This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Grimsby Town holding 20th place and Mansfield Town lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League Two
- Mansfield Town has the most dropped points from leading position (16) in League Two
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League Two match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Blundell Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mansfield Town have had more rest.
Grimsby Town form and stats
With 1 League Two win, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Grimsby Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. Grimsby has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager I. Holloway and the players. Grimsby are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Blundell Park, having lost their two previous games here.
The Grimsby crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Newport County here at Blundell Park in a League Two match. Prior to that, an away loss at Colchester United.
Grimsby Town are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Southend United awaits in three days.
Grimsby have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Grimsby have conceded 13 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Mansfield Town form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Mansfield Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Mansfield are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Mansfield's last game was the home draw against Crawley Town (3-3). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cambridge United at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Mansfield's last match (vs Crawley Town) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 1-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Andy Cook. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Mansfield, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Mansfield manager G. Coughlan as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Carlisle United.
Mansfield have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Mansfield have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Grimsby won four games, one match ended with a draw and Mansfield Town has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  H. Charsley 3 goals |  A. Cook 3 goals |  G. Lapslie 3 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Grimsby Town | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 81% |
| 67% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 69% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 69% |
| 20% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 8.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.3 | 12.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 24% |
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League Two
- Grimsby Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Mansfield Town has the most dropped points from leading position (16) in League Two
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 27 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Cambridge United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 8 | Salford City | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Morecambe | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Walsall | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 15 |
| 21 | Barrow | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Bradford City | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 24 | Southend United | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -23 | 6 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)