Match Preview: Barton Rovers v Welwyn Garden City (Saturday, 3pm)

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The visitors come into the game on the back of a win in their last match, having beaten 2-1 away.

Barton also won their last match, 2-1 against .

With 44 goals in 20 games so far this season, Welwyn Garden are scoring more than average in the league with 2.2 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 43 goals at a rate of 2.1 per game.

Barton, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.6 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.7. They have conceded 1.8 goals per game.

Rovers are 14th in the table after 22 games, of which they have won six and drawn eight, earning 26 points.

City are two places ahead of the home side in 12th, with nine wins and two draws putting them on 29 points.

In the last five years, Barton and Welwyn Garden have played each other on four occasions. Welwyn Garden won three of them and they drew once.

On average, Barton scored 1.0 goal and Welwyn Garden 2.2 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on February 4 2023, when Welwyn Garden won 1-0 away.

Barton are in mixed form in the Division One Central, with two wins and three draws from their last six games.

With three wins and three losses over that period, the visitors' form is similar – they have both taken nine points from 18.

Barton Rovers v Welwyn Garden City
Southern League Division One – Central | Sharpenhoe Road
Saturday, 17 February 2024 @ 3.00pm

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