Grimsby Town vs Swindon Town betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 24.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

Grimsby Town have done better than Swindon Town so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the info you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town have not yet lost a game at 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 Swindon Town.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

Three League Two home games done for Grimsby Town, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

Grimsby Town's previous fixture was a EFL Trophy game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-0 vs Mansfield Town. The home side are looking to build on that result.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Colchester United and winning 1-0.

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 9 games. Grimsby Town has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Grimsby as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Carlisle United are visiting.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Grimsby Town here at Blundell Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). From these home matches, Grimsby Town have conceded only 2 goals.

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Swindon Town form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Swindon Town have produced an overall stat of 1-3-1 so far.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a EFL Trophy home defeat versus Plymouth Argyle with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Doncaster Rovers at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Swindon Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Swindon, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Grimsby Town-Swindon Town H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Grimsby Town four wins, Swindon Town three wins, one draw. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GrimsbyH. Clifton
H. Clifton
4 goals
Swindon TownJ. Wakeling
J. Wakeling
4 goals
Swindon TownJ. Williams
J. Williams
2 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Grimsby Town Swindon Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 0 5 9
4 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 3 1 Drew D 0 3 5
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
8 2 0 Scored S 0 3 10
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 5 8
88% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 78%
62% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 67%
12% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
38% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 44%
50% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 44%
25% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
4 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.8 5.8
4.2 4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.6 5.2
1.6 1.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 15.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.6 13.1
5.1 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 3.6
20% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 31%
 
12.5 10.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.6 12.1
1.9 1.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Grimsby Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Grimsby Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Grimsby Town have yet to win a game at 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 9 8 1 0 16 4 5 5 0 0 10 2 4 3 1 0 6 2 12 25
2 Barrow 9 7 0 2 15 9 4 4 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 2 7 6 6 21
3 Northampton Town 9 6 2 1 19 10 5 4 0 1 11 5 4 2 2 0 8 5 9 20
4 Stevenage 9 6 1 2 11 9 4 4 0 0 6 2 5 2 1 2 5 7 2 19
5 Bradford City 9 5 2 2 14 7 5 3 2 0 7 1 4 2 0 2 7 6 7 17
6 Salford City 9 5 2 2 13 7 5 3 1 1 8 3 4 2 1 1 5 4 6 17
7 Mansfield Town 9 5 1 3 14 9 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 2 0 3 6 6 5 16
8 Grimsby Town 8 4 3 1 8 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 5 4 0 1 6 3 3 15
9 Crewe Alexandra 9 4 3 2 11 9 5 3 1 1 8 4 4 1 2 1 3 5 2 15
10 Sutton United 9 4 2 3 11 9 5 4 1 0 8 3 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 14
11 Swindon Town 9 3 5 1 10 8 4 2 2 0 7 3 5 1 3 1 3 5 2 14
12 Doncaster Rovers 9 4 2 3 10 11 5 3 0 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 3 4 -1 14
13 Carlisle United 8 3 4 1 10 8 5 3 2 0 8 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 13
14 Tranmere Rovers 9 3 1 5 9 9 4 2 0 2 7 4 5 1 1 3 2 5 0 10
15 Walsall 9 2 3 4 10 9 4 1 2 1 7 4 5 1 1 3 3 5 1 9
16 Stockport County 9 2 2 5 10 13 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 0 0 4 5 9 -3 8
17 AFC Wimbledon 9 2 2 5 9 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 1 1 3 5 8 -4 8
18 Harrogate Town 9 2 2 5 6 11 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 1 3 3 6 -5 8
19 Newport County 9 2 1 6 9 13 5 1 0 4 4 9 4 1 1 2 5 4 -4 7
20 Crawley Town 9 1 3 5 8 13 4 1 0 3 5 8 5 0 3 2 3 5 -5 6
21 Colchester United 9 1 3 5 7 13 5 1 2 2 4 6 4 0 1 3 3 7 -6 6
22 Gillingham 9 1 3 5 2 11 5 1 2 2 1 4 4 0 1 3 1 7 -9 6
23 Hartlepool United 9 0 4 5 6 17 4 0 3 1 2 4 5 0 1 4 4 13 -11 4
24 Rochdale 9 0 2 7 5 16 4 0 1 3 2 5 5 0 1 4 3 11 -11 2

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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.