FM Preview: Mansfield Town v Barrow 12 Apr 2011

Last updated : 11 April 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Mansfield Town v Barrow fixture

Barrow face a trip to Mansfield Town at Field Mill 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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in August 2009, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4-1 thriller, in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 19 Feb Barrow 2 - 2 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Tue 29 Sep Barrow 3 - 1 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Tue 18 Aug Mansfield Town 4-1 Barrow (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 11 Apr Mansfield Town 2 - 2 Barrow (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 23 Aug Barrow 2 - 1 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
1969/1970 Sat 13 Dec Mansfield Town 4 - 2 Barrow Third Division
1969/1970 Sat 13 Sep Barrow 0 - 1 Mansfield Town Third Division

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Recent respective form guides

Mansfield Town have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Stags in those games, with 9 conceded.

The Bluebirds have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Bluebirds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.

Mansfield Town see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 53 points from their 39 games played so far,

Barrow find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 46 points from their 41 matches.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Mansfield Town 6 2 1 3 8 13 7
Barrow 6 3 1 2 11 5 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Barrow on their travels as of late, but we can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Mansfield Town. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Mansfield Town Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Barrow Not won in previous 2 away matches.

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