Harrogate Town have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Grimsby Town. Prepare for the match with this League Two preview!
It's no vacation for neither Grimsby nor Harrogate Town 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
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.
It's back home for Grimsby, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Leyton Orient away with the result 3-2. Montel Gibson, George Williams and Luke Waterfall found the net in that victory. Before that match, a win away at Cheltenham Town.
The victory against Leyton Orient came after Montel Gibson's winning goal. The Grimsby manager I. Holloway was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 69th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Montel Gibson scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Carlisle United in only four days. This game is also played here at Blundell Park.
At Blundell Park, Grimsby Town has the goal stats of 0-4 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Harrogate Town form and stats
The seven points Harrogate Town have gathered from their first three away trips in the League Two is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. Harrogate are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
The Harrogate goalkeeper James Belshaw is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 213 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Harrogate Town won their last game, 1-0 versus Barrow played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bradford City at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The schedule is very tough for Harrogate now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Colchester United is waiting in only four days.
Harrogate Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Harrogate are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 0 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Grimsby Town one win, one draw and Harrogate Town zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Muldoon 4 goals | L. Kerry 2 goals |  L. Waterfall 1 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Harrogate Town missing players
| Grimsby Town | Harrogate Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | 20 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 45 | 81 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 14 | 23 |
| 32% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 36% | 39% |
- All of Grimsby Town's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Grimsby Town has the fewest scored goals (0) at home in League Two
- Grimsby Town have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Grimsby Town have lost all their home matches so far.
- Harrogate Town have not yet lost a game away.
- Harrogate Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Newport County | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Walsall | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Salford City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Exeter City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Bradford City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | Colchester United | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 4 |
| 22 | Barrow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 24 | Southend United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 2 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)
- Harrogate Town AFC
- Harrogate Advertiser - (local newspaper)