Bristol Rovers vs Barnet Prediction & Betting Tips

Home comfort against away steadiness

Bristol Rovers have won their last three home league games, beating Newport, Colchester and Rotherham in that spell. Away from home it's been a different story, with defeats at York, Grimsby and Gillingham in their most recent trips.

Bristol Rovers: 20 completed matches; Barnet: 20 completed matches.

Bristol Rovers

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

26

Difference

+12

Barnet

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

10% 2 / 20

Scored

45

Conceded

27

Difference

+18

Barnet haven't lost in their last seven league matches in any competition, but their away form has leaned more towards draws than wins. They picked up a win at Shrewsbury, then followed it with draws at Exeter and Chesterfield before returning to winning ways at home.

Rovers' home strength and Barnet's steadier-than-spectacular away form make this a closer contest than the table alone suggests.

Comparative Team Statistics: Bristol Rovers vs Barnet

Recent meetings lean Barnet's way

The last two meetings between these sides both came last season, and Barnet won both. They beat Rovers 4-0 at home and won 2-0 away at Bristol Rovers' ground.

Older fixtures between the clubs go back over a decade and are mixed, but that history doesn't tell us much about either side's current form.

Where they sit in League Two

Barnet are top of the table with 15 points from seven games, unbeaten so far this season. Bristol Rovers sit sixth with 12 points, having won four and lost three in the same number of matches.

The gap in points isn't huge, and Rovers' home record shows they're capable of matching sides above them on their own patch.

Key attackers and discipline notes

Barnet's attack has been carried by C. Lakin, who has six goals in seven matches, and K. Tshimanga, who has added four goals and four assists in the same span. That's a lot of the goal threat concentrated in two players.

Bristol Rovers:

Best scorers:

F. Cavegn - 3

Penalty cards:

T. Leigh x 1 x 2

K. Balmer x 3

Barnet:

Best scorers:

C. Lakin - 6

K. Tshimanga - 4

Best assist providers:

K. Tshimanga - 4

C. Lakin - 2

Penalty cards:

N. Ofoborh x 1 x 1

O. Gallagher x 3

On discipline, both squads have picked up a similar number of yellow cards, and each side has had a player sent off this season, Barnet's N. Ofoborh and Rovers' T. Leigh. Neither red card tells us anything about who's available for this particular fixture.

Barnet's goal output is heavily reliant on two players, which could matter if either is quiet on the day.