Statistics, recent trends, game results, form, H2H stats, selected XIs and a lot more: Here's all you need to know on Grimsby Town - Tranmere Rovers!
- Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Grimsby Town form and stats
Grimsby Town's results here at Blundell Park in the League Two have been very modest with 1 victory, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Grimsby Town faced defeat in their previous match, away at AFC Wimbledon (0-1). Waterfall was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.5 out of 10. The defender Waterfall hit two key passes and won 15 of 21 duels.
Before that game, a nice away victory at Cambridge United. A FA Cup game. 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 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Grimsby's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Tranmere Rovers playing as the away team in the League Two this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Tranmere Rovers who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Tranmere Rovers aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 261 league minutes without a goal. Hawkes was the last player to find the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Northampton Town (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender Davies was the best team player with a rating of 7.84. Davies won 9 of 10 duels.
Preceding that, 1-1 away against Burton Albion (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Tranmere Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Tranmere, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Lacking goals? 11 of this team's latest 12 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Tranmere Rovers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Grimsby Town two wins, two draws and Tranmere Rovers four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Clifton 5 goals |  J. Hawkes 4 goals | E. Nevitt 4 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Grimsby Town | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 19 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 68% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 65% |
| 37% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 11% | 11% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 30% | 30% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 13 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 24% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 28% |
| 11.9 | 11.1 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 10.4 | 9.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
- Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Barrow | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Salford City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Walsall | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 17 | Sutton United | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 18 | Newport County | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 21 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -18 | 14 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -23 | 12 |
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