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

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Poundland Bescot Stadium (11300 seats)

Walsall will contest Grimsby Town in this League Two match. Everything you should learn about the game is located here!

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Walsall form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Walsall's two home games in the League Two so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Poundland Bescot Stadium.

The Walsall club members got no joy from their last game, a Carabao Cup duel also played here at Poundland Bescot Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Charlton Athletic. Defender Daniels got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Daniels hit two key passes and won 10 of 14 duels.

0-0 away at Gillingham before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Walsall have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 6.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Walsall, as the EFL Trophy home game vs West Ham United U21 is only three days away.

Walsall has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

Things could have gone better for Grimsby Town in their League Two away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

196 minutes! That's how long the Grimsby Town goalkeeper Maxime Teremoana Crocombe and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Carabao Cup home defeat versus Nottingham Forest with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Green got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Green hit the woodwork once.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Sutton United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Grimsby Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Grimsby Town, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Grimsby Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A EFL Trophy game at Derby County is waiting in only three days.

1 goal so far away for Grimsby Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Walsall victories, one draw and two Grimsby Town wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WalsallD. Johnson
D. Johnson
5 goals
Grimsby TownL. Waterfall
L. Waterfall
1 goals

Walsall missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Walsall Grimsby Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 5 0 Scored S 0 1 2
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
80% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
60% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
60% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
4 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 4.2
5.6 2.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 4.5
2.6 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 12.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.5 14.2
3 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 5.8
47% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 8% 9%
 
9.8 10.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.5 12.8
2.8 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Grimsby Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League Two
Walsall Last season Grimsby Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   24 47
14 10   Won W   10 26
12 5   Drew D   6 8
20 8   Lost L   8 13
47 30   Scored S   37 77
60 29   Conceded C   32 52
96% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
65% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 66%
41% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 51%
24% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 30%
4% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 15%
48% 52%   BTTS BTTS   54% 53%
24% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 32%
33% 22%   Failed to Score F T   33% 23%
 
4.8 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 5.9
4.6 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.1
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.4
2 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
11.5 12.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 12.1
3.7 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.2
28% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 31%
 
11 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 8.2
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.2

  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 5 4 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 6 13
2 Stevenage 5 4 1 0 8 4 3 3 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 13
3 Barrow 5 4 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 12
4 Northampton Town 5 3 2 0 11 8 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 1 2 0 6 5 3 11
5 Doncaster Rovers 5 3 2 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 11
6 Salford City 5 3 1 1 9 4 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 10
7 Crewe Alexandra 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 10
8 Mansfield Town 5 3 0 2 8 6 3 3 0 0 8 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 9
9 Walsall 5 2 2 1 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 8
10 AFC Wimbledon 5 2 2 1 8 7 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 8
11 Bradford City 5 2 1 2 7 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 7
12 Harrogate Town 5 2 1 2 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 7
13 Swindon Town 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 6
14 Carlisle United 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 5
15 Sutton United 5 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -1 5
16 Grimsby Town 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 5
17 Tranmere Rovers 5 1 1 3 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 4
18 Colchester United 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 4
19 Newport County 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 4
20 Gillingham 5 1 1 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 4
21 Stockport County 5 1 0 4 6 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 6 -3 3
22 Hartlepool United 5 0 2 3 2 9 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 2
23 Crawley Town 5 0 1 4 2 7 3 0 0 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 -5 1
24 Rochdale 5 0 0 5 1 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 5 -7 0

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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.