A victory to the home team is expected from this match if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Stockport County fans are hopeful that the mismatch between 1st and Grimsby Town's 18th place in the table will be revealed on the pitch.
- Stockport County have the the best goal difference (+12) in League Two
- Grimsby Town have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in League Two
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Stockport County form and stats
Stockport County are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Edgeley Park. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of seven straight victories regardless of arena.
It's back home for Stockport, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Harrogate Town away with the result 3-1. Sarcevic and Collar found the net in that victory. Midfielder Sarcevic was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.41 (out of ten) in that game. Sarcevic scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that, a nice away victory at Salford City. A EFL Trophy match.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stockport County as they are travelling to their away game against Crewe Alexandra in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
The Stockport County fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. Stockport County have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Grimsby Town form and stats
There's been little loot from Grimsby Town's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the League Two. Grimsby Town only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Grimsby's previous game was their home loss versus Accrington Stanley (0-2). Andrews got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, top player of the team. Andrews hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
The match earlier was the EFL Trophy-battle against Bradford City, a home loss (1-2).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Colchester United in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Grimsby Town have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Grimsby Town has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Stockport County-Grimsby Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stockport County three wins, Grimsby Town six wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  I. Olaofe 8 goals |  L. Barry 7 goals |  A. Eisa 5 goals |
Stockport County missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Stockport County | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 62% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 46% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 23% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 15% |
| 62% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 83% | 62% |
| 31% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 23% |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 5.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 13.6 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.5 | 11.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 44% | 38% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | 33% |
| 11.5 | 9.1 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 12 | 12.4 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5 | 4.2 |
- All of Grimsby Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Grimsby Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grimsby Town have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in League Two
- Grimsby Town have yet to win a game away.
- Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Stockport County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Stockport County have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in League Two
- Stockport County have the the best goal difference (+12) in League Two
- Stockport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stockport County is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | Stockport County | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Notts County | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Wrexham | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | Gillingham | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Crawley Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Walsall | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Barrow | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 15 | Salford City | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 20 | Newport County | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 10 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -13 | 7 |
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