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Barrow face a trip to Mansfield Town at Field Mill on Tuesday evening, 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 most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2009, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a (Conference) Premier match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 11 Apr | Mansfield Town | 2 - 2 | Barrow | CONF |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Mansfield Town are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Stags, with 4 goals against.
Barrow's away form is equally impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The Bluebirds have managed to tuck away 10 goals in this period, and concede just the 3.
Mansfield Town's total of 6 points from their 3 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier. Barrow see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 4 points from their 3 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 |
| Barrow | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Mansfield Town is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Mansfield Town | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Barrow | Undefeated in last 6 away games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |