Tamworth host Barrow in the National League. Both sides have had a mixed start to the campaign, with league position and goal difference telling slightly different stories.
Barrow arrive having dropped down from League Two over the summer, while Tamworth's recent results swing between big wins and leaky defeats. That contrast is worth digging into before deciding what to expect.
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Recent form tells two different stories
Tamworth's last 20 matches, spanning league, cup and friendly fixtures, show eight wins and eight defeats with 43 goals scored and 45 conceded. That's a lot of goals at both ends, suggesting games involving them rarely stay quiet.
Tamworth: 20 completed matches; Barrow: 20 completed matches.
Tamworth
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 39
- Conceded
- 49
- Difference
- -10
Barrow
- Win
- 40% 8 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 31
- Conceded
- 30
- Difference
- +1
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National League | Aldershot Town | Tamworth | 26.09.2026 | 5-1 |
| National League | Tamworth | Wealdstone | 19.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| National League | Southend | Tamworth | 15.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| National League | Harrogate Town | Tamworth | 12.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| National League Cup | Tamworth | Middlesbrough U21 | 09.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| National League | Tamworth | Boston United | 05.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| National League | Yeovil Town | Tamworth | 31.08.2026 | 3-2 |
| National League | Tamworth | Worthing | 28.08.2026 | 3-2 |
| National League | FC Halifax Town | Tamworth | 22.08.2026 | 4-1 |
| National League Cup | Tamworth | Newcastle United U21 | 18.08.2026 | 5-3 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National League | Southend | Barrow | 26.09.2026 | 2-4 |
| National League | Barrow | Aldershot Town | 19.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| National League | Solihull Moors | Barrow | 15.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| National League | Worthing | Barrow | 12.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| National League | Barrow | Sutton Utd | 05.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| National League | Kidderminster Harriers | Barrow | 31.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| National League | Barrow | Yeovil Town | 28.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| National League | Harrogate Town | Barrow | 22.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| National League | Barrow | AFC Hornchurch | 15.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| National League | Hartlepool | Barrow | 08.08.2026 | 2-0 |
Barrow's equivalent sample includes their final weeks in League Two before dropping into this division, plus pre-season friendlies and their National League start. Seven wins, four draws and nine losses, with 27 for and 29 against, points to a side still finding its level after relegation.
Neither team's recent sample is a clean run of league-only form, so treat the win-loss numbers as a broad guide rather than a precise read.
Comparative Team Statistics: Tamworth vs Barrow

Head-to-head history doesn't add much
The two clubs don't meet often, and most of the recorded meetings go back to 2011-2013, long before either current squad. The only recent fixture is a July 2025 friendly, which Barrow won 2-0 away, but pre-season results carry little weight.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies Clubs | Tamworth | Barrow | 19.07.2025 | 0-2 |
| National League | Barrow | Tamworth | 02.03.2013 | 2-0 |
| FA Cup | Barrow | Tamworth | 20.10.2012 | 2-0 |
| National League | Tamworth | Barrow | 08.09.2012 | 1-3 |
| National League | Tamworth | Barrow | 21.01.2012 | 2-3 |
| National League | Barrow | Tamworth | 13.08.2011 | 1-1 |
With so little current or competitive head-to-head evidence, this fixture is really about where each side stands right now rather than any pattern between them.
Both sides sit in the bottom half
Nine games into the National League season, Barrow are 17th with nine points, while Tamworth are down in 21st on eight. It's an early-season table, so there's plenty of room for it to shift.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Woking | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15/14 | 12 |
| 16 | Barrow | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15/14 | 12 |
| 17 | Wealdstone | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15/15 | 11 |
| 21 | Hartlepool | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8/15 | 9 |
| 22 | Tamworth | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17/28 | 8 |
| 23 | Solihull Moors | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9/26 | 4 |
The bigger gap is in goal difference. Barrow have conceded 12 and scored 11, roughly balanced, whereas Tamworth's 16 for and 23 against shows a defence that's been opened up more often.

What this points to
Put the form and table together and you get two teams capable of scoring but also prone to conceding, especially Tamworth at the moment. Barrow's away record isn't settled either, with wins, draws and losses all fairly frequent.
That combination usually makes for an open game rather than a cagey one, though nothing in the numbers marks either side out as a reliable banker.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. Hollis | England | 33 | Defender | 193 | 83 |
| M. Duku | Netherlands | 33 | Attacker | 188 | 74 |
| J. Ponticelli | England | 28 | Attacker | 180 | 70 |
| A. Bates | England | 25 | Midfielder | 170 | 64 |
| Tom Tonks | England | 35 | Midfielder | 175 | |
| J. Cullinane-Liburd | England | 31 | Defender | 190 | n/a |
| K. Digie | England | 29 | Defender | 191 | n/a |
| J. Singh | England | 36 | Goalkeeper | 188 | n/a |
| M. Curley | England | 31 | Defender | 175 | n/a |
| D. Creaney | England | 32 | Attacker | 188 | n/a |
| L. Fairlamb | England | 33 | Defender | 176 | n/a |
| B. Milnes | England | 35 | Midfielder | 176 | n/a |
| Stefan Mols | Spain | 27 | Midfielder | 178 | 75 |
| H. Sayer | England | 23 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| D. De Silva | Sri Lanka | 24 | Attacker | 176 | 67 |
| R. Maher | Republic of Ireland | 21 | Midfielder | 171 | 60 |
| Kwaku Poku Agyeman Donkor | England | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| B. Enoru | Cameroon | 24 | Midfielder | 173 | n/a |
| O. Lynch | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a | |
| Charles Price | n/a | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Walker | England | 29 | Attacker | 179 | 63 |
| B. Whitfield | England | 30 | Midfielder | 165 | 62 |
| D. Worrall | England | 36 | Midfielder | 183 | 71 |
| R. Booty | England | 28 | Midfielder | 180 | 70 |
| R. Harper | England | 26 | Midfielder | 180 | 70 |
| T. Barkhuizen | England | 33 | Attacker | 179 | 72 |
| C. Mahoney | England | 29 | Attacker | 175 | 67 |
| J. Earing | England | 27 | Midfielder | 182 | 80 |
| M. Williams | Wales | 30 | Defender | 187 | 77 |
| J. Gordon | England | 31 | Attacker | 178 | 70 |
| E. Newby | England | 30 | Midfielder | 177 | 73 |
| I. Cameron | Scotland | 26 | Attacker | 190 | 75 |
| B. Jackson | England | 25 | Midfielder | 178 | 70 |
| B. Winterbottom | England | 25 | Goalkeeper | 188 | n/a |
| S. Smith | Wales | 25 | Midfielder | 173 | n/a |
| Lewis Shipley | England | 22 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| K. Smith | Scotland | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Isaac Andrew Fletcher | England | 24 | Attacker | 194 | 87 |
| W. Stanway | England | 25 | Goalkeeper | 193 | n/a |
| M. Adu-Poku | England | 21 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
There's enough here to suggest an open, goal-involved match, but not enough to single out a confident angle without market information to check it against.
We'd rather sit this one out for now and revisit once there's a price to weigh the form and table context against.
