Home advantage could prove decisive in Salford City - Grimsby Town battle

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Peninsula Stadium (1400 seats)

Salford City are located at 5th, while Grimsby Town are dragging their feet 5 points behind in the standings. Can they decrease the gap?

Insights:
  • Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Grimsby Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Grimsby Town could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only four sleeps ago.

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Salford City form and stats

Salford City have played 5 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Salford City, who won 2-1 against Sutton United (placed 13th). The striker Lund was named "man of the match" for Salford City with a rating of 7.63/10. Lund scored one goal.

A 0-0 scoreline against Accrington Stanley before that, played at their own home stadium in the EFL Trophy. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Salford handle that role? We have found 25 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 15 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

The Salford City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Salford have conceded only 3 goals.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

4-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Grimsby Town in their League Two matches away.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Carlisle United with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

A 1-2 loss hosting Swindon Town before that.

We have checked recent matches where Grimsby Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Grimsby Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Grimsby are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last four meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Salford City, one draw and one win for Grimsby Town. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Grimsby TownH. Clifton
H. Clifton
4 goals
Salford CityR. Watson
R. Watson
3 goals
Salford CityM. Lund
M. Lund
2 goals

Salford City missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Salford City Grimsby Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
6 3 1 Won W 0 4 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
2 1 1 Lost L 1 1 3
15 8 3 Scored S 0 6 10
8 3 1 Conceded C 2 3 9
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 70%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 30%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 50%
50% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 40%
20% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 20%
 
4.5 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.4 4.2
4.3 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.2
2 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 12.6 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.2 11.3
3.9 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.8
38% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 21%
 
10.4 9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.8 12.2
2.4 2.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2.2 2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Grimsby Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Salford City haven’t played a single 0-0 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 10 9 1 0 18 4 5 5 0 0 10 2 5 4 1 0 8 2 14 28
2 Northampton Town 10 7 2 1 21 11 6 5 0 1 13 6 4 2 2 0 8 5 10 23
3 Stevenage 10 7 1 2 12 9 5 5 0 0 7 2 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 22
4 Barrow 10 7 0 3 15 11 5 4 0 1 8 5 5 3 0 2 7 6 4 21
5 Salford City 10 6 2 2 15 8 5 3 1 1 8 3 5 3 1 1 7 5 7 20
6 Mansfield Town 10 6 1 3 16 10 4 3 1 0 8 3 6 3 0 3 8 7 6 19
7 Bradford City 10 5 3 2 16 9 6 3 3 0 9 3 4 2 0 2 7 6 7 18
8 Carlisle United 10 4 5 1 13 10 5 3 2 0 8 5 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 17
9 Swindon Town 10 4 5 1 12 9 4 2 2 0 7 3 6 2 3 1 5 6 3 17
10 Doncaster Rovers 10 5 2 3 14 12 6 4 0 2 11 8 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 17
11 Crewe Alexandra 10 4 3 3 12 11 6 3 1 2 9 6 4 1 2 1 3 5 1 15
12 Grimsby Town 10 4 3 3 10 9 5 0 3 2 4 6 5 4 0 1 6 3 1 15
13 Sutton United 10 4 2 4 12 11 6 4 1 1 9 5 4 0 1 3 3 6 1 14
14 Tranmere Rovers 10 4 1 5 10 9 4 2 0 2 7 4 6 2 1 3 3 5 1 13
15 Walsall 10 2 3 5 10 10 5 1 2 2 7 5 5 1 1 3 3 5 0 9
16 AFC Wimbledon 10 2 3 5 11 15 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 1 2 3 7 10 -4 9
17 Stockport County 10 2 2 6 11 15 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 0 0 5 6 11 -4 8
18 Newport County 10 2 2 6 10 14 6 1 1 4 5 10 4 1 1 2 5 4 -4 8
19 Harrogate Town 10 2 2 6 6 12 4 1 1 2 3 5 6 1 1 4 3 7 -6 8
20 Gillingham 10 1 4 5 2 11 5 1 2 2 1 4 5 0 2 3 1 7 -9 7
21 Colchester United 10 1 3 6 7 14 6 1 2 3 4 7 4 0 1 3 3 7 -7 6
22 Crawley Town 10 1 3 6 9 17 4 1 0 3 5 8 6 0 3 3 4 9 -8 6
23 Rochdale 10 1 2 7 6 16 4 0 1 3 2 5 6 1 1 4 4 11 -10 5
24 Hartlepool United 10 0 5 5 6 17 5 0 4 1 2 4 5 0 1 4 4 13 -11 5

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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.