League Two match preview: Grimsby Town versus Forest Green Rovers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

Struggling Grimsby Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Forest Green Rovers in the upcoming league round. It’s 24th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town have the the worst goal difference (-27) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

With 3 League Two wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Grimsby Town, who have the the worst goal difference (-27) in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

J. Adams was the last player to score a league goal for Grimsby Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Grimsby haven't scored in 191 minutes.

The Grimsby crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Leyton Orient here at Blundell Park in a League Two match. Prior to that, an away loss at Harrogate Town.

The manager P. Hurst will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Carlisle United in only three days.

Grimsby have scored 11 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Grimsby have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Forest are travelling again after losing away to Stevenage in their previous match (0-3). A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Colchester United.

A quick return to home after this game, as Forest are hosting Morecambe in the League Two only three days away.

Forest Green Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 16 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Forest have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Forest Green Rovers - Grimsby 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Grimsby won three, Forest Green Rovers won five and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversJ. Matt
J. Matt
14 goals
Forest Green RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
6 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. Young
J. Young
5 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grimsby Town Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 5 16 31
6 3 0 Won W 2 8 15
6 4 0 Drew D 2 4 9
18 8 3 Lost L 1 4 7
22 11 1 Scored S 8 21 43
49 22 8 Conceded C 5 16 32
87% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
63% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 68%
53% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 45%
23% 13% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 19% 19%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 10%
47% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 55%
20% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 38% 39%
47% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.6 7.8 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 12.4 12.9
2.4 2.1 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.9 4.3
30% 34% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 33% 32%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Grimsby Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Grimsby Town have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in League Two
  • Grimsby Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in League Two
  • Grimsby Town have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in League Two
  • Grimsby Town have the the worst goal difference (-27) 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 Cheltenham Town 31 16 8 7 41 26 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 15 56
2 Cambridge United 33 16 7 10 48 30 17 8 5 4 22 14 16 8 2 6 26 16 18 55
3 Forest Green Rovers 31 15 9 7 43 32 15 7 5 3 22 16 16 8 4 4 21 16 11 54
4 Tranmere Rovers 31 16 6 9 44 37 16 9 1 6 25 18 15 7 5 3 19 19 7 54
5 Morecambe 32 15 7 10 44 43 15 8 4 3 22 17 17 7 3 7 22 26 1 52
6 Bolton Wanderers 32 14 8 10 41 40 17 7 4 6 19 18 15 7 4 4 22 22 1 50
7 Salford City 31 13 10 8 40 25 16 8 8 0 27 11 15 5 2 8 13 14 15 49
8 Newport County 31 13 9 9 38 32 15 8 4 3 17 14 16 5 5 6 21 18 6 48
9 Exeter City 30 12 11 7 51 37 15 8 3 4 29 16 15 4 8 3 22 21 14 47
10 Bradford City 30 13 7 10 35 32 15 7 4 4 16 13 15 6 3 6 19 19 3 46
11 Harrogate Town 32 13 6 13 36 37 15 5 4 6 12 15 17 8 2 7 24 22 -1 45
12 Carlisle United 28 13 4 11 39 32 14 9 1 4 28 19 14 4 3 7 11 13 7 43
13 Leyton Orient 31 12 6 13 37 34 16 7 4 5 23 16 15 5 2 8 14 18 3 42
14 Crawley Town 30 11 8 11 41 40 15 7 4 4 23 15 15 4 4 7 18 25 1 41
15 Walsall 31 8 14 9 36 40 17 5 5 7 17 21 14 3 9 2 19 19 -4 38
16 Stevenage 33 8 14 11 27 31 16 5 6 5 16 12 17 3 8 6 11 19 -4 38
17 Oldham Athletic 31 11 5 15 49 56 16 4 1 11 21 29 15 7 4 4 28 27 -7 38
18 Scunthorpe United 30 12 2 16 32 39 15 6 2 7 18 21 15 6 0 9 14 18 -7 38
19 Mansfield Town 31 8 13 10 38 41 15 3 6 6 19 23 16 5 7 4 19 18 -3 37
20 Colchester United 31 8 12 11 33 43 15 7 5 3 23 17 16 1 7 8 10 26 -10 36
21 Port Vale 32 9 7 16 41 46 16 5 4 7 21 19 16 4 3 9 20 27 -5 34
22 Southend United 32 7 7 18 21 47 16 4 2 10 13 23 16 3 5 8 8 24 -26 28
23 Barrow 30 6 8 16 33 41 15 3 7 5 20 21 15 3 1 11 13 20 -8 26
24 Grimsby Town 30 6 6 18 22 49 15 3 4 8 11 22 15 3 2 10 11 27 -27 24

Grimsby Town:
England:
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 Cheltenham Town 31 16 8 7 41 26 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 15 56
2 Cambridge United 33 16 7 10 48 30 17 8 5 4 22 14 16 8 2 6 26 16 18 55
3 Forest Green Rovers 31 15 9 7 43 32 15 7 5 3 22 16 16 8 4 4 21 16 11 54
4 Tranmere Rovers 31 16 6 9 44 37 16 9 1 6 25 18 15 7 5 3 19 19 7 54
5 Morecambe 32 15 7 10 44 43 15 8 4 3 22 17 17 7 3 7 22 26 1 52
6 Bolton Wanderers 32 14 8 10 41 40 17 7 4 6 19 18 15 7 4 4 22 22 1 50
7 Salford City 31 13 10 8 40 25 16 8 8 0 27 11 15 5 2 8 13 14 15 49
8 Newport County 31 13 9 9 38 32 15 8 4 3 17 14 16 5 5 6 21 18 6 48
9 Exeter City 30 12 11 7 51 37 15 8 3 4 29 16 15 4 8 3 22 21 14 47
10 Bradford City 30 13 7 10 35 32 15 7 4 4 16 13 15 6 3 6 19 19 3 46
11 Harrogate Town 32 13 6 13 36 37 15 5 4 6 12 15 17 8 2 7 24 22 -1 45
12 Carlisle United 28 13 4 11 39 32 14 9 1 4 28 19 14 4 3 7 11 13 7 43
13 Leyton Orient 31 12 6 13 37 34 16 7 4 5 23 16 15 5 2 8 14 18 3 42
14 Crawley Town 30 11 8 11 41 40 15 7 4 4 23 15 15 4 4 7 18 25 1 41
15 Walsall 31 8 14 9 36 40 17 5 5 7 17 21 14 3 9 2 19 19 -4 38
16 Stevenage 33 8 14 11 27 31 16 5 6 5 16 12 17 3 8 6 11 19 -4 38
17 Oldham Athletic 31 11 5 15 49 56 16 4 1 11 21 29 15 7 4 4 28 27 -7 38
18 Scunthorpe United 30 12 2 16 32 39 15 6 2 7 18 21 15 6 0 9 14 18 -7 38
19 Mansfield Town 31 8 13 10 38 41 15 3 6 6 19 23 16 5 7 4 19 18 -3 37
20 Colchester United 31 8 12 11 33 43 15 7 5 3 23 17 16 1 7 8 10 26 -10 36
21 Port Vale 32 9 7 16 41 46 16 5 4 7 21 19 16 4 3 9 20 27 -5 34
22 Southend United 32 7 7 18 21 47 16 4 2 10 13 23 16 3 5 8 8 24 -26 28
23 Barrow 30 6 8 16 33 41 15 3 7 5 20 21 15 3 1 11 13 20 -8 26
24 Grimsby Town 30 6 6 18 22 49 15 3 4 8 11 22 15 3 2 10 11 27 -27 24

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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.