League Two: The middle-of-the-table placements shows the journey Grimsby Town and Stockport County have taken uptil now. Both participants are eager to play; let's bake this cake!
- Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Town and Stockport County.
Grimsby Town form and stats
Grimsby Town's struggle is real here at Blundell Park with only 11 points collected from 11 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-4.
The Grimsby crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Salford City here at Blundell Park. The game against Salford City was basically lost in the first half (1-4) and the second half was more of a formality. The striker McAtee was named "man of the match" for Grimsby Town with the rating of 7.44/10. McAtee served one assist and hit two key passes.
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Harrogate Town.The Grimsby Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Stockport County form and stats
5-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stockport County in their League Two matches away. It’s been three wins in a row for Stockport County on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
293 minutes! That's how long the Stockport goalkeeper Ben Hinchiffe and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Stockport County, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Walsall (placed 13th) last time out. Wootton, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.8. Wootton scored two goals.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Crewe Alexandra.The travelling fans enjoy Stockport's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Stockport County have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stockport County - Grimsby Town 1-3 was the scoreline in these teams' previous head-to-head match, earlier this season. Grimsby Town-Stockport County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Grimsby five wins, Stockport County three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  P. Madden 9 goals | K. Wootton 7 goals |  H. Clifton 6 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Stockport County missing players
| Grimsby Town | Stockport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 33 |
| 27 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 91% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 91% |
| 73% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 77% |
| 45% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 64% | 50% |
| 18% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 59% | 73% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 50% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 45% | 50% |
| 23% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 9% | 9% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12.4 | 13.7 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 11.2 | 13.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 26% | 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 42% | 33% |
| 11.8 | 11 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 11 | 9 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
- Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stockport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 52 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 45 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 39 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Salford City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 9 | Barrow | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 34 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 34 |
| 13 | Walsall | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 15 | Sutton United | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 32 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 27 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -21 | 18 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 17 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -17 | 15 |
| 24 | Gillingham | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -20 | 14 |
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