Barrow prepare to entertain Forest Green Rovers at Holker Street Stadium on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The majority of those games have been won by the Bluebirds.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Holker Street Stadium was less than a year ago, in September 2009, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a (Conference) Premier match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2009/2010 | Wed 31 Mar | Forest Green | 1 - 0 | Barrow | CONF |
2009/2010 | Sat 19 Sep | Barrow | 1-1 | Forest Green | CONF |
2008/2009 | Sun 28 Dec | Forest Green | 2 - 1 | Barrow | CONF |
2008/2009 | Sat 01 Nov | Barrow | 3 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
1998/1999 | Wed 14 Apr | Forest Green | 1 - 1 | Barrow | CONF |
1998/1999 | Sat 19 Dec | Barrow | 2 - 1 | Forest Green | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Barrow have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Bluebirds in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Forest Green is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Rovers have hit 6 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Barrow see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 10 points from their 8 games played so far, Forest Green find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 9 points from their 8 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Barrow | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
Forest Green | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Bluebirds's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Forest Green. Home Win
Sequence statistics: | |
Barrow | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
Forest Green | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |