Home advantage could prove decisive in Bolton Wanderers - Grimsby Town battle

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 10.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Macron Stadium (28723 seats)

After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Bolton Wanderers and Grimsby Town in this fresh League Two season. Read our match preview!

Wanderers have less rest than Grimsby Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a EFL Trophy game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Shrewsbury Town.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

Bolton Wanderers are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two League Two games here at Macron Stadium. The Wanderers manager I. Evatt might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Wanderers lost their last game at Shrewsbury Town after a 1-2 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Harrogate Town and winning 2-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bolton Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost one.

At Macron Stadium, Bolton Wanderers has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

Grimsby Town have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League Two were 6 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 19 fixtures.

The attacking players of Grimsby Town have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 209 minutes.

Grimsby failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Salford City (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-4. Prior to that match, the Grimsby manager I. Holloway faced defeat when travelling to Walsall and losing 0-1.

Grimsby Town lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

We have checked recent matches where Grimsby have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, one draw and eight defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Grimsby Town has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Bolton WanderersN. Delfouneso
N. Delfouneso
1 goals
Bolton WanderersE. Doyle
E. Doyle
1 goals

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bolton Wanderers Grimsby Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
6 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
42 22 0 Total Shots T S 0 11 31
11 6 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 10
18% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Bolton Wanderers Last season Grimsby Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 37
5 4   Won W   6 12
11 8   Drew D   6 11
18 5   Lost L   7 14
27 17   Scored S   23 45
66 23   Conceded C   24 51
82% 76%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
68% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 70%
44% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 46%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 32%
24% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
44% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 49%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 22%
47% 41%   Failed to Score F T   32% 38%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.4 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
3 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
356 208   Total Shots T S   219 445
104 61   Shots on Target S O   63 138
26% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 10
2 Morecambe 4 3 0 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 -2 9
3 Salford City 4 2 2 0 7 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 8
4 Cambridge United 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 5 2 6 7
5 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 7
6 Exeter City 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 7
7 Crawley Town 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
8 Cheltenham Town 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 6
9 Colchester United 4 1 3 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 6
10 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
11 Carlisle United 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 6
12 Harrogate Town 4 1 2 1 7 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 5
13 Bradford City 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
14 Walsall 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
15 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 5
16 Stevenage 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
17 Leyton Orient 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 4
18 Scunthorpe United 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -2 4
19 Bolton Wanderers 4 1 0 3 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -4 3
20 Mansfield Town 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
21 Barrow 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 2
22 Oldham Athletic 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 6 -5 1
23 Southend United 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 -7 1
24 Grimsby Town 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 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 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14
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 Crewe Alexandra 37 20 9 8 67 43 19 13 3 3 38 17 18 7 6 5 29 26 24 69
2 Swindon Town 36 21 6 9 62 39 19 13 2 4 34 17 17 8 4 5 28 22 23 69
3 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 61 39 19 12 5 2 38 16 18 8 3 7 23 23 22 68
4 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 18 10 7 1 31 15 19 8 4 7 22 28 10 65
5 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 18 11 5 2 35 17 18 6 8 4 17 10 25 64
6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 18 9 5 4 28 17 19 6 8 5 24 20 15 58
7 Northampton Town 37 17 7 13 54 40 19 11 2 6 31 14 18 6 5 7 23 26 14 58
8 Port Vale 37 14 15 8 50 44 18 9 8 1 28 15 19 5 7 7 22 29 6 57
9 Bradford City 37 14 12 11 44 40 18 11 5 2 29 14 19 3 7 9 15 26 4 54
10 Salford City 37 13 11 13 49 46 19 5 6 8 20 24 18 8 5 5 29 22 3 50
11 Forest Green Rovers 36 13 10 13 43 40 17 5 4 8 16 22 19 8 6 5 27 18 3 49
12 Crawley Town 37 11 15 11 51 47 19 10 5 4 30 19 18 1 10 7 21 28 4 48
13 Grimsby Town 37 12 11 14 45 51 18 6 5 7 22 27 19 6 6 7 23 24 -6 47
14 Walsall 36 13 8 15 40 49 19 6 5 8 21 26 17 7 3 7 19 23 -9 47
15 Newport County 36 12 10 14 32 39 19 9 7 3 20 13 17 3 3 11 12 26 -7 46
16 Cambridge United 37 12 9 16 40 48 18 7 3 8 23 27 19 5 6 8 17 21 -8 45
17 Leyton Orient 36 10 12 14 47 55 19 5 8 6 26 30 17 5 4 8 21 25 -8 42
18 Carlisle United 37 10 12 15 39 56 19 5 7 7 17 26 18 5 5 8 22 30 -17 42
19 Oldham Athletic 37 9 14 14 44 57 18 6 7 5 28 21 19 3 7 9 16 36 -13 41
20 Scunthorpe United 37 10 10 17 44 56 19 6 6 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 20 31 -12 40
21 Mansfield Town 36 9 11 16 48 55 17 4 5 8 27 29 19 5 6 8 21 26 -7 38
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 35 60 18 4 8 6 20 23 19 3 3 13 15 37 -25 32
23 Macclesfield Town 37 7 15 15 32 47 18 5 9 4 19 17 19 2 6 11 13 30 -15 25
24 Stevenage 36 3 13 20 24 50 17 2 6 9 10 22 19 1 7 11 14 28 -26 22

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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 Newport County 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 10
2 Morecambe 4 3 0 1 5 7 2 1 0 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 -2 9
3 Salford City 4 2 2 0 7 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 8
4 Cambridge United 4 2 1 1 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 5 2 6 7
5 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 7
6 Exeter City 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 7
7 Crawley Town 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
8 Cheltenham Town 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 4 6
9 Colchester United 4 1 3 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 6
10 Forest Green Rovers 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
11 Carlisle United 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 6
12 Harrogate Town 4 1 2 1 7 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 5
13 Bradford City 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
14 Walsall 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
15 Tranmere Rovers 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 5
16 Stevenage 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
17 Leyton Orient 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 4
18 Scunthorpe United 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -2 4
19 Bolton Wanderers 4 1 0 3 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -4 3
20 Mansfield Town 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
21 Barrow 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 2
22 Oldham Athletic 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 6 -5 1
23 Southend United 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 -7 1
24 Grimsby Town 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 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.