BARROW-IN-FURNESS. Tranmere Rovers and Barrow draw 1-1. J. Hawkes scored the first goal (16′) for Tranmere Rovers. O. Banks made it even (59′) with a penalty.

The match was played at the The Dunes Hotel Stadium stadium in Barrow-in-Furness on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Oliver Langford who was helped by Philip Dermott and Jonathan Hunt. The 4th official was Scott Oldham. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Barrow had a strong ball possession 55% while Tranmere Rovers was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Barrow was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Barrow to win the match​.

Barrow shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Tranmere Rovers shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Barrow received 3 yellow cards (O. Banks, C. Brown and A. Driscoll-Glennon). On the opposite side, Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card (J. Cogley).

Standings

After this encounter, Barrow will have 30 points like Rochdale and Colchester United to remain in the 19th place. On the other side, Tranmere Rovers will have 52 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Barrow will play away with Hartlepool United on the 8th of February with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Hartlepool United (2 draws).

Tranmere Rovers will host Swindon Town on the 8th of February with a 11-4 head to head stats in favor of Swindon Town (2 draws).

Barrow – Formation

Barrow started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Mark Cooper decided to play with the following team: Paul Farman (6.6), Connor Brown (7.0), Tom Beadling (7.3), Patrick Brough (7.1), Remeao Hutton (6.2), Ollie Banks (7.1), Jason Taylor (6.7), Anthony Driscoll-Glennon (7.1), John Rooney (6.2), Aaron Amadi Holloway (5.6) and Luke James (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Niall Canavan (6.8), W. Harris, J. Jones, G. Williams, T. White and J. Wakeling.

Barrow could not rely on the presence of N. Canavan (injured).

Substitutions

Barrow made 2 changes: T. Beadling for N. Canavan (73′) and L. James for W. Harris (90′).

Best player: Tom Beadling​

The player that probably impressed the most for Barrow was Tom Beadling.

His rating is (7.3) with 38 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Tranmere Rovers – Formation

Tranmere Rovers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Micky Mellon played with: Ross Doohan (6.5), Josh Dacres-Cogley (6.1), Nathaniel Knight-Percival (6.4), Peter Clarke (6.3), Calum MacDonald (7.0), Kieron Morris (7.3), Sam Foley (6.8), Lee O’Connor (7.4), Josh Hawkes (7.3), Paul Glatzel (6.7) and Kane Hemmings (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: E. Nevitt, C. Jolley, C. McManaman, T. Davies, J. Murphy, C. Merrie and L. Warrington.

Substitutions

Tranmere Rovers made only 1 change substituting P. Glatzel for E. Nevitt (90′)​.

Best player: Lee O’Connor​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tranmere Rovers was Lee O’Connor.

His rating is (7.4) with 26 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Barrow – Tranmere Rovers – 1-1
• Crawley Town – Stevenage – 2-2
• Forest Green Rovers – Newport County – 2-0
• Harrogate Town – Bradford City – 2-0
• Leyton Orient – Colchester United – 0-1
• Scunthorpe United – Oldham Athletic – 0-1
• Sutton United – Bristol Rovers – 1-1
• Swindon Town – Exeter City – 1-2
• Walsall – Northampton Town – 0-1