Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Barrow (22nd, 44 pts) and Scunthorpe United (24th, 26 pts). Per game in the league, Scunthorpe United were scoring 0.63 and conceding 1.96, Barrow 0.96 and 1.24, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Scunthorpe United had gone 6 games without a win. Barrow were winless in 7.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Scunthorpe United, 1 draw and 2 for Barrow, at 1.75 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
Sands Venue Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 9,088. Barrow led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Barrow: John Rooney (44')
Key stats
Possession: Scunthorpe United 34% · Barrow 66% · Total shots: 8-18 · On target: 2-9 · Corners: 3-11