An important duel in the bottom section of the League Two, with both Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 20th and the visitors in 18th place.
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) 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 Scunthorpe United.
Grimsby Town form and stats
Grimsby Town's results here at Blundell Park in the League Two have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Grimsby travelled for their previous game, a trip to Southend United that ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mansfield Town that ended 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Grimsby Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Grimsby Town as a small favourite), we find ten games. Grimsby Town has won two of these, drawn three and lost five.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Grimsby Town, as the League Two home game vs Bradford City is only three days away.
Grimsby Town have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Grimsby have conceded 14 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
A. Beestin was the last player to score for the away team. Scunthorpe haven't scored a league goal in the last 192 minutes.
J. Clarke and Abobaker Eisa scored in Scunthorpe's previous match, the home game against Barrow that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Southend United's place.
Late drama in the previous game, when J. Clarke scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Barrow.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Scunthorpe United in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Scunthorpe, one draw and eight defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Scunthorpe have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. As opposed to that, Scunthorpe have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Grimsby two wins, one draw and Scunthorpe United four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Eisa 3 goals | R. Loft 3 goals |  L. Hendrie 2 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Scunthorpe United missing players
| Grimsby Town | Scunthorpe United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 47% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 18% |
| 53% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 35% |
| 18% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 41% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 8.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9 | 9.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 35% | 26% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 43% | 35% |
- Grimsby Town has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) 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.
- Scunthorpe United has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United has the most matches under the total-line (12) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United 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 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | Carlisle United | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 30 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Morecambe | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Salford City | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 17 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -13 | 16 |
| 21 | Barrow | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 13 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 24 | Southend United | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -22 | 9 |
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