Grimsby Town vs Cambridge United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

Struggling Grimsby Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cambridge United in the upcoming league round. It’s 22nd vs 8th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It's no vacation for neither Grimsby nor Cambridge United 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.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

Grimsby Town's struggle is real here at Blundell Park with only 8 points collected from 9 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5.

Heartbreak before that as Grimsby lost 1-3 at Morecambe's place.

Grimsby aren't scoring a lot here at Blundell Park in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.

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Cambridge United form and stats

Playing away, Cambridge United have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the League Two this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Cambridge are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Leyton Orient.

Cambridge are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Cambridge in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grimsby three wins, three draws and Cambridge United four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedP. Mullin
P. Mullin
16 goals
Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
7 goals
GrimsbyM. Pollock
M. Pollock
3 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Grimsby Town Cambridge United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 9 20
5 2 0 Won W 1 3 9
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
11 5 3 Lost L 2 5 7
18 7 2 Scored S 5 14 31
35 16 11 Conceded C 2 9 19
86% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
67% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 78% 80%
52% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 50%
33% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 15%
14% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 10%
52% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 50%
24% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 25%
38% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 0.9 1.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 7.3 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.7 11.6
2.3 2.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4 3.6
37% 32% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 42%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Grimsby Town has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in League Two
  • Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in League Two
  • Grimsby Town has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in League Two
  • Grimsby Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Grimsby Town is in the worst form (1-1-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 20 11 5 4 31 21 9 7 1 1 15 10 11 4 4 3 16 11 10 38
2 Forest Green Rovers 20 10 7 3 26 16 9 5 3 1 12 7 11 5 4 2 14 9 10 37
3 Carlisle United 20 11 3 6 30 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 10 3 2 5 7 9 10 36
4 Cheltenham Town 20 10 4 6 30 21 11 5 3 3 17 12 9 5 1 3 13 9 9 34
5 Morecambe 20 10 4 6 27 30 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 5 1 4 14 17 -3 34
6 Salford City 19 9 6 4 27 14 11 5 6 0 18 7 8 4 0 4 9 7 13 33
7 Exeter City 19 8 7 4 40 26 10 6 1 3 22 10 9 2 6 1 18 16 14 31
8 Cambridge United 20 9 4 7 31 19 11 6 3 2 17 10 9 3 1 5 14 9 12 31
9 Walsall 20 7 9 4 26 26 10 5 3 2 12 10 10 2 6 2 14 16 0 30
10 Crawley Town 20 7 7 6 31 27 10 5 3 2 19 11 10 2 4 4 12 16 4 28
11 Colchester United 20 7 7 6 27 29 9 6 2 1 17 10 11 1 5 5 10 19 -2 28
12 Leyton Orient 20 8 3 9 29 26 9 4 2 3 16 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 3 27
13 Tranmere Rovers 19 8 3 8 22 24 9 4 0 5 11 9 10 4 3 3 11 15 -2 27
14 Oldham Athletic 20 8 2 10 33 37 11 2 1 8 14 20 9 6 1 2 19 17 -4 26
15 Bolton Wanderers 20 7 5 8 25 32 10 3 2 5 11 15 10 4 3 3 14 17 -7 26
16 Harrogate Town 20 7 4 9 21 24 9 1 3 5 7 13 11 6 1 4 14 11 -3 25
17 Port Vale 20 7 3 10 29 29 11 3 3 5 12 14 9 4 0 5 17 15 0 24
18 Bradford City 20 6 5 9 20 25 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 23
19 Mansfield Town 20 3 11 6 22 27 10 0 6 4 10 16 10 3 5 2 12 11 -5 20
20 Scunthorpe United 19 6 2 11 19 28 10 3 2 5 10 17 9 3 0 6 9 11 -9 20
21 Barrow 20 4 7 9 28 30 10 2 6 2 17 15 10 2 1 7 11 15 -2 19
22 Grimsby Town 20 5 4 11 18 35 9 2 2 5 7 16 11 3 2 6 11 19 -17 19
23 Stevenage 19 3 8 8 13 21 9 3 2 4 7 7 10 0 6 4 6 14 -8 17
24 Southend United 19 4 4 11 13 31 10 3 1 6 10 16 9 1 3 5 3 15 -18 16

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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.