Here are all the pre-match stats ahead of a busy weekend in Sky Bet League Two:
Barrow v Carlisle United
- Barrow are winless in their last 13 Football League meetings with Carlisle (D4 L9), since a 5-1 home win in April 1960.
- Carlisle have won their last four Football League games against Barrow – the last opponent they won more consecutively against was Bury (6 between 2003 and 2012).
- Barrow have lost six of their last nine league games (W3), including the last two in a row. They last lost three consecutively in April 2024.
- Carlisle are winless in their last six league games (D2 L4), failing to score in any of their last three. They last went four without a goal in March/April 2023.
Salford City v Bradford City
- Salford City have failed to win any of their last six league games against Bradford City (D2 L4), having won four in a row against them before this.
- After losing their first three away league games in the EFL to Salford City without scoring, Bradford City have since won on each of their last two visits to the Peninsula Stadium.
- Salford City have lost each of their last two league games and will be looking to avoid losing three in succession for the first time since April 2024 (a run of four).
- Bradford City are unbeaten across their last seven league games against sides from Greater Manchester (W2 D5), with both wins in that time coming away from home (2-1 vs Salford in April 2024, 3-0 vs Rochdale in April 2023).
Tranmere Rovers v Port Vale
- Tranmere Rovers are unbeaten across their last seven league games against Port Vale (W4 D3), since a 3-2 defeat in March 2014.
- Port Vale have won just two of their last 13 away league games against Tranmere Rovers (D2 L9), scoring multiple goals in just one of those matches.
- Tranmere have failed to win any of their last seven league games played on a Saturday (D2 L5), last enduring a longer run between April and September 2023 (eight games).
- Port Vale have won just one of their last seven away league games (D4 L2), keeping just one clean sheet across that time.
AFC Wimbledon v Bromley
- AFC Wimbledon have lost just one of their last 10 home league games against newly-promoted opposition (W5 D4), a 1-0 defeat to Cambridge United in March 2022.
- Bromley will be looking to complete the league double over AFC Wimbledon after winning the reverse fixture 2-0 in August. So far this season, the Ravens have only beaten both Gillingham and Harrogate Town in both league meetings.
- AFC Wimbledon are unbeaten in their last 12 league games (W6 D6 – their longest ever run in the EFL), while they’ve also won each of their last five at home without conceding.
- Bromley have won just one of their last five away league games (D2 L2), though that sole victory did come in their last outing on the road during a 1-0 victory over MK Dons.
Cheltenham Town v Grimsby Town 1 March 2025
- Cheltenham Town have failed to win any of their last five Football League games against Grimsby Town (D2 L3), since a 2-1 win in December 2018.
- Following a 3-2 win in the reverse fixture, Grimsby are looking to complete a Football League double over Cheltenham Town for the first time since 2005-06.
- Cheltenham have won five of their last six league games played on a Saturday (L1), scoring 2+ goals in four of those wins.
- Grimsby have won each of their last four league games, last winning more consecutively in the Football League in March 1990 (7).
Chesterfield v Crewe Alexandra
- Chesterfield won the reverse fixture against Crewe Alexandra 5-0 back in August – they last did the league double against them in 2015-16, while they last did so without conceding in 1993-94.
- Crewe Alexandra won their last away Football League game against Chesterfield 2-0 in December 2017 and will be looking to win successive away matches against the Spireites for the first time in club history.
- Chesterfield have lost just two of their 15 home league games this season (W6 D7), failing to score in just one of those games.
- Crewe have won just one of their last seven league games (D3 L3), though that sole victory came last time out with a 3-0 victory over Barrow.
Doncaster Rovers v Newport County
- Doncaster Rovers have lost each of their last four league games against Newport County, conceding 3+ goals in three of those matches.
- Newport County have lost just two of their last 11 away Football League games against Doncaster Rovers (W5 D4), keeping five clean sheets in the process.
- Doncaster lost their last home league game 2-1 against Grimsby Town and will be looking to avoid losing successive matches on home soil for the first time since January 2024.
- Newport have lost just one of their last seven league games (W4 D2), keeping four clean sheets during that time.
Fleetwood Town v Notts County
- This will be just the fourth Football League meeting between Fleetwood Town and Notts County, with the Cod Army so far remaining unbeaten (W2 D1).
- Notts county are unbeaten across their last 11 Football League games against sides from Lancashire (W5 D6), since a 1-0 lost to Accrington Stanley in April 2018.
- Fleetwood have kept clean sheets in each of their last three home league games and could manage that feat in four consecutive matches within the same season for the first time since December 2018.
- Notts County have won nine of their last 13 league games (D2 L2), scoring 1.9 goals per match during that time.
Gillingham v Morecambe
- Gillingham have lost just one of their prior 13 Football League games against Morecambe (W8 D4), winning each of their last three in succession.
- Morecambe have failed to win any of their six away Football League games against Gillingham (D1, L5), only ever facing Plymouth Argyle more times away from home in the Football League without victory (9).
- Gillingham have won just one of their last six league games played in March (D3 L2), though that sole victory was a 3-2 success over Morecambe last season.
- Morecambe have lost each of their last five away league games, scoring just one goal in the process. The Lancashire side last endured a longer losing run on the road between November 2022 and February 2023 (seven defeats).
Harrogate Town v Accrington Stanley
- Harrogate Town have won one, drawn one and lost one of their three prior Football League games against Accrington Stanley, netting a different number of goals in each of those matches.
- Accrington Stanley are winless across their last 10 away league games against sides from Yorkshire (D1 L9), losing each of their last seven matches by a combined 18-3 scoreline.
- Harrogate have won just one of their last seven league games (D2 L4), though that sole victory did come in their last home match as they beat Swindon 1-0.
- Accrington Stanley have won just six of their last 32 Football League games in March (D3 L23), with just one of those victories coming away from home.
Milton Keynes Dons v Colchester United
- MK Dons have lost three of their last five league games against Colchester United (W2), as many defeats as across their prior 18 meetings with the U’s combined (W11 D4).
- After winning the reverse fixture in August 2-0, Colchester United will be looking to record just a second-ever Football League double over MK Dons after the 2018-19 season.
- MK Dons have failed to win any of their last five league games (D1 L4), last enduring a longer run between September and October 2023 (nine games).
- Colchester have lost just two of their last 19 league games (W7 D10) and are unbeaten across their last five away from home(W2 D3).
Walsall v Swindon Town
- Walsall have won each of their last two league games against Swindon Town and will be looking to win three in succession for the first time since September 2005 (five wins).
- Swindon Town have lost just two of their last 10 away league games against Walsall (W4 D4), though lost this exact fixture 2-1 last season.
- Walsall are unbeaten across their last 12 home league games (W8 D4), last enjoying a longer run on home soil between November 2011 and August 2013 (16 games).
- Swindon have lost just one of their last eight league games (W5 D2), scoring exactly two goals per game on average across that time.