Grimsby Town hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 21st position in the League Two table. Visiting Oldham Athletic holds 14th place with 26 pts.
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (35) in League Two
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Grimsby and Oldham Athletic.
Grimsby Town form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Grimsby Town, who have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in League Two, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Blundell Park.
Grimsby lost their last game at Morecambe (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Grimsby lost 1-2 at home to Bradford City.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Grimsby Town, as the League Two home game vs Cambridge United is only four days away.
Grimsby have scored 7 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
Oldham Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (35) in League Two, have an excellent away record in the League Two so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Oldham Athletic's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Salford City game.
Oldham Athletic played 1-1 against Harrogate Town in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away victory against Newport County with the score of 4-2.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Oldham manager H. Kewell as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Forest Green Rovers.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Oldham Athletic are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Oldham Athletic have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Grimsby Town zero wins, one draw and Oldham Athletic two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. McAleny 8 goals |  Z. Dearnley 5 goals | D. Rowe 4 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Grimsby Town | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 33 |
| 34 | 16 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 36 |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 55% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 70% |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 30% |
| 55% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 75% |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 35% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 8.1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 43% |
- All of Oldham Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in League Two
- Grimsby Town has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home 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.
- Oldham Athletic has the fewest clean sheets (0) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most conceded goals (35) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most matches over the total-line (14) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most scored goals (19) away in League Two
- Oldham Athletic has the most scored goals in the second half (22) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oldham Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals away as Grimsby Town have scored home.
- Oldham Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 31 |
| 8 | Salford City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Walsall | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 27 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 20 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 19 |
| 22 | Barrow | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 23 | Southend United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -18 | 16 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
- Grimsby Town
- Grimsby Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- The Fishy - (supporter site)
- Cod almighty - (supporter fanzine)