League Two game preview and statistics: Grimsby Town host Colchester United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

A total of 25 rounds of fixtures are played and Grimsby Town are 2 points on top of Colchester United. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Colchester United have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in League Two

There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a FA Cup game only four days back. This match was also played here at Blundell Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Colchester United have had more rest.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Grimsby Town at their home stadium (Blundell Park) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Grimsby's previous match was a FA Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-0 against Luton Town. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Crewe Alexandra and winning 3-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grimsby Town handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Grimsby are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Gillingham awaits in three days.

Grimsby Town has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Colchester United form and stats

There's been little loot from Colchester United's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 15 away games in the League Two. Colchester United only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Colchester United's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Sutton United game.

Colchester delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Barrow (placed 10th) in their previous game. The draw against Barrow came from a losing position. The Colchester United manager Bloomfield brought on Appiah as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Read was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.05/10. Read hit two key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Hartlepool United.

We have checked recent matches where Colchester United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 12 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Colchester, the League Two home match versus Walsall. Busy days.

The attacking power of Colchester United when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Colchester United have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled before this season: Colchester United - Grimsby Town 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grimsby four wins, four draws and Colchester United two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Grimsby TownH. Clifton
H. Clifton
6 goals
Colchester UnitedJ. Tchamadeu
J. Tchamadeu
4 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Colchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grimsby Town Colchester United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 5 15 30
9 3 1 Won W 0 4 8
6 5 1 Drew D 1 1 7
10 4 0 Lost L 4 10 15
29 13 4 Scored S 3 14 30
32 15 1 Conceded C 9 21 38
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 60% 67%
48% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 40%
20% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 17%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
52% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 57%
32% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 13%
24% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 30%
 
5 5.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.1 4.7
4.8 4.9 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.5 5.2
1.6 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.2 13.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 6.4 6.9 8.7
4.4 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.6 1 1.1
26% 26% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 93% 91%
 
11.9 11.1 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.7 11.2
2.8 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Colchester United have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in League Two
  • Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 30 19 6 5 39 17 15 11 3 1 21 4 15 8 3 4 18 13 22 63
2 Stevenage 27 16 8 3 39 18 14 12 1 1 27 6 13 4 7 2 12 12 21 56
3 Carlisle United 29 14 9 6 48 28 15 8 5 2 25 12 14 6 4 4 23 16 20 51
4 Northampton Town 28 14 8 6 42 28 14 7 4 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 22 15 14 50
5 Salford City 29 14 6 9 40 29 15 7 4 4 18 14 14 7 2 5 22 15 11 48
6 Mansfield Town 28 12 7 9 41 37 14 6 5 3 25 20 14 6 2 6 16 17 4 43
7 Stockport County 28 12 6 10 39 27 14 7 4 3 20 12 14 5 2 7 19 15 12 42
8 Swindon Town 28 11 9 8 37 30 14 6 5 3 22 13 14 5 4 5 15 17 7 42
9 Bradford City 27 11 9 7 32 26 14 5 6 3 18 14 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 42
10 Barrow 29 12 5 12 34 38 14 8 1 5 19 13 15 4 4 7 15 25 -4 41
11 Doncaster Rovers 28 12 4 12 33 40 14 8 1 5 21 17 14 4 3 7 12 23 -7 40
12 Sutton United 29 11 7 11 28 35 14 8 3 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 12 23 -7 40
13 AFC Wimbledon 28 10 9 9 30 29 13 6 4 3 15 11 15 4 5 6 15 18 1 39
14 Walsall 26 10 8 8 30 23 12 7 2 3 19 11 14 3 6 5 11 12 7 38
15 Tranmere Rovers 29 10 8 11 31 28 14 6 4 4 19 12 15 4 4 7 12 16 3 38
16 Grimsby Town 25 9 6 10 29 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 13 6 1 6 16 17 -3 33
17 Colchester United 30 8 7 15 30 38 15 4 6 5 16 17 15 4 1 10 14 21 -8 31
18 Crewe Alexandra 27 7 10 10 21 34 16 5 5 6 15 19 11 2 5 4 6 15 -13 31
19 Newport County 27 7 8 12 26 31 14 4 3 7 13 17 13 3 5 5 13 14 -5 29
20 Harrogate Town 27 7 6 14 33 41 14 4 4 6 18 21 13 3 2 8 15 20 -8 27
21 Crawley Town 26 6 7 13 29 42 13 6 1 6 18 19 13 0 6 7 11 23 -13 25
22 Hartlepool United 29 6 7 16 29 52 14 3 5 6 14 23 15 3 2 10 15 29 -23 25
23 Gillingham 27 5 9 13 15 31 13 4 4 5 7 12 14 1 5 8 8 19 -16 24
24 Rochdale 29 5 5 19 23 44 14 2 2 10 11 21 15 3 3 9 12 23 -21 20

Grimsby Town:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 30 19 6 5 39 17 15 11 3 1 21 4 15 8 3 4 18 13 22 63
2 Stevenage 27 16 8 3 39 18 14 12 1 1 27 6 13 4 7 2 12 12 21 56
3 Carlisle United 29 14 9 6 48 28 15 8 5 2 25 12 14 6 4 4 23 16 20 51
4 Northampton Town 28 14 8 6 42 28 14 7 4 3 20 13 14 7 4 3 22 15 14 50
5 Salford City 29 14 6 9 40 29 15 7 4 4 18 14 14 7 2 5 22 15 11 48
6 Mansfield Town 28 12 7 9 41 37 14 6 5 3 25 20 14 6 2 6 16 17 4 43
7 Stockport County 28 12 6 10 39 27 14 7 4 3 20 12 14 5 2 7 19 15 12 42
8 Swindon Town 28 11 9 8 37 30 14 6 5 3 22 13 14 5 4 5 15 17 7 42
9 Bradford City 27 11 9 7 32 26 14 5 6 3 18 14 13 6 3 4 14 12 6 42
10 Barrow 29 12 5 12 34 38 14 8 1 5 19 13 15 4 4 7 15 25 -4 41
11 Doncaster Rovers 28 12 4 12 33 40 14 8 1 5 21 17 14 4 3 7 12 23 -7 40
12 Sutton United 29 11 7 11 28 35 14 8 3 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 12 23 -7 40
13 AFC Wimbledon 28 10 9 9 30 29 13 6 4 3 15 11 15 4 5 6 15 18 1 39
14 Walsall 26 10 8 8 30 23 12 7 2 3 19 11 14 3 6 5 11 12 7 38
15 Tranmere Rovers 29 10 8 11 31 28 14 6 4 4 19 12 15 4 4 7 12 16 3 38
16 Grimsby Town 25 9 6 10 29 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 13 6 1 6 16 17 -3 33
17 Colchester United 30 8 7 15 30 38 15 4 6 5 16 17 15 4 1 10 14 21 -8 31
18 Crewe Alexandra 27 7 10 10 21 34 16 5 5 6 15 19 11 2 5 4 6 15 -13 31
19 Newport County 27 7 8 12 26 31 14 4 3 7 13 17 13 3 5 5 13 14 -5 29
20 Harrogate Town 27 7 6 14 33 41 14 4 4 6 18 21 13 3 2 8 15 20 -8 27
21 Crawley Town 26 6 7 13 29 42 13 6 1 6 18 19 13 0 6 7 11 23 -13 25
22 Hartlepool United 29 6 7 16 29 52 14 3 5 6 14 23 15 3 2 10 15 29 -23 25
23 Gillingham 27 5 9 13 15 31 13 4 4 5 7 12 14 1 5 8 8 19 -16 24
24 Rochdale 29 5 5 19 23 44 14 2 2 10 11 21 15 3 3 9 12 23 -21 20

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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.