League Two: Barrow vs Harrogate Town – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League Two round 25 match between Barrow and Harrogate Town and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Harrogate Town are favoured by the bookmakers to claim a win against Barrow, despite their unconvincing form. It will be interesting to see, how far outsiders Barrow can push the form at SO Legal Stadiumthis coming Saturday.

Ranked as number 15 in the League Two standings, Barrow, have so far collected 28 points this season, while Harrogate Town collected 22 points. This puts them up as number 22 after 24 rounds.

Team form: Barrow vs Harrogate Town

Barrow Form

It could have been better, it could have been worse for Barrow, who have two draws to show from their last three matches. They came up short in a 3-0 defeat against Salford City, followed by a 1-1 draw against Tranmere. They recorded yet another one in the latest round after a 2-2 match with Bradford. Barrow just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six League Two matches at the SO Legal Stadium. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded eight goals.

Harrogate Town Form

Harrogate Town were only able to take a single draw from their past three games. They came up short in a 2-1 defeat against Grimsby before drawing 1-1 with Fleetwood. They were defeated once again, when Salford City ran out 0-2 winners. Harrogate Town only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the League Two. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by nine goals to five.

Betting stats for Barrow and Harrogate Town

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Barrow and Harrogate Town played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Barrow vs Harrogate Town

Emile Acquah is showing good form for Barrow, scoring two goals in their last six matches. Stephen Duke-McKenna scored once in his previous half dozen outings.

Betting markets: Barrow vs Harrogate Town

Full-time result

Barrow claimed four wins, drew three and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Harrogate Town won one, drew three and lost six of their last 10 games away. Astonishingly, Harrogate Town failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 13 matches. Barrow have not lost to Harrogate Town in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Barrow scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Curiously, Harrogate Town only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. Harrogate Town should feel cheery over the chances of getting at least one goal in on Saturday, as Barrow only managed two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. Harrogate Town claimed one clean sheets in their last 10 games.

Total goals

Barrow saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Harrogate Town played across all tournaments. They scored 0.8 times on average in the process.