Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Fleetwood Town 15th with 61 points, Barrow 24th with 36, 25 apart. Barrow had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 20th in the league over the last five rounds against 24th overall. Per game in the league, Fleetwood Town were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.26, Barrow 0.98 and 1.7, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
5 meetings are on record — 2 won by Fleetwood Town, 1 by Barrow, 2 drawn, at 1.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Only 20% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at Highbury Stadium (capacity 5,327). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Barrow led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
Fleetwood Town: Detlef Esapa Osong (64'), Crispin McLean (89'), Wyll Stanway (90' og) · Barrow: Josh Gordon (12'), Niall Canavan (34')
Key stats
Possession: Fleetwood Town 63% · Barrow 37% · Total shots: 11-5 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 4-3