Brennan
Competitions: National League position 2, National League Play-offs (Semi-Finals)
๐ Key Man: Nicke Kabamba
Regularly played in the Striker position, Nicke Kabamba was born in Brent, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Portsmouth in the 2016 - 2017 season, the dangerous Forward has scored a sum of 25 league goals in the National League 2023 - 2024 campaign so far coming from a total of 41 appearances.