Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Barrow: result and report
League Two · Saturday 5 August 2023
Result
Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Barrow
League Two · Saturday 5 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Barrow: match report
Tranmere Rovers were beaten by Barrow 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 5 August 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Niall Canavan opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goal came from Josh Hawkes (63', penalty). Barrow scored through Niall Canavan (19') and Kian Spence (70').
Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Barrow received 2 yellow cards.
Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Barrow 8th with 69.
Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Barrow in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kian Spence of Barrow (8.5), ahead of Niall Canavan (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tranmere Rovers wins, 0 draws and 0 for Barrow.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Niall Canavan
- 35'Yellow card · Lee O'Connor
- 37'Yellow card · Dean Campbell
- 51'Yellow card · George Ray
- 63'Penalty goal · Josh Hawkes
- 70'Goal · Kian Spence
- 90+6'Yellow card · Regan Hendry
Head-to-head
Team news
Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Luke McGee, Lee O'Connor, Tom Davies, Jordan Turnbull, Jake Leake, Paul Lewis, Brad Walker, Regan Hendry, Harvey Saunders, Connor Jennings, Josh Hawkes
Barrow line-up (3-5-2)
Paul Farman, Rory Feely, George Ray, Niall Canavan, David Worrall, Kian Spence, Tom White, Dean Campbell, Elliot Newby, Gerard Garner, Emile Acquah