League Two match preview: Grimsby Town versus Bury

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park

This could be an interesting match as Grimsby Town have their presumed home advantage while Bury are ahead in the League Two table with their 22 point advantage.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Grimsby Town form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Grimsby Town are 9-3-7 (wins-draw-losses).

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Northampton Town in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tranmere Rovers (1-4).

Grimsby Town has scored 23 goals at home this season, in 19 matches. From these home matches, Grimsby Town have conceded only 19 goals. On the other hand, Grimsby Town have conceded 19 goals.

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Bury form and stats

8-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bury in their matches away. Bury are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Two travels in a row for Bury, whose manager R. Lowe could celebrate last time after the League Two win against Stevenage. Before that, Bury travelled to Cheltenham Town and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Bury are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 26 away goals from 19 games. As opposed to that, Bury have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Bury - Grimsby Town 4-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Grimsby Town-Bury H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grimsby Town 5 wins, Bury 3 wins, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

N. Maynard
18 goals / 3 assists
J. O'Shea
15 goals / 4 assists
W. Thomas
11 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Bury missing players

Grimsby Town Bury
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 18 37
95% 89% Over 0.5 100% 95%
63% 58% Over 1.5 89% 76%
42% 37% Over 2.5 67% 59%
18% 16% Over 3.5 56% 41%
8% 11% Over 4.5 22% 22%
37% 26% Both teams to score 61% 62%
32% 47% Clean Sheet 33% 30%
37% 37% Failed To Score 6% 14%

  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 Lincoln City 38 21 13 4 66 36 19 11 7 1 33 18 19 10 6 3 33 18 30 76
2 Bury 37 20 10 7 71 41 18 12 5 1 45 18 19 8 5 6 26 23 30 70
3 Mansfield Town 38 17 15 6 55 31 19 12 5 2 31 11 19 5 10 4 24 20 24 66
4 Milton Keynes Dons 38 19 9 10 62 40 19 12 4 3 31 11 19 7 5 7 31 29 22 66
5 Tranmere Rovers 37 17 10 10 54 42 19 12 4 3 27 10 18 5 6 7 27 32 12 61
6 Forest Green Rovers 38 15 13 10 55 39 19 6 8 5 23 17 19 9 5 5 32 22 16 58
7 Exeter City 37 16 10 11 50 37 19 10 3 6 29 18 18 6 7 5 21 19 13 58
8 Colchester United 38 16 9 13 57 46 19 10 4 5 36 19 19 6 5 8 21 27 11 57
9 Carlisle United 38 17 6 15 57 49 19 9 2 8 32 25 19 8 4 7 25 24 8 57
10 Stevenage 38 15 8 15 43 47 19 10 2 7 22 19 19 5 6 8 21 28 -4 53
11 Northampton Town 38 12 16 10 48 47 19 6 10 3 23 21 19 6 6 7 25 26 1 52
12 Newport County 37 15 7 15 46 56 18 11 4 3 26 21 19 4 3 12 20 35 -10 52
13 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 43 46 19 6 8 5 22 23 18 7 4 7 21 23 -3 51
14 Crewe Alexandra 38 14 8 16 46 48 19 12 2 5 35 19 19 2 6 11 11 29 -2 50
15 Oldham Athletic 37 12 12 13 54 48 18 7 5 6 31 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 6 48
16 Grimsby Town 38 14 6 18 40 48 19 9 3 7 23 19 19 5 3 11 17 29 -8 48
17 Cheltenham Town 38 12 9 17 46 56 19 8 5 6 27 25 19 4 4 11 19 31 -10 45
18 Crawley Town 38 12 7 19 40 55 19 9 4 6 29 24 19 3 3 13 11 31 -15 43
19 Morecambe 38 11 9 18 44 58 19 6 3 10 26 29 19 5 6 8 18 29 -14 42
20 Port Vale 38 10 11 17 33 43 19 6 3 10 22 29 19 4 8 7 11 14 -10 41
21 Cambridge United 37 11 8 18 32 54 19 7 6 6 20 20 18 4 2 12 12 34 -22 41
22 Yeovil Town 38 9 9 20 36 54 19 4 7 8 18 29 19 5 2 12 18 25 -18 36
23 Macclesfield Town 37 8 9 20 38 62 18 4 7 7 19 29 19 4 2 13 19 33 -24 33
24 Notts County 38 7 12 19 38 71 19 4 8 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 20 43 -33 33

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