PETE WILD's Barrow kept their faint playoff dream alive over the Easter weekend.

The Bluebirds, who are currently ninth-placed in League Two, are only five points off the playoff places with five league games remaining. 

Easter weekend for Barrow had its highs and lows beginning with a 3-0 defeat against Lee Bell's Crewe and concluding with a barnstorming 4-0 home victory against strugglers Crawley Town. 

Using WhoScored.com, we took a look at the Bluebirds' bumper Easter weekend.

The double bank holiday began with the Bluebirds being blown away by Cheshire-based Crewe Alexandra.

Two penalties in the first 35 minutes from Daniel Aygei set the tone of the encounter with Barrow unable to get a foothold in the game.

At face value statistically the Bluebirds looked to have carried a threat in the clash.

At the Mornflake Stadium, Wild's side recorded 12 shots to Crewe's eight, dominated possession with 57 per cent, had five corners to the Alex's two, and created chances from eight key passes, four of these coming from left-back Patrick Brough and lively substitute Elliot Newby.

In reality, none of Barrow's 12 attempts on goal were on target, with six also being from outside the box.

In addition to this, Bell's Railwaymen recorded 18 tackles to Barrow's 17, a stat that included 57 Crewe clearances to the Bluebirds' eight and 14 interceptions to Wild's side's four.

In this game at the beginning of the Easter weekend, despite creating opportunities, Barrow were wasteful in front of goal and fell foul of a few penalty-concedeing mistakes. 

On Easter Monday, this could not have been further from the truth. After their lacklustre showing in Cheshire and difficulties in front of goal, Wild's Barrow were ruthless against Scott Lindsay's Crawley Town.

Top-scorer Josh Gordon made no mistakes in front of goal with four shots on target from five, converting on three occasions to record his first EFL hat-trick.

Away from Gordon's stellar showing, Barrow were clinical with seven shots on target from 13 despite playing without the ball for the majority of the match, having only 41 per cent possession.

Another big difference from their defeat in Cheshire was the defensive tenacity with Barrow winning 20 tackles to Crawley's six, including 12 interceptions to the visitor's two.