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Barrow travel to take on Mansfield Town at Field Mill on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bluebirds will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Mansfield Town was way back in the black-and-white days of December 1969, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 2 thriller, in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 23 Aug | Barrow | 2 - 1 | Mansfield Town | CONF |
| 1969/1970 | Sat 13 Dec | Mansfield Town | 4 - 2 | Barrow | LGE1 |
| 1969/1970 | Sat 13 Sep | Barrow | 0 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE1 |
| 1968/1969 | Sat 19 Apr | Mansfield Town | 4 - 2 | Barrow | LGE1 |
| 1968/1969 | Sat 14 Sep | Barrow | 3 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE1 |
| 1967/1968 | Sat 20 Jan | Barrow | 0 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE1 |
| 1967/1968 | Sat 16 Sep | Mansfield Town | 1 - 2 | Barrow | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Mansfield Town are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Stags have scored 8 and conceded 1 during this period.
In complete contrast to Mansfield Town, 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, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Mansfield Town see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 54 points from their 41 games played so far, Barrow find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 44 points from their 41 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Barrow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Stags, as the Bluebirds have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Mansfield Town | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Barrow | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |