Woking vs Barrow Prediction

Contrasting recent form

Barrow's record across their last 20 matches shows 11 wins against just 4 defeats, with goals coming at both ends but more often in their favour. Results have been a bit choppier in October, with defeats at Halifax and Tamworth either side of a home win over Wealdstone, but the overall pattern has been solid.

Woking: 20 completed matches; Barrow: 20 completed matches.

Woking

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

30

Difference

+3

Barrow

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

19

Difference

+12

Woking's picture is tougher reading. Their last 20 matches have brought just 6 wins to 9 defeats, and the league run in particular has been poor: they've lost five league matches in a row heading into this one, shipping goals in every single one of them.

Barrow arrive with the more settled recent record, while Woking are trying to halt a run of league defeats.

Comparative Team Statistics: Woking vs Barrow

A head-to-head with some age on it

The nine previous meetings between these two stretch back to 2012, with the most recent coming in 2019 when Woking won 3-2 at home. Results have gone both ways over the years, with home advantage not proving especially reliable in either direction.

Given how long it's been since they last met, and how much both squads will have changed since, this history tells us little about how the sides compare right now.

Where they sit in the table

With 13 games played apiece, Barrow sit eighth on 21 points and Woking are down in 15th on 15. That's a six point gap built on a healthier goal difference too, Barrow having scored 22 and conceded 16 compared to Woking's even 20-20 split.

It's worth remembering this snapshot is from late October, over a month before kickoff, so there's time for both tables to shift before these two actually meet.

How this one could play out

On the balance of recent form and league position, Barrow look the more rounded side at the moment, while Woking's five-match league losing run is the standout concern on their side of this preview.

That said, a month is a long time in a season at this level. Woking's recent matches have leaked goals fairly freely, and if that continues it could open the game up, but their home form specifically isn't detailed here, only their overall run.