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Barrow face a trip to Oxford United at The Kassam Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the Bluebirds.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2009, with Oxford Utd. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 03 Oct | Barrow | 1 - 1 | Oxford Utd. | CONF |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 14 Feb | Oxford Utd. | 3 - 0 | Barrow | CONF |
| 2008/2009 | Fri 08 Aug | Barrow | 3 - 0 | Oxford Utd. | CONF |
| 1967/1968 | Wed 03 Apr | Oxford Utd. | 3 - 1 | Barrow | LGE1 |
| 1967/1968 | Sat 09 Mar | Barrow | 3 - 0 | Oxford Utd. | LGE1 |
| 1964/1965 | Sat 19 Dec | Oxford Utd. | 7 - 0 | Barrow | LGE2 |
| 1964/1965 | Sat 29 Aug | Barrow | 1 - 1 | Oxford Utd. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Oxford United could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, U's have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 1.
In complete contrast to Oxford Utd., Barrow are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Bluebirds have hit 5 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Oxford Utd. are leading the way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, with their 19 games giving them a return of 43 points. Barrow find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 22 points from their 19 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Oxford Utd. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
| Barrow | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the U's, as the Bluebirds have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Oxford Utd. | Won 6 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Barrow | 8 games since last defeat. |