Grimsby Town fights Cheltenham Town in League Two battle

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Grimsby Town have their presumed home advantage while Cheltenham Town are ahead 9 points in the League Two table.

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 Town and Cheltenham Town.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Grimsby Town are 2-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). Grimsby Town are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Blundell Park, having lost their two previous games here.

Grimsby Town manager M. Jolley and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Cambridge United (placed 11th) in the League Two. Before that game, the home loss against Leyton Orient with the scoreline 0-4.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Grimsby Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 4 Lost 7.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Grimsby Town as they have a new game in only three days, a EFL Trophy match thankfully also at home. Leicester U21 are visiting.

Grimsby Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 attempts. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Grimsby Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Playing away, Cheltenham Town, who have the the best goal difference (+14) in League Two, have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season.

Cheltenham Town won their last game, 3-0 versus Macclesfield Town played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Walsall.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Cheltenham Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Cheltenham Town, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Cheltenham Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Cheltenham Town are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Grimsby Town, 2 draws and 6 wins for Cheltenham Town. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownR. Broom
R. Broom
6 goals / 2 assists
Grimsby TownJ. Hanson
J. Hanson
5 goals / 4 assists
Cheltenham TownL. Varney
L. Varney
5 goals / 1 assists

Grimsby Town missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Grimsby Town Cheltenham Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
5 2 0 Won W 1 3 8
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
6 3 1 Lost L 1 2 2
20 9 1 Scored S 2 7 26
20 12 3 Conceded C 1 4 12
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
67% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 79%
47% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 43%
40% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 21%
47% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 50%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 36%
40% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 21%
 
5.5 6.4 8.5 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 5 4.9
4.6 3.9 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 5.7 4.7
1.6 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Grimsby Town
All EFL Trophy League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
05-10-19 LT Grimsby Town 0 - 1 Mansfield Town
08-10-19 EFL Sunderland 3 - 2 Grimsby Town
12-10-19 LT Stevenage 2 - 1 Grimsby Town
19-10-19 LT Grimsby Town 0 - 4 Leyton Orient
22-10-19 LT Cambridge United 0 - 0 Grimsby Town
26-10-19 LT Grimsby Town 16:00 Cheltenham Town
29-10-19 EFL Grimsby Town 20:45 Leicester U21
02-11-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 16:00 Grimsby Town
09-11-19 FAC Grimsby Town 16:00 Newport County
16-11-19 LT Grimsby Town 16:00 Newport County
Cheltenham Town
All EFL Trophy League Two FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs mid
28-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Crewe Alexandra
05-10-19 LT Oldham Athletic 1 - 1 Cheltenham Town
08-10-19 EFL Cheltenham Town 4 - 3 West Ham United U21
19-10-19 LT Walsall 1 - 2 Cheltenham Town
22-10-19 LT Cheltenham Town 3 - 0 Macclesfield Town
26-10-19 LT Grimsby Town 16:00 Cheltenham Town
02-11-19 LT Cheltenham Town 16:00 Forest Green Rovers
09-11-19 FAC Cheltenham Town 16:00 Swindon Town
12-11-19 EFL Cheltenham Town 20:45 Newport County
16-11-19 LT Exeter City 16:00 Cheltenham Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 15 9 3 3 26 17 8 4 2 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 30
2 Cheltenham Town 14 8 4 2 26 12 7 5 2 0 19 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 14 28
3 Forest Green Rovers 15 8 4 3 18 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 8 4 2 2 10 4 9 28
4 Bradford City 15 8 3 4 22 15 8 5 1 2 13 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 27
5 Newport County 14 7 6 1 15 8 8 5 3 0 10 5 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 27
6 Exeter City 15 7 5 3 19 18 7 4 2 1 9 6 8 3 3 2 10 12 1 26
7 Swindon Town 15 7 3 5 22 19 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 3 2 2 11 9 3 24
8 Plymouth Argyle 15 6 5 4 24 16 8 4 3 1 16 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 8 23
9 Northampton Town 15 6 3 6 18 16 7 3 1 3 10 7 8 3 2 3 8 9 2 21
10 Port Vale 15 5 6 4 21 22 7 4 3 0 11 6 8 1 3 4 10 16 -1 21
11 Cambridge United 15 5 5 5 20 14 8 2 3 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 6 20
12 Colchester United 15 5 5 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 2 3 3 8 7 3 20
13 Crawley Town 15 5 5 5 23 23 7 4 1 2 11 8 8 1 4 3 12 15 0 20
14 Macclesfield Town 15 5 5 5 16 18 7 3 3 1 9 5 8 2 2 4 7 13 -2 20
15 Salford City 15 5 5 5 18 23 7 3 2 2 6 8 8 2 3 3 12 15 -5 20
16 Grimsby Town 15 5 4 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 11 8 0 19
17 Leyton Orient 15 5 4 6 23 26 7 2 2 3 11 12 8 3 2 3 12 14 -3 19
18 Mansfield Town 15 4 5 6 22 21 8 2 2 4 13 13 7 2 3 2 9 8 1 17
19 Walsall 15 4 3 8 10 21 7 1 2 4 4 10 8 3 1 4 6 11 -11 15
20 Oldham Athletic 15 3 5 7 16 24 8 2 3 3 9 8 7 1 2 4 7 16 -8 14
21 Carlisle United 15 4 2 9 15 27 8 2 2 4 8 14 7 2 0 5 7 13 -12 14
22 Scunthorpe United 15 3 4 8 20 24 8 3 3 2 14 9 7 0 1 6 6 15 -4 13
23 Morecambe 15 2 4 9 14 28 8 0 3 5 7 14 7 2 1 4 7 14 -14 10
24 Stevenage 15 1 6 8 11 21 7 1 2 4 7 10 8 0 4 4 4 11 -10 9

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