Barrow vs Gloucester City Prediction
Full time 0-0
Saturday 17 October 2026, 15:00 FA CupFull time. The result is on the record.
1146 picks graded in public, misses included. The record
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The model's read
Barrow 60%
Draw 22%
Gloucester City 18%
The read
The deskThere isn't much recent form to lean on here. Barrow's only hard number in this pack is their league position, 24th, bottom of League Two, which is a poor domestic form marker for a side the market still makes a heavy favourite at 1.36. Gloucester City have no stats loaded at all, so nothing can be said about their recent run either way. The team news search turned up no dated, named injuries or suspensions for either club, and the manager picture is only solid on one side, Gloucester's Daf Williams per the club's own site, with Barrow's current boss unconfirmed from conflicting results. The angle is simple: this looks like a level mismatch rather than a form mismatch, Barrow's own table position argues against them while the gap in competition standing argues for them, and those two things cancel out into a shorter price than the underlying picture fully supports. The call stays with the model's board pick, Barrow to win, held rather than upgraded, because nothing found this week adds to the case and the pack itself doesn't carry the venue-form or head-to-head detail to push it further.
The model says
Always freeEvery call is logged before kick-off and graded in public. The whole record is on the track record, misses included.
The research
ProMatch odds have Barrow at 1.36, Betway's head-to-head special prices the same outcome 74% implied at 1.38, and our own model's board sits highest on this outcome at 58% (@1.40). Gloucester carry no stats at all in this pack.
Casumo price Under 3.5 at 1.45, 69% implied. The pack carries no goals numbers for either side, Gloucester has no stats loaded and Barrow's are limited to a 24th-place league position.
Model gives Gloucester 19% (@5.28) against a 5.50 market price. Barrow's own 24th-place position is the only crack showing in this game, but nothing in the pack or our search names a reason specific to Gloucester.
Price when written, Thu 15 Oct, 15:59. Today's prices are in the tables below.
The desk's verdict on the model's call: hold. Nothing from the team news search moves this either way, no named absence changes the shape of the tie. The level gap backs Barrow and the model agrees, but the pack gives no venue-form or head-to-head detail to push the grade past MEDIUM.
“Barrow are big favourites on a mismatch, but their own table position, 24th, is the real caution here.”
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The model v the market
Always free| Best price | Implied | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow win | 1.42 | 70% | |
| Draw | 4.80 | 21% | |
| Gloucester City win | 7.50 | 13% | |
| Barrow or draw | 1.08 | 93% | |
| Gloucester City or draw | 2.60 | 38% | |
| Either side to win, no draw | 1.17 | 85% | |
| Over 2.5 goals | 1.60 | 62% | |
| Both teams to score | 1.78 | 56% |
Best price across the books we track, the same price as the list below, where the book is named.
Model numbers are published only on leagues where our graded record supports them. Here the market's prices stand alone.
Every priced market
12 marketsThe bookmakers' best prices on every market we track for this game, corners, cards and shots included. Prices are theirs, with their margin in; our own number appears only where the model has a graded record. Tap any to add it to your slip. The desk's grade on each is in the research above.
Since we first priced it
Always freeThe best price when we first priced this game, then the best price now. Drifting means the price got longer, shortening means shorter.
Recent form
Always freeBarrow
DWWWWW
Last 6, newest first: 5 won, 1 drawn, 0 lost. 12 scored, 4 conceded.
v Gloucester City
0-0
Drew
at Tamworth
2-1
Won
v Wealdstone
2-1
Won
v Scunthorpe
3-0
Won
at Southend
4-2
Won
v Aldershot Town
1-0
Won
Gloucester City
DWWWD
Last 5, newest first: 3 won, 2 drawn, 0 lost. 9 scored, 2 conceded.
at Barrow
0-0
Drew
at Mulbarton Wanderers
2-1
Won
at AFC Totton
2-0
Won
at Mangotsfield United
4-0
Won
v Mangotsfield United
1-1
Drew
Each side's last finished games in all competitions, their goals first. At home reads v, away reads at.
Barrow v Gloucester City: the numbers
Always freeBarrowGloucester City
24League position-
9-9-28League record, won-drawn-lost-
45-78Goals for and against0-0
36Points0
5-4-14Home record v away record-
0.98Scored a game1.80
1.70Conceded a game0.40
15%Clean sheets60%
37%Failed to score20%
57%Both teams scored40%
League record and goals from this season's table where the feed carries it; the rates are the share of each side's games in the data we hold.
Barrow v Gloucester City: head to head
Always freeA first meeting: Barrow and Gloucester City have not played each other in the record we hold.
Barrow vs Gloucester City: FAQs
Always freeBarrow vs Gloucester City prediction: what is the call?
The call on this game is Barrow to win at 1.42. Every call is logged before kick-off and graded in public, misses included.
What time does Barrow vs Gloucester City kick off?
Barrow vs Gloucester City kicks off on Saturday 17 October 2026 at 15:00 UK time (FA Cup).
What are the best odds for Barrow vs Gloucester City?
The best prices across the books we track: Barrow 1.42, the draw 4.80, Gloucester City 7.50. Prices move; the table on this page is the latest.
What form are Barrow and Gloucester City in?
Barrow have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 0 of their last 6 (D W W W W W, newest first), scoring 12 and conceding 4. Gloucester City have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 0 of their last 5 (D W W W D, newest first), scoring 9 and conceding 2.
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The singles we'd pick ourselves, with the research and the price behind each one
- The daily singles. Each one cleared three checks: the line landed in at least 9 of the two sides' last 12 games, a UK price of 1.35 or more, and our model's number clears what the price needs. Usually 0 to 5 a day, one unit each.
- The case for each, put together. The last 12 against what the price needs, who is missing, the head to head, and the best price at a UK bookmaker, in one place.
- The desk's card on every fixture it covers. Its verdict, every market graded, and the reason written down. And tomorrow's singles the night before.
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