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Barrow travel to take on York City at Bootham Crecent on Monday 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 York City was way back in the black-and-white days of October 1970, as the Minstermen edged out their past their rivals by a score of 4 - 3 in a Fourth Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1970/1971 | Sat 09 Jan | Barrow | 0 - 2 | York City | LGE2 |
| 1970/1971 | Mon 12 Oct | York City | 4 - 3 | Barrow | LGE2 |
| 1966/1967 | Mon 14 Nov | York City | 1 - 2 | Barrow | LGE2 |
| 1966/1967 | Mon 17 Oct | Barrow | 1 - 1 | York City | LGE2 |
| 1964/1965 | Mon 14 Sep | York City | 2 - 0 | Barrow | LGE2 |
| 1964/1965 | Mon 07 Sep | Barrow | 0 - 2 | York City | LGE2 |
| 1963/1964 | Mon 30 Sep | Barrow | 1 - 2 | York City | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
York City have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Barrow however, is much more impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. Those games have seen the Bluebirds pummel 15 goals, and let in 5.
York City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 8 points from their 4 games so far. Barrow are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 9 points from 4 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| York City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| Barrow | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Barrow are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to York City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| York City | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Barrow | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |