Grimsby Town are set for a new task after their 1-1 versus Manchester City U21 previously. Doncaster Rovers are coming to play!
- Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
These are hustling days for the home side, as they had a game only four days ago in the EFL Trophy. This match was also played here at Blundell Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Doncaster Rovers have had more rest.
Grimsby Town form and stats
With 1 League Two win, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Grimsby Town are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The home regulars witnessed a 1-1 draw vs Manchester City U21 in the EFL Trophy last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Before that result, a home win hosting Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grimsby handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Grimsby Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Blundell Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Doncaster Rovers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home defeat versus King's Lynn Town with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Gillingham.Doncaster Rovers 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, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Doncaster Rovers as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Doncaster in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the prior eight meetings): Grimsby Town won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Doncaster Rovers got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / six.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 7 goals |   H. Clifton 5 goals | R. Taylor 3 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Doncaster Rovers missing players
| Grimsby Town | Doncaster Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 88% | 71% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 69% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 59% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.7 | 13.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 8.9 | 9.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | 34% |
| 11.9 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16.6 | 12.3 |
| 2.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
- Doncaster Rovers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Barrow | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Salford City | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Stockport County | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 12 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
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- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)
