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Barrow v Preston North End : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 12th Aug, 19:30 BST, Holker Street, Barrow-in-Furness

Home advantage is often beneficial in the League Cup, and Andrew Pierce’s Barrow will have the luxury of it on Tuesday evening. Paul Heckingbottom’s Preston North End are their opponents at the Holker Street. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Flipping the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our top tip on this fixture, meaning that the sides will score 2 goals or more between them during 90 mins. Both Barrow and Preston's recent form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record adds further weight to the argument. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.22.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 55% chance of Preston coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Barrow
22%
31/1010/3
Draw
23%
31/1014/5
Preston
55%
8/114/5
Draw 1-1
11%
7/16/1
Preston 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Preston 1-0
10%
7/16/1
Preston 2-0
9%
15/27/1
Preston 3-1
6%
12/110/1
Barrow 2-1
6%
12/111/1
Barrow 1-0
6%
12/110/1
Preston 3-0
6%
12/111/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/111/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/19/1
Preston 3-2
3%
22/116/1
Barrow 2-0
3%
22/116/1
Preston 4-1
3%
25/120/1
Preston 4-0
3%
25/120/1
Barrow 3-1
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
3/43/4
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
21/201/1
Home 1st Goal
43%
6/413/8
Away 1st Goal
54%
4/74/7
No 1st Goal
3%
12/19/1
BTTS - Yes
56%
3/48/11
BTTS - No
44%
1/11/1
BTTS - Home Win
12%
13/26/1
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/118/5
BTTS - Away Win
27%
5/212/5
Home/draw
45%
21/201/1
Away/draw
78%
2/91/5
Home/away
77%
2/91/4
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
2/91/4
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
3/127/10
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
7/49/5
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
2/52/5
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
9/24/1
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1/71/7
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
10/19/1
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/201/25
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/25
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/19/1
Home DNB
38%
9/421/10
Away DNB
71%
1/31/3
Barrow win to nil
11%
7/1-
Preston win to nil
28%
9/4-
Barrow / Barrow
11%
13/211/2
Barrow / Preston
4%
20/116/1
Barrow / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Barrow
9%
17/215/2
Draw / Preston
17%
15/47/2
Draw / Draw
14%
5/117/4
Preston / Barrow
3%
33/125/1
Preston / Preston
30%
13/817/10
Preston / Draw
6%
12/112/1
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Win / draw / win form
Barrow
20 games
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABarrow0 - 0Colchester
HBarrow3 - 3Bromley
HBarrow0 - 0Tranmere
ABarrow0 - 0Fleetwood
HBarrow2 - 0Walsall
ABarrow3 - 0MK Dons
HBarrow1 - 1Salford
HBarrow0 - 1Chesterfield
ABarrow1 - 0Port Vale
ABarrow2 - 2AFC Wim
ABarrow2 - 2Morecambe
HBarrow2 - 0Accrington
ABarrow2 - 1Notts C
HBarrow0 - 1Carlisle
ABarrow0 - 3Crewe
ABarrow2 - 3Cheltenham
HBarrow2 - 1MK Dons
HBarrow3 - 0Gillingham
ABarrow0 - 1Newport
HBarrow1 - 3Doncaster
Preston
20 games
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
8
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APreston2 - 2Bristol C
HPreston1 - 2Plymouth
APreston1 - 2Hull
HPreston1 - 2QPR
APreston1 - 2Leeds
HPreston2 - 2Cardiff
HPreston1 - 1Stoke
APreston0 - 2Derby
HPreston0 - 3A Villa
HPreston2 - 1Portsmouth
APreston1 - 1Sunderland
APreston0 - 1Sheff Utd
HPreston0 - 0Swansea
HPreston3 - 0Burnley
APreston1 - 2Coventry
HPreston1 - 1Millwall
HPreston0 - 0Burnley
APreston1 - 0Norwich
HPreston0 - 0Wycombe
APreston1 - 2Blackburn
Goal Statistics

Preston North End have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive League Cup outings. Their PG of 1.8 against Barrow on Tuesday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Barrow Preston
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Barrow will score no more than 1 goal
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Preston will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
1.3
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2025/2025 season
Barrow
PG (predicted goals)
Preston
1.1
1.8
Attack rating
7%
better
BRW
PNE
view stats
Games scored13
14
Failed to score7
6
Scored first9
9
Goals scored26
19
Avg. goals scored1.3
1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for15
12
Avg. XG for1.6
1.2
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
13%
better
BRW
PNE
view stats
Games conceded12
15
Clean sheets8
5
Conceded first8
8
Goals conceded22
26
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against15%
14%
Avg. XG against1
1.5
KickOff rating
+13%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Barrow v Preston will show here when available.

Barrow League Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
W Stanway GLK
-
K Cameron DEF
-
L. Duru DEF
-
B Jackson DEF
-
N Canavan DEF
-
S Smith MID
-
R Harper MID
-
J Earing MID
-
B Whitfield MID
-
E Newby MID
-
S Foley MID
-
M Williams MID
-
I Fletcher MID
-
I Cameron FWD
-
T Smith FWD
-
C. Popov FWD
-
A Pressley FWD
-
K. Kouyate FWD
-
C Mahoney FWD
-
Preston League Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Iversen GLK
-
J Pradic GLK
-
D Cornell GLK
-
A Vukcevic DEF
-
O Offiah DEF
-
P Valentín DEF
-
T Small DEF
-
L Lindsay DEF
-
J Storey DEF
-
J Seary DEF
-
A Hughes DEF
-
B Potts DEF
-
C. Pasiek DEF
-
L Gibson DEF
-
S Thórdarson MID
-
N Mawene MID
-
J Thompson MID
-
R Brady MID
-
A McCann MID
-
B Whiteman MID
-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID
-
J Okkels FWD
-
D Jebbison FWD
-
W Keane FWD
-
M Osmajic FWD
-