Another interesting game in the League Two. Grimsby Town is in the 16th position after playing five matches. They welcome Carlisle United who are placed 4th after seven games.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Grimsby and Carlisle United.
Grimsby Town form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first League Two game of the season here at Blundell Park. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from Grimsby Town's 18 home games. The Grimsby manager I. Holloway might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Grimsby Town's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Harrogate Town (placed 8th). In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Leyton Orient.
This is expected to be a close game, with Grimsby Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Grimsby as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Grimsby Town has won two of these, drawn three and lost six.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Grimsby Town as they are travelling to their away game against Forest Green Rovers in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Grimsby Town at home in the league. 0 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Carlisle United form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Carlisle United have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Carlisle has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Oldham Athletic for a League Two game that ended a draw (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Colchester United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Carlisle United in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Carlisle United, two draws and seven defeats.
A new game in only three days for Carlisle, the League Two home match versus Morecambe. Busy days.
Carlisle are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. Carlisle have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Grimsby won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Carlisle United has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  J. Mellish 3 goals | A. Hayden 2 goals |  L. Waterfall 1 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Grimsby Town | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 43% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 | 26 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 66 | 116 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 35% | 12% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 11% | 24% |
- All of Grimsby Town's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Carlisle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Carlisle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grimsby Town has the fewest points (0) at home in League Two
- Grimsby Town has the fewest scored goals (0) at home in League Two
- Grimsby Town have lost all their home matches so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Newport County | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Morecambe | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Harrogate Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | Walsall | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Salford City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Stevenage | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 21 | Barrow | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -11 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -10 | 2 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)