FM Preview: Kettering Town v Barrow 21 Apr 2012

Last updated : 20 April 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Kettering Town v Barrow fixture

Barrow face a trip to Kettering Town at Rockingham Road on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 8 out of 12 times.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Rockingham Road was just last season, in February 2011, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 18 Feb Barrow 3 - 0 Kettering Tn. (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 09 Apr Barrow 5 - 0 Kettering Tn. (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 12 Feb Kettering Tn. 1-1 Barrow (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 13 Feb Barrow 0 - 2 Kettering Tn. (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 12 Dec Kettering Tn. 0 - 1 Barrow Trophy
2009/2010 Tue 22 Sep Kettering Tn. 2 - 1 Barrow (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Tue 07 Apr Kettering Tn. 0 - 0 Barrow (Conference) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Kettering Town's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While Poppies have scored 4, a worringly large 13 have been leaked at the other end.

The away form of Barrow is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Bluebirds have conceded 16 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.

Kettering Town are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 32 points from their 44 games thus far.

Barrow see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 56 points from their 44 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Kettering Town 6 1 0 5 4 16 3
Barrow 6 0 1 5 3 21 1

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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 Kettering Town. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Kettering Town Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Latest 5 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Barrow Lost each of the previous 5 away matches.
Not won in previous 5 away matches.
No win in the 9 most recent games.

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