Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Grimsby Town & Mansfield Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Grimsby Town nor Mansfield Town 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
Three League Two home games done for Grimsby Town, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Happy days for Grimsby in their previous game, a fixture away at Colchester United that ended with a 1-0 victory. Smith was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.02 out of 10. The defender Smith won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that, Grimsby Town drew at home versus Gillingham.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Grimsby Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Swindon Town are coming to town in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Grimsby Town here at Blundell Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Grimsby are not conceding a lot of goals here at Blundell Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Mansfield Town's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the group stage.2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Mansfield Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
225 minutes! That's how long the Mansfield Town goalkeeper Scott Flinders and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Mansfield play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Gillingham. Lapslie was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.42. The defender Lapslie scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Carlisle United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Mansfield Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Mansfield Town, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Crewe Alexandra.
Mansfield Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Mansfield have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Grimsby Town-Mansfield Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grimsby Town three wins, Mansfield Town four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  H. Clifton 4 goals |  O. Clarke 2 goals |  G. Lapslie 2 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Grimsby Town | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.9 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 13.1 | ||
| 6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 46% | ||
| 10.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 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 | Derby County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Manchester City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 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 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Barrow | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Salford City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Carlisle United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Walsall | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 19 | Newport County | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 4 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 2 |
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