League Two preview: Can Grimsby Town edge out victory against Accrington Stanley?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 14.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

Season ticket holders at Blundell Park haven’t celebrated many victories this season, with Grimsby Town struggling in the 18th place. The visiting Accrington Stanley will believe to defend their higher league spot in this one.

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in League Two
  • Grimsby Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Accrington Stanley have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Grimsby and Accrington Stanley.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

Grimsby Town have collected 11 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-2-1.

Grimsby Town's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 1-2 versus Bradford City (in EFL Trophy).

A 2-2 draw away in the League Two before that, with Tranmere Rovers the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grimsby handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Goals keep flowing in this club's league fixtures, with 5 in a row featuring at least three goals (over 2.5).

The Grimsby Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Grimsby Town have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Accrington Stanley playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Two trips in a row for Accrington Stanley, whose manager Coleman could celebrate last time after the EFL Trophy win against Harrogate Town.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Forest Green Rovers.

We have checked recent matches where Accrington have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Take note! Both teams have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Accrington Stanley as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Accrington's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Grimsby Town victories, two draws and five Accrington Stanley wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Grimsby TownA. Eisa
A. Eisa
5 goals
Grimsby TownD. Rose
D. Rose
4 goals
Accrington StanleyJ. Andrews
J. Andrews
4 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Grimsby Town Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 5 12
3 3 2 Won W 0 1 5
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
16 9 4 Scored S 0 4 17
17 5 1 Conceded C 2 8 18
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 92%
50% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 67%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
67% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 67%
25% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
17% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 25%
 
5 4.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.8 5.2
5.8 5.7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.8 4.8
1.9 1.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.2 11.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 13 14.4
3.8 4.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4.3
35% 32% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 33%
 
12.4 12.8 14 Shots against (avg) S A 18 15.2 13.8
4.4 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.8 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grimsby Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Accrington Stanley have scored away.
  • Grimsby Town have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Notts County 12 7 3 2 27 21 5 5 0 0 15 8 7 2 3 2 12 13 6 24
2 Stockport County 12 7 2 3 23 13 7 4 2 1 13 5 5 3 0 2 10 8 10 23
3 Gillingham 12 7 1 4 11 12 6 4 1 1 7 6 6 3 0 3 4 6 -1 22
4 AFC Wimbledon 12 5 6 1 20 10 5 1 3 1 9 7 7 4 3 0 11 3 10 21
5 Mansfield Town 12 4 8 0 17 9 6 3 3 0 7 2 6 1 5 0 10 7 8 20
6 Crewe Alexandra 12 5 5 2 28 21 6 4 2 0 15 8 6 1 3 2 13 13 7 20
7 Wrexham 12 5 5 2 24 23 6 3 2 1 20 16 6 2 3 1 4 7 1 20
8 Crawley Town 12 6 2 4 20 20 7 5 0 2 13 6 5 1 2 2 7 14 0 20
9 Swindon Town 11 5 4 2 27 18 5 4 1 0 17 6 6 1 3 2 10 12 9 19
10 Morecambe 11 5 3 3 15 13 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 2 0 3 6 9 2 18
11 Accrington Stanley 12 5 2 5 17 18 7 4 1 2 13 10 5 1 1 3 4 8 -1 17
12 Barrow 11 4 4 3 13 12 4 2 2 0 7 5 7 2 2 3 6 7 1 16
13 Salford City 12 5 1 6 19 19 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 3 0 3 10 9 0 16
14 Bradford City 12 4 4 4 13 14 6 3 2 1 7 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 -1 16
15 Harrogate Town 12 5 1 6 11 13 5 2 0 3 5 5 7 3 1 3 6 8 -2 16
16 Milton Keynes Dons 12 4 3 5 17 18 5 2 1 2 5 5 7 2 2 3 12 13 -1 15
17 Walsall 12 4 3 5 15 21 5 2 2 1 5 5 7 2 1 4 10 16 -6 15
18 Grimsby Town 12 3 5 4 16 17 6 3 2 1 9 5 6 0 3 3 7 12 -1 14
19 Newport County 12 4 2 6 21 24 7 3 2 2 14 11 5 1 0 4 7 13 -3 14
20 Doncaster Rovers 12 3 2 7 13 20 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 1 0 5 6 13 -7 11
21 Colchester United 11 3 1 7 17 20 6 2 1 3 11 13 5 1 0 4 6 7 -3 10
22 Tranmere Rovers 12 3 1 8 17 22 7 3 1 3 13 10 5 0 0 5 4 12 -5 10
23 Sutton United 12 2 1 9 16 26 7 2 1 4 10 9 5 0 0 5 6 17 -10 7
24 Forest Green Rovers 12 2 1 9 11 24 6 0 0 6 4 15 6 2 1 3 7 9 -13 7

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.