Grimsby Town vs Stevenage match preview: Even contest expected at Blundell Park

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (9546 seats)

Grimsby Town hope to sell all 9546 tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 49 points and a 17th position in the League Two table. Visiting Stevenage holds 13th place with 54.

Grimsby Town and Stevenage should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The story so far for Grimsby Town at their home stadium (Blundell Park) is 9 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. Grimsby Town have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

In their previous game, the manager M. Jolley led his Grimsby Town to a defeat in the League Two match away at Oldham Athletic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Blundell Park. In the match before that, Grimsby Town hosted Bury and drew the game 0-0.

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 six games. Grimsby Town has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 3.

The Grimsby Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 23 in 20 matches. Grimsby Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Blundell Park, averaging less than one per game. The total is 19 from 20 matches.

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Stevenage form and stats

As the visiting team Stevenage have produced an overall stat of 5-7-8 so far. The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.

The manager D. Maamria was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground Blundell Park. Stevenage suffered a 0-3 loss to Notts County. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Macclesfield Town that ended 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Stevenage in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Stevenage, 7 draws and 11 defeats.

Stevenage find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 23 goals from 20 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Stevenage have conceded 30 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Stevenage - Grimsby Town 1-0. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Grimsby Town, 1 draw and 3 wins for Stevenage.

Top Goalscorers

W. Thomas
11 goals
A. Revell
7 goals / 5 assists
D. Newton
6 goals / 2 assists

Grimsby Town missing players

Stevenage missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Grimsby Town Stevenage
Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 20 Played 20 40
40 23 Scored 23 45
50 19 Conceded 30 52
92% 85% Over 0.5 95% 95%
62% 55% Over 1.5 80% 65%
40% 35% Over 2.5 45% 42%
18% 15% Over 3.5 30% 28%
8% 10% Over 4.5 10% 10%
35% 25% Both teams to score 55% 45%
32% 50% Clean Sheet 15% 25%
40% 40% Failed To Score 35% 35%
Key stats this season:
  • Stevenage is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 40 22 14 4 70 37 20 11 8 1 34 19 20 11 6 3 36 18 33 80
2 Milton Keynes Dons 40 21 9 10 66 41 20 13 4 3 33 11 20 8 5 7 33 30 25 72
3 Bury 40 20 11 9 72 47 20 12 5 3 46 24 20 8 6 6 26 23 25 71
4 Mansfield Town 40 18 15 7 60 34 20 12 5 3 32 13 20 6 10 4 28 21 26 69
5 Tranmere Rovers 40 19 10 11 59 44 20 13 4 3 30 10 20 6 6 8 29 34 15 67
6 Forest Green Rovers 40 16 13 11 58 41 20 6 8 6 24 19 20 10 5 5 34 22 17 61
7 Exeter City 39 17 10 12 52 41 20 10 3 7 30 22 19 7 7 5 22 19 11 61
8 Colchester United 40 17 9 14 58 48 20 10 4 6 36 21 20 7 5 8 22 27 10 60
9 Carlisle United 40 17 7 16 59 54 20 9 3 8 34 27 20 8 4 8 25 27 5 58
10 Swindon Town 39 15 12 12 50 47 20 7 8 5 26 23 19 8 4 7 24 24 3 57
11 Newport County 38 16 7 15 49 57 18 11 4 3 26 21 20 5 3 12 23 36 -8 55
12 Oldham Athletic 39 14 12 13 58 48 20 9 5 6 35 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 10 54
13 Stevenage 40 15 9 16 45 52 20 10 2 8 22 22 20 5 7 8 23 30 -7 54
14 Crewe Alexandra 40 15 8 17 49 52 20 12 2 6 36 22 20 3 6 11 13 30 -3 53
15 Northampton Town 40 12 16 12 50 52 20 6 10 4 24 23 20 6 6 8 26 29 -2 52
16 Cheltenham Town 40 14 9 17 52 58 20 9 5 6 30 26 20 5 4 11 22 32 -6 51
17 Grimsby Town 40 14 7 19 40 50 20 9 4 7 23 19 20 5 3 12 17 31 -10 49
18 Morecambe 40 12 9 19 45 62 20 7 3 10 27 29 20 5 6 9 18 33 -17 45
19 Cambridge United 40 12 9 19 37 57 20 7 6 7 20 21 20 5 3 12 17 36 -20 45
20 Port Vale 40 11 11 18 35 46 20 6 3 11 22 31 20 5 8 7 13 15 -11 44
21 Crawley Town 40 12 7 21 40 59 20 9 4 7 29 27 20 3 3 14 11 32 -19 43
22 Yeovil Town 40 9 9 22 37 59 20 4 7 9 19 32 20 5 2 13 18 27 -22 36
23 Notts County 40 8 12 20 41 72 20 4 8 8 18 29 20 4 4 12 23 43 -31 36
24 Macclesfield Town 39 8 11 20 41 65 19 4 8 7 21 31 20 4 3 13 20 34 -24 35

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