This might well be another appealing skirmish at Blundell Park in the League Two. Grimsby Town is in 14th position and receive Carlisle United in 10th spot. Read about the fixture here!
It's no vacation for neither Grimsby Town nor Carlisle 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.
Grimsby Town form and stats
A League Two draw at home so far for Grimsby Town. Last season their home statistics were 15 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 22 matches.
Grimsby enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rochdale's place. The match ended 1-0 with Waterfall scoring. Finally, a league win after three fixtures without. A late climax in the match against Rochdale as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by Waterfall. Defender Waterfall got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Waterfall scored one goal and won 6 of 8 duels.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Sutton United in only four days. This game is also played here at Blundell Park.
Early season league goal statistics from Grimsby Town's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Carlisle United form and stats
One match played away so far in the League Two for Carlisle United and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses from 23 games.
Carlisle United's last game was the home draw against Swindon Town (1-1). Holý had red hot gloves after the game against Swindon Town, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Gibson got a match rating of 7.53 in that game, top player of the team. Gibson served one assist and hit four key passes.
Carlisle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Stevenage.
Carlisle United have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Grimsby Town have avoided defeat in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) versus Carlisle United.Top Goalscorers
  K. Dennis 3 goals |   L. Waterfall 1 goals | J. Maguire-Drew 1 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Grimsby Town | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 1.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 16.3 |
| 6.7 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 12.7 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 9.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Grimsby Town | Last season | Carlisle United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 47 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 13 | 21 | ||
| 77 | 40 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 52 | 20 | Conceded | C | 39 | 62 | ||
| 91% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 89% | ||
| 66% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 70% | ||
| 51% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 48% | ||
| 30% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 13% | ||
| 15% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 53% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 39% | ||
| 32% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 43% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.1 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 23% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Walsall | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Salford City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Barrow | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Sutton United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 22 | Newport County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 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 | Stockport County | 44 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 87 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 49 | 94 |
| 2 | Wrexham | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 91 | 46 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 45 | 88 |
| 3 | Solihull Moors | 44 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 83 | 45 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 38 | 87 |
| 4 | Halifax Town | 44 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 35 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 84 |
| 5 | Notts County | 44 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 81 | 52 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 82 |
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 68 | 46 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 77 |
| 7 | Chesterfield | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 51 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 74 |
| 8 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 44 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 80 | 53 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 24 | 27 | 73 |
| 9 | Boreham Wood | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 67 |
| 10 | Bromley | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 61 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 67 |
| 11 | Torquay United | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 54 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 66 |
| 12 | Yeovil Town | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 46 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 21 | -3 | 59 |
| 13 | Southend United | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 61 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -16 | 58 |
| 14 | Altrincham | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 62 | 69 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 42 | -7 | 55 |
| 15 | Woking | 44 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 59 | 61 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 25 | -2 | 53 |
| 16 | Wealdstone | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 51 | 65 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 41 | -14 | 53 |
| 17 | Maidenhead United | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 48 | 67 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -19 | 51 |
| 18 | Barnet | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 89 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 47 | -30 | 50 |
| 19 | Eastleigh | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 41 | -22 | 46 |
| 20 | Aldershot Town | 44 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 46 | 73 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 33 | -27 | 43 |
| 21 | King's Lynn Town | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 47 | 79 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 41 | -32 | 34 |
| 22 | Weymouth | 44 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 88 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 50 | -48 | 28 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 44 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 37 | 101 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 60 | -64 | 1 |
| 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 75 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 31 | 84 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 65 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 84 |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 80 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 80 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 78 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 77 | 54 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 23 | 77 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 77 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 53 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 76 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 75 |
| 10 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 70 |
| 11 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 69 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 66 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | -10 | 61 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 58 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 55 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 58 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 55 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 60 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -13 | 54 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 38 | -20 | 54 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 59 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 36 | -8 | 53 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 75 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 39 | -11 | 53 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 62 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 39 | -23 | 53 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 38 | -23 | 47 |
| 22 | Barrow | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | -13 | 44 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 75 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -29 | 38 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 29 | 90 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 54 | -61 | 26 |
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