Tranmere Rovers have some points to catch up on from their 22nd spot, and the first opportunity is vs Grimsby Town. Read more!
- Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grimsby Town have the most dropped points from leading position (12) 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.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Tranmere Rovers at their home stadium (Prenton Park) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Prenton Park.
Tranmere Rovers's last game was hosting Bradford City (placed 18th) and winning 2-1. The victory against Bradford City came after Morris's winning goal. The Tranmere manager Dawes was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 60th minute. Hendry (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.7/10. Hendry scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that, an away loss at AFC Wimbledon.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Leicester U21 are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Tranmere Rovers in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Tranmere Rovers have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Grimsby Town form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. Grimsby Town has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Grimsby are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Barrow (placed 10th). That win felt good as this side had gone four league matches without winning. Grimsby Town goalie Eastwood was high and low in the Barrow game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Rodgers, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.42. Rodgers hit one key pass and won 15 of 17 duels.
Prior to that match, the Grimsby manager Hurst faced defeat when travelling to Swindon Town and losing 1-2.A new game in only three days for Grimsby Town, the EFL Trophy home match versus Bradford City. Busy days.
{5 goals} so far away for Grimsby Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 10. All from 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Tranmere Rovers victories, two draws and three Grimsby Town wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Eisa 5 goals |  J. Hawkes 4 goals |  D. Rose 3 goals |
Tranmere Rovers missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Tranmere Rovers | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 18% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 27% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 7.1 | 6.8 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 13.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10 | 11 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 33% | 39% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| 15.2 | 13.2 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.6 | 12.8 |
| 5.4 | 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
- 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 (12) in League Two
- Grimsby Town have yet to win a game away.
- Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tranmere Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grimsby Town have scored away.
- Tranmere Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Crawley Town | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | Gillingham | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Wrexham | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Barrow | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Milton Keynes Dons | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Walsall | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Newport County | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 17 | Salford City | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 7 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 4 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)
