Grimsby Town vs Swindon Town match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

The visiting Swindon Town side should be favourites in this visit to Grimsby Town, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Grimsby Town have to build on here at Blundell Park in the League Two.

Grimsby Town haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 370 minutes ago. A. Rose scored that one.

Grimsby Town drew their last game, also a home match. Cheltenham Town (placed 5th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Northampton Town.

Grimsby Town has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Grimsby Town have conceded 12 from these games.

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Swindon Town form and stats

5-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Swindon Town, who have the most scored goals (18) away in League Two, in their League Two matches away. Swindon Town have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Swindon Town has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Swindon Town won their last game, 1-0 versus Mansfield Town played at home. A loss against Cheltenham Town was the result prior to that, in a FA Cup home game.

Swindon Town have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 18 goals from 9 away matches. Swindon Town have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings between the teams: Grimsby Town won 4, Swindon Town won 1 and 1 draw. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownE. Doyle
E. Doyle
17 goals
Swindon TownJ. Yates
J. Yates
8 goals
Grimsby TownJ. Hanson
J. Hanson
5 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Grimsby Town Swindon Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 9 19
5 2 0 Won W 2 5 11
5 3 2 Drew D 0 2 3
7 3 1 Lost L 0 2 5
20 9 1 Scored S 7 18 32
22 12 3 Conceded C 1 11 22
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 79%
41% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 58%
35% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 56% 37%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
41% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 53%
24% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 32%
47% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 16%
 
5.4 6.4 7.7 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 4.9
4.6 3.8 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.5 5.1 4.5
1.8 1.6 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
188 86 36 Total Shots T S 36 105 223
59 29 12 Shots on Target S O 13 38 73
34% 31% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 54% 47% 44%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Grimsby Town has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Grimsby Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
  • Swindon Town has the most scored goals (18) away
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Swindon Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Swindon Town 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 Swindon Town 19 11 3 5 32 22 10 6 1 3 14 11 9 5 2 2 18 11 10 36
2 Forest Green Rovers 19 10 5 4 24 13 9 4 3 2 8 6 10 6 2 2 16 7 11 35
3 Crewe Alexandra 19 10 4 5 32 22 10 5 2 3 18 11 9 5 2 2 14 11 10 34
4 Exeter City 19 9 6 4 24 20 9 5 3 1 13 6 10 4 3 3 11 14 4 33
5 Cheltenham Town 18 8 7 3 28 15 9 5 3 1 21 11 9 3 4 2 7 4 13 31
6 Northampton Town 19 9 4 6 28 19 10 6 1 3 18 8 9 3 3 3 10 11 9 31
7 Bradford City 18 9 4 5 26 18 9 6 1 2 15 7 9 3 3 3 11 11 8 31
8 Plymouth Argyle 18 8 5 5 27 21 9 5 3 1 18 9 9 3 2 4 9 12 6 29
9 Port Vale 19 7 7 5 25 25 9 5 4 0 13 7 10 2 3 5 12 18 0 28
10 Colchester United 18 7 6 5 23 17 8 4 2 2 11 7 10 3 4 3 12 10 6 27
11 Newport County 17 7 6 4 17 14 10 5 3 2 11 8 7 2 3 2 6 6 3 27
12 Salford City 19 6 7 6 23 28 10 3 4 3 9 12 9 3 3 3 14 16 -5 25
13 Cambridge United 19 6 6 7 23 19 9 3 3 3 12 9 10 3 3 4 11 10 4 24
14 Macclesfield Town 19 5 8 6 18 21 9 3 5 1 10 6 10 2 3 5 8 15 -3 23
15 Mansfield Town 19 5 6 8 26 26 9 2 2 5 15 16 10 3 4 3 11 10 0 21
16 Scunthorpe United 19 5 6 8 25 26 10 4 4 2 16 10 9 1 2 6 9 16 -1 21
17 Crawley Town 19 5 6 8 25 31 10 4 2 4 12 14 9 1 4 4 13 17 -6 21
18 Grimsby Town 17 5 5 7 20 22 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 3 2 4 11 10 -2 20
19 Leyton Orient 19 5 5 9 26 34 10 2 3 5 14 19 9 3 2 4 12 15 -8 20
20 Oldham Athletic 18 4 7 7 19 26 9 2 4 3 11 10 9 2 3 4 8 16 -7 19
21 Carlisle United 19 5 4 10 19 31 10 3 3 4 10 15 9 2 1 6 9 16 -12 19
22 Walsall 19 5 4 10 14 26 10 2 3 5 7 13 9 3 1 5 7 13 -12 19
23 Stevenage 18 2 8 8 12 21 8 2 2 4 8 10 10 0 6 4 4 11 -9 14
24 Morecambe 19 3 5 11 16 35 9 1 3 5 8 14 10 2 2 6 8 21 -19 14

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.