Match Preview: Gillingham v Barrow (Saturday, 3pm)

Barrow travel to Gillingham on Saturday in League Two.

The visitors come into the game on the back of a defeat in their last match, having lost to Swindon Town 2-0 at home.

The Gills also lost their last match, 1-0 against Bradford City.

With Paul Farman between the sticks, Barrow can rely on one of the league’s safest pair of hands. He has kept 14 clean sheets in his 39 appearances this season, and only two other ‘keepers – Stockport County‘s Ben Hinchiffe and AFC Wimbledon‘s Alex Bass – have been able to prevent the opposition scoring on more occasions in League Two.

In Gillingham’s net, Jake Turner has 11 clean sheets in 34 games. He has conceded a goal every 78 minutes, 10% more often than the 84 minutes between goals for Farman.

The Bluebirds are sixth in the table after 41 games, of which they have won 18 and drawn 13, earning 67 points.

The Gills are seven places behind the visitors in 13th, with 17 wins and nine draws putting them on 60 points.

The home team are in disappointing form in League Two, with one win and two draws from their last six games.

With two wins and two draws over that period, Barrow’s form is better – they have taken eight points from 18, compared to Gillingham’s five.

With 40 goals in 43 games so far this season, Gillingham are the league’s lowest scorers with 0.9 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 53 goals at a rate of 1.2 per game.

Barrow are also below average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have conceded 1.1 goals per game.

In the last three years, Gillingham and Barrow have played each other on three occasions. Barrow won two of them and they drew once.

Their last meeting was on March 5, when Barrow won 2-0 at home.

Saturday’s match will be refereed by Dean Whitestone, who has taken charge of two League Two games so far this season, issuing no red cards and booking 11 players. He has not awarded any penalties.

He is yet to oversee a match featuring either Gillingham or Barrow this season.

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Gillingham v Barrow
League Two | MEMS Priestfield Stadium
Saturday, 13 April 2024 @ 3.00pm

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