FM Preview: Mansfield Town v Barrow 17 Mar 2012

Last updated : 16 March 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Mansfield Town v Barrow fixture

Barrow face a trip to Mansfield Town at Field Mill on Saturday afternoon, 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 at Field Mill was less than a year ago, in April 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 17 Sep Barrow 2 - 3 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Tue 12 Apr Mansfield Town 1-1 Barrow (Conference) Premier
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

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Mansfield Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Stags, with 7 goals against.

Barrow have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Bluebirds have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Mansfield Town's total of 65 points from their 37 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier.

Barrow's 55 points from 38 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Mansfield Town 6 5 1 0 13 6 16
Barrow 6 2 1 3 4 6 7

For a detailed analysis of current team form guides in this or any division, click here

FootyMad's prediction ...

Bluebirds are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Mansfield Town. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Mansfield Town Unbeaten in the last 9 home games.
Unbeaten run of 6 matches.
Barrow Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 3 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here