National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Grimsby Town or Nottingham Forest that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Grimsby nor Nottingham Forest as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Grimsby Town form and stats
Grimsby Town have reached this Carabao Cup stage through battling and winning against Crewe Alexandra.Grimsby Town have less points than they have played home games in the League Two so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Grimsby, as their goalkeeper Maxime Teremoana Crocombe has completely shut out the opponents for 196 minutes in the League Two.
The home regulars saw a 0-0 draw versus Sutton United last time out and are looking for a victory here. The goalie Crocombe was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.45 out of ten. Crocombe topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Rochdale.Grimsby Town are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Walsall awaits in four days.
Grimsby Town has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Still no away game victory in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Everton in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Goalkeeper Henderson made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Everton. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against West Ham United in the Premier League.It's early days yet, but Nottingham Forest has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Waterfall 1 goals | J. Maguire-Drew 1 goals |   B. Johnson 1 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Nottingham Forest missing players
| Grimsby Town | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 43 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 37 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.2 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | ||
| 9.4 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Salford City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Walsall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | AFC Wimbledon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Carlisle United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Newport County | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 21 | Stockport County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Fulham | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Brentford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Southampton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Liverpool | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Everton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | West Ham United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
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- Nottinghamshire Live - (local newspaper)
