League Two match prediction: Little separates Morecambe and Grimsby Town in quality

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Globe Arena (6476 seats)

Morecambe will battle it out with Grimsby Town in this League Two game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

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Morecambe form and stats

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 eleven games. Morecambe has won 3 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Morecambe friendly games in pre-season: Morecambe played three friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Morecambe scored 2 goals and conceded 5 in these three games.

Last season, Morecambe's league statistics were 14 wins, 12 draws and 20 losses, resulting in a 18th position in the League Two. Over these 46 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 70. Playing at home last season Morecambe managed 8-5-10 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 31 conceded.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Grimsby Town in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Grimsby Town, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Grimsby Town have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from six fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Grimsby Town performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 8 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 56 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 14 with 19/35 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Morecambe-Grimsby Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Morecambe 5 wins, Grimsby Town 1 win, 4 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Grimsby Town missing players

Morecambe Grimsby Town
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Morecambe Last season Grimsby Town
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
14 8   Won   5 16
12 5   Drew   4 8
20 10   Lost   14 22
54 33   Scored   19 45
70 31   Conceded   35 56
93% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 93%
76% 78%   Over 1.5   70% 63%
48% 48%   Over 2.5   43% 37%
30% 26%   Over 3.5   17% 15%
13% 13%   Over 4.5   4% 7%
48% 48%   BTTS   48% 35%
24% 22%   Clean Sheets   13% 33%
35% 30%   Failed To Score   39% 39%
 
4.3 5.3   Corners For (avg)   4 4.3
5.8 5   Corners Against (avg)   6 5.4
1.5 1.4   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.7 1.4
1 1   Red Cards   8 9
Key stats last season:
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Morecambe have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Morecambe
All EFL Trophy Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-04-19 LT Cambridge United 1 - 2 Morecambe
04-05-19 LT Morecambe 1 - 1 Newport County
09-07-19 CF United of Manchester 3 - 0 Morecambe
13-07-19 CF Bamber Bridge 0 - 2 Morecambe
16-07-19 CF Barrow 2 - 0 Morecambe
25-07-19 CF Marine 18:30 Morecambe
27-07-19 CF Morecambe 14:00 Accrington Stanley
03-08-19 LT Morecambe 14:00 Grimsby Town
10-08-19 LT Mansfield Town 14:00 Morecambe
13-08-19 CC Mansfield Town 18:45 Morecambe
Grimsby Town
All EFL Trophy Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
09-07-19 CF Grantham Town 1 - 3 Grimsby Town
11-07-19 CF Boston United 2 - 1 Grimsby Town
18-07-19 CF Gainsborough Trinity 2 - 0 Grimsby Town
20-07-19 CF Grimsby Town 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers
23-07-19 CF Scarborough Athletic 1 - 2 Grimsby Town
27-07-19 CF Grimsby Town 14:00 Peterborough United
03-08-19 LT Morecambe 14:00 Grimsby Town
10-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 12:00 Bradford City
13-08-19 CC Grimsby Town 18:45 Doncaster Rovers
17-08-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 14:00 Grimsby Town

Last season 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 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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