Forest Green Rovers favourites for feisty fight facing Grimsby Town

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5140 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the League Two table has to be read with caution. So far Forest Green Rovers find themselves in 5th position and Grimsby Town are placed 4th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Forest Green Rovers so far this season.

The home team returns to The New Lawn after sharing the points with Walsall on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Oldham Athletic.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Forest Green Rovers handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D1-L0.

At The New Lawn, Forest Green Rovers has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

Only one away game so far for Grimsby Town and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 victories, 4 draws and 14 losses from 23 travels.

Grimsby Town's last game was the home draw against Bradford City (1-1). Prior to that result Grimsby Town won their away game at Morecambe. The scoreline was 2-0.

Grimsby Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

2 goals so far away for Grimsby Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Forest Green Rovers won 4, Grimsby Town won 5 and 1 draw. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Mills
1 goals / 1 assists
T. Allen
1 goals
M. Wright
1 goals

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored 0 2 3
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
2.5 3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 6 8
3.5 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 1 1.5
2 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Forest Green Rovers Last season Grimsby Town
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
48 24   Played   23 46
20 8   Won   5 16
15 10   Drew   4 8
13 6   Lost   14 22
69 29   Scored   19 45
49 21   Conceded   35 56
94% 92%   Over 0.5   100% 93%
79% 75%   Over 1.5   70% 63%
48% 38%   Over 2.5   43% 37%
15% 4%   Over 3.5   17% 15%
6% 0%   Over 4.5   4% 7%
62% 62%   BTTS   48% 35%
25% 29%   Clean Sheets   13% 33%
19% 17%   Failed To Score   39% 39%
 
4.6 5.4   Corners For (avg)   4 4.3
4.5 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   6 5.4
1.5 1.4   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.7 1.4
5 2   Red Cards   8 9
Key stats last season:
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Forest Green Rovers
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-07-19 CF Yate Town 1 - 6 Forest Green Rovers
24-07-19 CF Forest Green Rovers 3 - 4 Bristol City
27-07-19 CF Bath City 1 - 1 Forest Green Rovers
03-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 1 - 0 Oldham Athletic
10-08-19 LT Walsall 1 - 1 Forest Green Rovers
13-08-19 CC Charlton Athletic 18:45 Forest Green Rovers
17-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Grimsby Town
20-08-19 LT Port Vale 18:45 Forest Green Rovers
24-08-19 LT Bradford City 14:00 Forest Green Rovers
31-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Newport County
Grimsby Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
23-07-19 CF Scarborough Athletic 1 - 2 Grimsby Town
27-07-19 CF Grimsby Town 0 - 2 Peterborough United
03-08-19 LT Morecambe 0 - 2 Grimsby Town
10-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 1 - 1 Bradford City
13-08-19 CC Grimsby Town 18:45 Doncaster Rovers
17-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Grimsby Town
20-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 18:45 Colchester United
24-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 14:00 Port Vale
31-08-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Grimsby Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Plymouth Argyle 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Swindon Town 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Exeter City 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Grimsby Town 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Forest Green Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Walsall 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Cheltenham Town 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
8 Macclesfield Town 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
9 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
10 Carlisle United 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
11 Salford City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
12 Crewe Alexandra 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
13 Leyton Orient 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
14 Bradford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
15 Cambridge United 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
16 Mansfield Town 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Newport County 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Port Vale 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
19 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Northampton Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
21 Morecambe 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Stevenage 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
24 Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 0

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