Grimsby Town vs Colchester United match preview: Even contest expected at Blundell Park

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (9546 seats)

The Grimsby Town manager M. Jolley attacks this game with the team placed 13th so far. In the visitors dressing room Colchester United and their manager J. McGreal are in 20th place before this match.

It's no vacation for neither Grimsby Town nor Colchester 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.

L W D W L

Grimsby Town form and stats

The first game here at Blundell Park resulted in a draw. Last season Grimsby Town's home game statistics were 11 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats from 23 games.

In their previous game, the manager M. Jolley led his Grimsby Town to a defeat in the League Two match away at Forest Green Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Blundell Park. Ahead of that match, Grimsby Town won a home game hosting Doncaster Rovers (1-0).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Port Vale are coming to town in four days.

Early season goal statistics from Grimsby Town's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.

L W L D D

Colchester United form and stats

The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Colchester United had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 8, drew 6 and lost 9.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Cambridge United with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Swindon Town in the Carabao Cup.

A new game in only four days for Colchester United, the League Two home match versus Northampton Town. Busy days.

Colchester United has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Grimsby Town 2 wins, 2 draws and Colchester United 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Norris
2 goals
M. Wright
1 goals
E. Whitehouse
1 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Colchester United missing players

Grimsby Town Colchester United
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost 0 1 2
3 1 0 Scored 0 0 2
2 1 0 Conceded 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 33%
 
6.3 10 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 4
2.3 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 2 1.7
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 0.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Grimsby Town Last season Colchester United
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
46 23 8 Played 8 23 46
16 11 4 Won 3 8 20
8 4 2 Drew 3 6 10
22 8 2 Lost 2 9 16
45 26 12 Scored 7 26 65
56 21 8 Conceded 5 30 53
93% 87% 88% Over 0.5 88% 96% 96%
63% 57% 50% Over 1.5 50% 74% 76%
37% 30% 38% Over 2.5 12% 43% 48%
15% 13% 25% Over 3.5 0% 22% 22%
7% 9% 25% Over 4.5 0% 4% 9%
35% 22% 38% BTTS 25% 35% 37%
33% 52% 50% Clean Sheets 50% 35% 41%
39% 39% 25% Failed To Score 38% 35% 26%
 
4.3 4.7 4 Corners For (avg) 5.1 5 6
5.4 4.7 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 3.9 5.1 4.2
1.4 1 1.1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.7 1.6
9 1 1 Red Cards 2 2 3
Key stats last season:
  • Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Grimsby Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Grimsby Town 0 - 2 Peterborough United
03-08-19 LT Morecambe 0 - 2 Grimsby Town
10-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 1 - 1 Bradford City
13-08-19 CC Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
17-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 1 - 0 Grimsby Town
20-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 18:45 Colchester United
24-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 14:00 Port Vale
27-08-19 CC Grimsby Town 18:45 Macclesfield Town
31-08-19 LT Walsall 14:00 Grimsby Town
03-09-19 EFL Grimsby Town 18:45 Scunthorpe United
Colchester United
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Dover Athletic 1 - 1 Colchester United
03-08-19 LT Colchester United 1 - 1 Port Vale
10-08-19 LT Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Colchester United
13-08-19 CC Colchester United 3 - 0 Swindon Town
17-08-19 LT Colchester United 1 - 2 Cambridge United
20-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 18:45 Colchester United
24-08-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Northampton Town
27-08-19 CC Crystal Palace 18:45 Colchester United
31-08-19 LT Oldham Athletic 14:00 Colchester United
03-09-19 EFL Gillingham 18:45 Colchester United

  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 Swindon Town 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 7
2 Exeter City 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Forest Green Rovers 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
4 Macclesfield Town 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 6
5 Plymouth Argyle 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 6
6 Crewe Alexandra 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 6
7 Bradford City 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5
8 Mansfield Town 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
9 Newport County 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
10 Cambridge United 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
11 Cheltenham Town 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 4
12 Crawley Town 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 4
13 Grimsby Town 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 4
14 Salford City 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
15 Walsall 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
16 Leyton Orient 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 4
17 Port Vale 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
18 Carlisle United 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 3
19 Morecambe 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
20 Colchester United 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
21 Northampton Town 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Stevenage 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 1
23 Scunthorpe United 3 0 1 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 1
24 Oldham Athletic 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 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 D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

Editor’s Pick

More from England - League Two