League Two fixture guide and stats: Grimsby Town welcome Walsall

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 25.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

The season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, good and bad giving mid-table places so far. Clear the decks for Grimsby Town - Walsall!

Insights:
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Grimsby Town saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League Two. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Mansfield Town.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

4 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Grimsby Town have to build on here at Blundell Park in the League Two.

The Grimsby goalkeeper Maxime Teremoana Crocombe is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 305 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

Grimsby Town drew their last game, 0-0 away at Mansfield Town (placed 8th). Midfielder Morris was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Morris hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Grimsby perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Grimsby Town as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Grimsby Town has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Gamblers who like betting for low-scoring matches might like knowing that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Grimsby Town as they are travelling to their away game against Crawley Town in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

19 goals have been conceded.

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Walsall form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Walsall so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 3-8-6 (win-draw-lose).

234 minutes! That's how long the Walsall goalkeeper Owen Evans and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Walsall won their last game, 2-0 versus Gillingham played at home. That win was so vital for this club, after a painful period of twelve league matches in a row not winning.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Swindon Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Walsall, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 11 of this team's latest 13 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Walsall manager Flynn as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against AFC Wimbledon.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Walsall as they have only managed to score 15 times from 17 away games in the league. Walsall have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Grimsby Town and Walsall have played each other previously this season: Walsall - Grimsby Town 1-2. Grimsby Town-Walsall H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Grimsby three wins, Walsall three wins, one draw. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Grimsby TownH. Clifton
H. Clifton
6 goals
WalsallI. Hutchinson
I. Hutchinson
5 goals
Grimsby TownJ. McAtee
J. McAtee
4 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Walsall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grimsby Town Walsall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 36
12 4 1 Won W 3 3 11
10 8 2 Drew D 2 8 15
13 5 2 Lost L 1 6 10
37 17 5 Scored S 8 15 38
41 19 7 Conceded C 5 18 32
89% 82% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 76% 81%
66% 65% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 59% 61%
43% 41% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 35% 33%
17% 18% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 14%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
49% 59% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 50%
34% 35% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 35% 36%
29% 24% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 35% 33%
 
4.7 5.1 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.4 4.6
4.6 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.1 4.2
1.7 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 3 3 3
 
11.5 13.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.8 11
4 4.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.2 3.3
26% 24% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 41% 32%
 
11.1 9.9 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 11.2 10.8
2.9 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.9 2.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 36 21 10 5 48 24 19 13 5 1 27 8 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 73
2 Stevenage 36 19 10 7 50 31 18 14 1 3 33 11 18 5 9 4 17 20 19 67
3 Carlisle United 37 18 12 7 58 35 19 10 6 3 28 16 18 8 6 4 30 19 23 66
4 Northampton Town 37 18 12 7 50 33 19 10 5 4 24 15 18 8 7 3 26 18 17 66
5 Bradford City 37 16 13 8 45 32 19 7 8 4 24 17 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 61
6 Stockport County 37 17 9 11 50 32 19 9 7 3 25 14 18 8 2 8 25 18 18 60
7 Salford City 37 17 8 12 57 42 19 9 5 5 26 19 18 8 3 7 31 23 15 59
8 Mansfield Town 36 16 9 11 55 45 17 7 6 4 29 25 19 9 3 7 26 20 10 57
9 Sutton United 37 15 10 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 18 4 6 8 16 25 0 55
10 Barrow 37 15 7 15 38 42 18 9 3 6 21 15 19 6 4 9 17 27 -4 52
11 Swindon Town 36 13 12 11 49 42 17 7 5 5 26 17 19 6 7 6 23 25 7 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 37 15 6 16 40 50 18 10 1 7 24 21 19 5 5 9 16 29 -10 51
13 Walsall 36 11 15 10 38 32 19 8 7 4 23 14 17 3 8 6 15 18 6 48
14 Tranmere Rovers 37 13 9 15 36 38 19 8 5 6 23 18 18 5 4 9 13 20 -2 48
15 Grimsby Town 35 12 10 13 37 41 17 4 8 5 17 19 18 8 2 8 20 22 -4 46
16 Newport County 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 4 6 8 17 23 19 6 7 6 21 20 -5 43
17 AFC Wimbledon 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 6 6 6 20 20 19 4 7 8 18 23 -5 43
18 Crewe Alexandra 37 9 15 13 34 47 19 7 6 6 22 23 18 2 9 7 12 24 -13 42
19 Gillingham 37 10 11 16 25 40 18 8 4 6 15 17 19 2 7 10 10 23 -15 41
20 Harrogate Town 37 9 11 17 42 54 19 5 7 7 23 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -12 38
21 Colchester United 37 9 9 19 33 45 18 4 7 7 16 19 19 5 2 12 17 26 -12 36
22 Crawley Town 36 8 9 19 39 59 17 7 3 7 26 28 19 1 6 12 13 31 -20 33
23 Hartlepool United 37 6 13 18 40 66 18 3 8 7 20 30 19 3 5 11 20 36 -26 31
24 Rochdale 37 6 8 23 33 57 19 3 4 12 19 30 18 3 4 11 14 27 -24 26

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  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 36 21 10 5 48 24 19 13 5 1 27 8 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 73
2 Stevenage 36 19 10 7 50 31 18 14 1 3 33 11 18 5 9 4 17 20 19 67
3 Carlisle United 37 18 12 7 58 35 19 10 6 3 28 16 18 8 6 4 30 19 23 66
4 Northampton Town 37 18 12 7 50 33 19 10 5 4 24 15 18 8 7 3 26 18 17 66
5 Bradford City 37 16 13 8 45 32 19 7 8 4 24 17 18 9 5 4 21 15 13 61
6 Stockport County 37 17 9 11 50 32 19 9 7 3 25 14 18 8 2 8 25 18 18 60
7 Salford City 37 17 8 12 57 42 19 9 5 5 26 19 18 8 3 7 31 23 15 59
8 Mansfield Town 36 16 9 11 55 45 17 7 6 4 29 25 19 9 3 7 26 20 10 57
9 Sutton United 37 15 10 12 40 40 19 11 4 4 24 15 18 4 6 8 16 25 0 55
10 Barrow 37 15 7 15 38 42 18 9 3 6 21 15 19 6 4 9 17 27 -4 52
11 Swindon Town 36 13 12 11 49 42 17 7 5 5 26 17 19 6 7 6 23 25 7 51
12 Doncaster Rovers 37 15 6 16 40 50 18 10 1 7 24 21 19 5 5 9 16 29 -10 51
13 Walsall 36 11 15 10 38 32 19 8 7 4 23 14 17 3 8 6 15 18 6 48
14 Tranmere Rovers 37 13 9 15 36 38 19 8 5 6 23 18 18 5 4 9 13 20 -2 48
15 Grimsby Town 35 12 10 13 37 41 17 4 8 5 17 19 18 8 2 8 20 22 -4 46
16 Newport County 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 4 6 8 17 23 19 6 7 6 21 20 -5 43
17 AFC Wimbledon 37 10 13 14 38 43 18 6 6 6 20 20 19 4 7 8 18 23 -5 43
18 Crewe Alexandra 37 9 15 13 34 47 19 7 6 6 22 23 18 2 9 7 12 24 -13 42
19 Gillingham 37 10 11 16 25 40 18 8 4 6 15 17 19 2 7 10 10 23 -15 41
20 Harrogate Town 37 9 11 17 42 54 19 5 7 7 23 27 18 4 4 10 19 27 -12 38
21 Colchester United 37 9 9 19 33 45 18 4 7 7 16 19 19 5 2 12 17 26 -12 36
22 Crawley Town 36 8 9 19 39 59 17 7 3 7 26 28 19 1 6 12 13 31 -20 33
23 Hartlepool United 37 6 13 18 40 66 18 3 8 7 20 30 19 3 5 11 20 36 -26 31
24 Rochdale 37 6 8 23 33 57 19 3 4 12 19 30 18 3 4 11 14 27 -24 26

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