League Two game preview and statistics: Grimsby Town host Northampton Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

With the tense opening match done it’s time for the second League Two meeting of the season. Grimsby Town look forward to welcoming Northampton Town in front of their stadium regulars.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The season before, Grimsby Town's league statistics were 23 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, leading to 6th spot in the Vanarama National League. In these 44 matches they scored 68 goals and conceded 46. Playing as the host team in the previous season Grimsby Town generated 15-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 19 conceded.

Grimsby are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 238 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Green).

Grimsby Town are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Leyton Orient. Midfielder Green was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Green hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Solihull Moors (after extra-time).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Grimsby Town as they have a new game in only three days, a Carabao Cup match thankfully also at home. Crewe Alexandra are visiting.

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Northampton Town form and stats

Let's have a look at how Northampton Town performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 28/23 goals scored/conceded.

Northampton are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the game against Colchester United (placed 15th). Haynes came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Colchester United last time out, making the manager Brady feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Hoskins was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.04/10. Hoskins scored two goals, served one assist and hit three key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Mansfield Town.

After this away game Northampton Town return home for a Carabao Cup game against Wycombe Wanderers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Grimsby Town wins - draws - Northampton Town wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
2 goals
Northampton TownR. Haynes
R. Haynes
1 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Grimsby Town Northampton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 60%
 
14 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 5
5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Grimsby Town Last season Northampton Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
47 23   Played P   24 48
26 16   Won W   10 23
8 2   Drew D   6 11
13 5   Lost L   8 14
77 40   Scored S   29 61
52 20   Conceded C   25 41
91% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 90%
66% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 60%
51% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 38%
30% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 12%
15% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 6%
53% 52%   BTTS BTTS   50% 40%
32% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 44%
23% 13%   Failed to Score F T   29% 27%
 
5.9 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.5
5.1 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.5
1.4 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.1
4 1   Red cards R C   3 3
 
12.1 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.9
5.2 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.5
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 36%
 
8.2 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 9.8
3.2 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Walsall 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AFC Wimbledon 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Leyton Orient 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Barrow 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
7 Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Crewe Alexandra 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Stevenage 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
10 Carlisle United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Newport County 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Sutton United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Bradford City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Colchester United 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
16 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rochdale 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
21 Grimsby Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
22 Mansfield Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Swindon Town 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Hartlepool United 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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 +/- P
1 Stockport County 44 30 4 10 87 38 22 15 3 4 44 17 22 15 1 6 43 21 49 94
2 Wrexham 44 26 10 8 91 46 22 15 6 1 47 18 22 11 4 7 44 28 45 88
3 Solihull Moors 44 25 12 7 83 45 22 14 5 3 51 24 22 11 7 4 32 21 38 87
4 Halifax Town 44 25 9 10 62 35 22 17 2 3 37 11 22 8 7 7 25 24 27 84
5 Notts County 44 24 10 10 81 52 22 15 5 2 47 22 22 9 5 8 34 30 29 82
6 Grimsby Town 44 23 8 13 68 46 22 15 2 5 38 19 22 8 6 8 30 27 22 77
7 Chesterfield 44 20 14 10 69 51 22 11 7 4 36 26 22 9 7 6 33 25 18 74
8 Dagenham & Redbridge 44 22 7 15 80 53 22 10 6 6 46 29 22 12 1 9 34 24 27 73
9 Boreham Wood 44 18 13 13 49 40 22 11 8 3 28 14 22 7 5 10 21 26 9 67
10 Bromley 44 18 13 13 61 53 22 11 7 4 36 23 22 7 6 9 25 30 8 67
11 Torquay United 44 18 12 14 66 54 22 11 6 5 39 23 22 7 6 9 27 31 12 66
12 Yeovil Town 44 15 14 15 43 46 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 8 7 7 23 21 -3 59
13 Southend United 44 16 10 18 45 61 22 10 5 7 26 27 22 6 5 11 19 34 -16 58
14 Altrincham 44 15 10 19 62 69 22 10 4 8 39 27 22 5 6 11 23 42 -7 55
15 Woking 44 16 5 23 59 61 22 8 0 14 28 36 22 8 5 9 31 25 -2 53
16 Wealdstone 44 14 11 19 51 65 22 8 7 7 24 24 22 6 4 12 27 41 -14 53
17 Maidenhead United 44 13 12 19 48 67 22 9 5 8 32 35 22 4 7 11 16 32 -19 51
18 Barnet 44 13 11 20 59 89 22 6 6 10 28 42 22 7 5 10 31 47 -30 50
19 Eastleigh 44 12 10 22 52 74 22 8 6 8 33 33 22 4 4 14 19 41 -22 46
20 Aldershot Town 44 11 10 23 46 73 22 4 5 13 19 40 22 7 5 10 27 33 -27 43
21 King's Lynn Town 44 8 10 26 47 79 22 4 4 14 22 38 22 4 6 12 25 41 -32 34
22 Weymouth 44 6 10 28 40 88 22 3 7 12 21 38 22 3 3 16 19 50 -48 28
23 Dover Athletic 44 2 7 35 37 101 22 1 3 18 13 41 22 1 4 17 24 60 -64 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 46 23 15 8 75 44 23 14 4 5 34 18 23 9 11 3 41 26 31 84
2 Exeter City 46 23 15 8 65 41 23 14 6 3 37 19 23 9 9 5 28 22 24 84
3 Bristol Rovers 46 23 11 12 71 49 23 14 4 5 38 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 22 80
4 Northampton Town 46 23 11 12 60 38 23 13 5 5 32 15 23 10 6 7 28 23 22 80
5 Port Vale 46 22 12 12 67 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 23 11 6 6 32 24 21 78
6 Swindon Town 46 22 11 13 77 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 23 13 4 6 42 29 23 77
7 Mansfield Town 46 22 11 13 67 52 23 15 4 4 40 24 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 77
8 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 23 8 5 10 31 33 16 76
9 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 12 13 53 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 23 5 9 9 17 24 13 75
10 Salford City 46 19 13 14 60 46 23 10 9 4 33 21 23 9 4 10 27 25 14 70
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 23 9 6 8 40 31 23 10 6 7 27 27 9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 23 9 6 8 28 29 23 8 4 11 28 37 -10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 5 11 7 26 25 15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 23 6 10 7 29 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 23 8 4 11 23 32 -12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 23 10 5 8 30 29 23 4 7 12 17 31 -13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 23 9 7 7 24 26 23 5 5 13 20 38 -20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 23 5 6 12 23 36 -8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 23 6 7 10 32 36 23 8 4 11 32 39 -11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 23 8 7 8 19 23 23 6 4 13 20 39 -23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 23 9 6 8 29 30 23 2 8 13 16 38 -23 47
22 Barrow 46 10 14 22 44 57 23 5 9 9 25 28 23 5 5 13 19 29 -13 44
23 Oldham Athletic 46 9 11 26 46 75 23 5 4 14 29 42 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 38
24 Scunthorpe United 46 4 14 28 29 90 23 3 7 13 15 36 23 1 7 15 14 54 -61 26

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Walsall 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AFC Wimbledon 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Leyton Orient 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Barrow 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
7 Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Crewe Alexandra 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Stevenage 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
10 Carlisle United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Newport County 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Sutton United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Bradford City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Colchester United 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
16 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rochdale 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
21 Grimsby Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
22 Mansfield Town 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Swindon Town 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Hartlepool United 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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