FM Preview: Cambridge United v Barrow 13 Mar 2012

Last updated : 12 March 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Cambridge United v Barrow fixture

Barrow face a trip to Cambridge United at Trade Recruitment Stadium on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bluebirds will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 20.00% success rate in the fixture.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Trade Recruitment Stadium was just last season, in October 2010, with Cambridge United running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 08 Jan Barrow 1 - 2 Cambridge U. (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 16 Oct Cambridge U. 3 - 1 Barrow (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 06 Mar Barrow 0 - 1 Cambridge U. (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 08 Aug Cambridge U. 0 - 2 Barrow (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Tue 17 Mar Barrow 0 - 2 Cambridge U. (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 16 Aug Cambridge U. 2 - 1 Barrow (Conference) Premier
1971/1972 Sat 15 Apr Cambridge U. 1 - 0 Barrow Fourth Division

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Recent respective form guides

Cambridge United's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Barrow's away form is none too clever either, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Bluebirds have hit 7 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Cambridge United see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 52 points from their 34 games played so far,

Barrow's 55 points from 37 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Cambridge United 6 2 0 4 5 7 6
Barrow 6 3 1 2 7 5 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Nothing appears to be going right for the Bluebirds out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Cambridge United. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Cambridge United Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 15 .
Barrow 8 games since last away draw.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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