Notts County host Grimsby Town as odds-on favourites: Big football preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Meadow Lane Stadium (19841 seats)

It's the second opportunity for points this league season as Notts County and Grimsby Town battle it out at Meadow Lane Stadium.

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 Notts County and Grimsby Town.

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Notts County form and stats

In the previous season, Notts County's league stats were 32 wins, 11 draws and 3 losses, resulting in 2nd position in the Vanarama National League. In these 46 matches they scored {117 goals} and conceded 42. Appearing as the home side in the last season Notts County managed 17-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with {54 goals} and 12 conceded.

County's previous game was also a home event, the loss 0-2 against Lincoln City (in Carabao Cup).

Prior to that, an away loss at Sutton United in the League Two.

There will be little rest for Notts County after this match as they are travelling to Morecambe for a League Two game in only three days.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

Let's have a look at how Grimsby Town performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 13 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {56 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 25/31 goals scored/conceded.

Grimsby Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jake Eastwood. It's been 203 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.

Two away matches in a row for Grimsby, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Mansfield Town in the Carabao Cup. Rodgers, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.62. Rodgers won 9 of 12 duels.

A draw for Grimsby Town before that, at their own venue hosting AFC Wimbledon (0-0).

After this away game Grimsby Town return home for a League Two game against Salford City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): County two wins, two draws and Grimsby Town six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Notts CountyD. McGoldrick
D. McGoldrick
1 goals

Notts County missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Notts County Grimsby Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 15
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Notts County Last season Grimsby Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   23 46
33 18   Won W   9 16
12 5   Drew D   3 13
3 1   Lost L   11 17
122 57   Scored S   25 49
46 14   Conceded C   31 56
98% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 91%
92% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 70%
71% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 39%
52% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 17%
25% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 11%
65% 46%   BTTS BTTS   43% 50%
35% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 33%
2% 4%   Failed to Score F T   35% 26%
 
7.5 8.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.6
3.4 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.8
1.5 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.5 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 12
6.3 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4
41% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 27%
 
6.2 5.9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.7 11
2.6 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Accrington Stanley 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milton Keynes Dons 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
4 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Barrow 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Morecambe 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Crawley Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Gillingham 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 AFC Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Walsall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bradford City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Wrexham 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Forest Green Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
23 Newport County 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Notts County 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wrexham 46 34 9 3 116 43 23 22 1 0 74 19 23 12 8 3 42 24 73 111
2 Notts County 46 32 11 3 117 42 23 17 5 1 54 12 23 15 6 2 63 30 75 107
3 Chesterfield 46 25 9 12 81 52 23 15 2 6 48 27 23 10 7 6 33 25 29 84
4 Woking 46 24 10 12 71 48 23 11 7 5 38 24 23 13 3 7 33 24 23 82
5 Barnet 46 21 11 14 75 67 23 12 5 6 35 30 23 9 6 8 40 37 8 74
6 Boreham Wood 46 19 15 12 52 40 23 9 8 6 22 19 23 10 7 6 30 21 12 72
7 Bromley 46 18 17 11 68 53 23 9 10 4 35 23 23 9 7 7 33 30 15 71
8 Southend United 46 20 9 17 57 45 23 12 4 7 32 19 23 8 5 10 25 26 12 69
9 Eastleigh 46 19 10 17 56 57 23 14 5 4 33 22 23 5 5 13 23 35 -1 67
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 46 18 9 19 61 72 23 10 5 8 33 34 23 8 4 11 28 38 -11 63
11 Halifax Town 46 16 13 17 49 48 23 11 6 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 16 25 1 61
12 Oldham Athletic 46 16 13 17 63 64 23 11 6 6 37 30 23 5 7 11 26 34 -1 61
13 Wealdstone 46 16 12 18 57 72 23 10 6 7 35 32 23 6 6 11 22 40 -15 60
14 Gateshead 46 15 15 16 67 62 23 7 9 7 34 29 23 8 6 9 33 33 5 59
15 Solihull Moors 46 15 13 18 62 66 23 9 7 7 36 27 23 6 6 11 26 39 -4 58
16 Dorking Wanderers 46 16 9 21 67 91 23 12 4 7 40 42 23 4 5 14 27 49 -24 57
17 Altrincham 46 14 14 18 68 82 23 10 5 8 35 31 23 4 9 10 33 51 -14 56
18 Aldershot Town 46 14 11 21 64 76 23 6 6 11 31 36 23 8 5 10 33 40 -12 53
19 York City 46 13 12 21 55 63 23 7 7 9 27 32 23 6 5 12 28 31 -8 51
20 Maidenhead United 46 13 11 22 47 66 23 8 8 7 27 26 23 5 3 15 20 40 -19 50
21 Torquay United 46 12 12 22 58 80 23 6 7 10 36 41 23 6 5 12 22 39 -22 48
22 Yeovil Town 46 7 19 20 35 60 23 6 8 9 18 25 23 1 11 11 17 35 -25 40
23 Scunthorpe United 46 8 10 28 49 87 23 7 3 13 33 43 23 1 7 15 16 44 -38 34
24 Maidstone United 46 5 10 31 45 104 23 3 8 12 24 44 23 2 2 19 21 60 -59 25
Last season 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 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38

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

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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.