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Barrow travel to take on Grimsby Town at Blundell Park on Saturday afternoon, with the intention of improving a poor record there. The have ended up losing on 12 of the 14 occasions the two teams have clashed.
The last time the two teams met at Grimsby Town was way back in the black-and-white days of December 1971, with Grimsby Town running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1971/1972 | Sat 18 Dec | Grimsby Town | 2 - 0 | Barrow | LGE2 |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 04 Sep | Barrow | 0 - 0 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 1970/1971 | Sat 20 Feb | Barrow | 0 - 1 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 1970/1971 | Tue 10 Nov | Grimsby Town | 3 - 1 | Barrow | LGE2 |
| 1967/1968 | Sat 02 Mar | Barrow | 2 - 0 | Grimsby Town | LGE1 |
| 1967/1968 | Sat 14 Oct | Grimsby Town | 0 - 1 | Barrow | LGE1 |
| 1965/1966 | Sat 13 Nov | Barrow | 1 - 2 | Grimsby Town | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Grimsby Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Barrow is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Bluebirds have conceded 15 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Grimsby Town's 28 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Barrow find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 21 points from their 19 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Grimsby Town | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Barrow | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Mighty Mariners, as the Bluebirds have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Grimsby Town | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Barrow | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 11 away matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |