Football tips: Morecambe vs Grimsby Town - predictions and betting guide

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Globe Arena (6476 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 19th and the visitors in 17th place.

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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Morecambe form and stats

The story so far for Morecambe at their home stadium (Globe Arena) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats. Morecambe are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Morecambe drew their last game, 1-1 away at Macclesfield Town. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Crawley Town.

This is expected to be a close game, with Morecambe perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Morecambe as a small favourite), we find three games. Morecambe has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

The Morecambe fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 27 in 20 matches. Morecambe's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 29 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grimsby Town so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 5-3-12 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Grimsby Town's last three away games as they have all been lost.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Stevenage with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Grimsby Town manager M. Jolley faced defeat in their match when travelling to Oldham Athletic and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Grimsby Town in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Grimsby Town, 3 draws and 14 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Grimsby Town as they have only managed to score 17 times from 20 away games. Grimsby Town have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Grimsby Town - Morecambe 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Morecambe won 5 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Grimsby Town has 1 win.

Top Goalscorers

W. Thomas
11 goals
K. Ellison
6 goals
R. Oates
6 goals / 1 assists

Morecambe missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Morecambe Grimsby Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 20 41
46 27 Scored 17 40
63 29 Conceded 31 52
93% 100% Over 0.5 100% 93%
73% 75% Over 1.5 70% 63%
46% 50% Over 2.5 45% 39%
29% 25% Over 3.5 20% 17%
15% 15% Over 4.5 5% 7%
46% 45% Both teams to score 45% 34%
24% 20% Clean Sheet 15% 32%
37% 35% Failed To Score 40% 41%
Key stats this season:
  • Morecambe hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Grimsby Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Morecambe is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Lincoln City 41 23 14 4 72 37 20 11 8 1 34 19 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 83
2 Mansfield Town 41 19 15 7 61 34 21 13 5 3 33 13 20 6 10 4 28 21 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 41 21 9 11 66 43 21 13 4 4 33 13 20 8 5 7 33 30 23 72
4 Bury 41 20 11 10 74 50 20 12 5 3 46 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 24 71
5 Tranmere Rovers 41 19 11 11 59 44 20 13 4 3 30 10 21 6 7 8 29 34 15 68
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 17 13 11 60 42 20 6 8 6 24 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 18 64
7 Exeter City 40 17 11 12 53 42 20 10 3 7 30 22 20 7 8 5 23 20 11 62
8 Carlisle United 41 18 7 16 62 56 21 10 3 8 37 29 20 8 4 8 25 27 6 61
9 Colchester United 41 17 9 15 58 50 21 10 4 7 36 23 20 7 5 8 22 27 8 60
10 Swindon Town 40 15 13 12 51 48 21 7 9 5 27 24 19 8 4 7 24 24 3 58
11 Oldham Athletic 40 15 12 13 60 48 20 9 5 6 35 24 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 57
12 Stevenage 41 16 9 16 47 52 20 10 2 8 22 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -5 57
13 Newport County 39 16 8 15 49 57 19 11 5 3 26 21 20 5 3 12 23 36 -8 56
14 Northampton Town 41 12 17 12 52 54 20 6 10 4 24 23 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 53
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 8 18 49 53 20 12 2 6 36 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -4 53
16 Cheltenham Town 41 14 10 17 53 59 21 9 6 6 31 27 20 5 4 11 22 32 -6 52
17 Grimsby Town 41 14 7 20 40 52 21 9 4 8 23 21 20 5 3 12 17 31 -12 49
18 Port Vale 41 12 11 18 36 46 21 7 3 11 23 31 20 5 8 7 13 15 -10 47
19 Morecambe 41 12 10 19 46 63 20 7 3 10 27 29 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 46
20 Cambridge United 41 12 9 20 37 58 20 7 6 7 20 21 21 5 3 13 17 37 -21 45
21 Crawley Town 41 12 7 22 41 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 20 3 3 14 11 32 -20 43
22 Yeovil Town 41 9 10 22 38 60 20 4 7 9 19 32 21 5 3 13 19 28 -22 37
23 Notts County 41 8 13 20 43 74 21 4 9 8 20 31 20 4 4 12 23 43 -31 37
24 Macclesfield Town 40 8 12 20 42 66 20 4 9 7 22 32 20 4 3 13 20 34 -24 36

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