Possible nail-biting contest in Grimsby Town - Gillingham game

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

Grimsby Town look forward to battle it out with Gillingham in this League Two fixture. Everything you must learn about the game is found here!

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most clean sheets (4) 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

Grimsby Town must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three League Two games here at Blundell Park.

The home regulars saw a 2-2 draw versus Manchester City U21 in the EFL Trophy last time out and are looking for a victory here.

Before that, Grimsby played out a League Two draw 1-1 when visiting Walsall.

Grimsby Town are traveling soon after this match as the EFL Trophy match at Barnsley awaits in three days.

Grimsby Town have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Gillingham form and stats

Gillingham are yet to lose a point on their League Two travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.

Two away games in a row for Gillingham, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 vs Luton Town in the Carabao Cup. Clarke got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, top player of the team. Clarke scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

The game before that, in the League Two, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Colchester United.

An interesting fact for sports bettors looking to bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no side finding the net.

After this away game Gillingham return home for a EFL Trophy game against Leyton Orient. That game is only three sleeps after this.

{3 goals} so far away for Gillingham, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 3 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Grimsby Town wins - draws - Gillingham wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Grimsby TownA. Eisa
A. Eisa
4 goals
GillinghamA. Nadesan
A. Nadesan
2 goals
Grimsby TownH. Clifton
H. Clifton
1 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Gillingham missing players

Grimsby Town Gillingham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 2 Played P 1 3 5
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 4
3 2 2 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
6 3 1 Scored S 1 3 4
5 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 3
80% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
40% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 80%
20% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
6 4.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.7 5.2
6.6 6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.7 4.4
2.2 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 11 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 6.7 9.4
3 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 3
40% 30% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 27%
 
12.8 11.7 15 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.3 12.2
4.6 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Gillingham have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Gillingham have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most clean sheets (4) in League Two
  • Gillingham have the most points (9) away in League Two
  • Gillingham have won all their away games so far.
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grimsby Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Grimsby Town have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in League Two
  • Grimsby Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
Grimsby Town Last season Gillingham
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
16 7   Won W   3 14
13 10   Drew D   8 13
17 6   Lost L   12 19
49 24   Scored S   15 36
56 25   Conceded C   29 49
91% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 87%
70% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 65%
39% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 24%
17% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 4%
11% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 2%
50% 57%   BTTS BTTS   30% 30%
33% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 37%
26% 17%   Failed to Score F T   57% 46%
 
4.6 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3 3.9
4.8 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.6
1.8 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
12 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.5
4 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.6 2.1
27% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 37%
 
11 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13 11.5
3.2 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.5

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

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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.