Open game expected at Chigwell Construction Stadium: Dagenham & Redbridge vs Grimsby Town preview

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Chigwell Construction Stadium (6078 seats)

Grimsby Town go to Dagenham & Redbridge and Chigwell Construction Stadium packed with optimism, but the team playing at home is no pushover. More news on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most points from losing position (13) in National League
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grimsby Town have scored away.

Dagenham & Redbridge and Grimsby Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Dagenham & Redbridge form and stats

When playing at home in the National League, Dagenham & Redbridge have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. Dagenham & Redbridge has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager D. McMahon and the players.

In their previous game, the manager D. McMahon led his Redbridge to a defeat in the National League match away at Notts County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Chigwell Construction Stadium.

Ahead of that match, Redbridge lost 0-1 at home to Eastleigh.

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 Redbridge have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost four.

Goals decide football matches and Redbridge are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 9 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their National League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Grimsby are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

There might be some fixture complaints from Grimsby Town as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the National League match against Solihull Moors (0-2).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Southend United.

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

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Grimsby have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Grimsby in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - three - zero (Redbridge wins - draws - Grimsby Town wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RedbridgeP. McCallum
P. McCallum
6 goals
Grimsby TownJ. McAtee
J. McAtee
6 goals
Grimsby TownR. Taylor
R. Taylor
6 goals

Dagenham & Redbridge missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Dagenham & Redbridge Grimsby Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 9 17
8 4 1 Won W 2 3 10
2 2 1 Drew D 1 2 2
8 3 0 Lost L 1 4 5
34 22 6 Scored S 4 10 29
24 14 4 Conceded C 4 12 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 94%
72% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
61% 78% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 41%
44% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 35%
28% 44% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 18%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 56% 41%
11% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 41%
33% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 24%
 
6.2 7.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 6.1 5.2
5.9 4.2 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 5.3
1.7 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.7 11.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.7 11.1
5.2 5.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.1 4.6
37% 45% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 27% 37%
 
8.4 7.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.3 7.4
3.3 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3 2.4
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grimsby Town have scored away.
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most points from losing position (13) in National League
  • Dagenham & Redbridge have the most scored goals (22) at home in National League
  • Dagenham & Redbridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Chesterfield 17 10 6 1 35 15 8 5 3 0 19 9 9 5 3 1 16 6 20 36
2 Boreham Wood 17 10 5 2 26 13 9 6 3 0 15 4 8 4 2 2 11 9 13 35
3 Halifax Town 17 10 3 4 28 16 8 6 0 2 16 7 9 4 3 2 12 9 12 33
4 Grimsby Town 17 10 2 5 29 17 8 7 0 1 19 5 9 3 2 4 10 12 12 32
5 Notts County 18 9 5 4 29 21 9 6 2 1 16 12 9 3 3 3 13 9 8 32
6 Bromley 17 9 4 4 31 20 9 6 1 2 19 8 8 3 3 2 12 12 11 31
7 Wrexham 17 8 6 3 33 18 7 3 4 0 7 3 10 5 2 3 26 15 15 30
8 Stockport County 17 9 3 5 28 20 8 3 2 3 11 10 9 6 1 2 17 10 8 30
9 Solihull Moors 17 8 5 4 22 20 10 5 3 2 16 11 7 3 2 2 6 9 2 29
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 18 8 2 8 34 24 9 4 2 3 22 14 9 4 0 5 12 10 10 26
11 Yeovil Town 16 7 4 5 17 15 9 3 3 3 8 9 7 4 1 2 9 6 2 25
12 Altrincham 17 7 3 7 31 26 8 4 1 3 15 11 9 3 2 4 16 15 5 24
13 Woking 17 8 0 9 30 26 8 3 0 5 11 13 9 5 0 4 19 13 4 24
14 Eastleigh 16 7 3 6 21 21 8 5 2 1 16 10 8 2 1 5 5 11 0 24
15 Barnet 17 6 4 7 21 30 8 3 2 3 8 14 9 3 2 4 13 16 -9 22
16 Wealdstone 17 5 6 6 17 25 9 3 3 3 8 10 8 2 3 3 9 15 -8 21
17 Torquay United 17 5 3 9 24 30 8 4 0 4 14 14 9 1 3 5 10 16 -6 18
18 Aldershot Town 17 5 1 11 18 30 9 2 0 7 7 18 8 3 1 4 11 12 -12 16
19 Weymouth 17 4 3 10 20 35 9 2 3 4 11 15 8 2 0 6 9 20 -15 15
20 Maidenhead United 15 4 2 9 18 30 8 3 1 4 15 18 7 1 1 5 3 12 -12 14
21 Southend United 16 4 2 10 13 25 7 2 1 4 9 13 9 2 1 6 4 12 -12 14
22 King's Lynn Town 17 2 2 13 15 37 9 0 1 8 4 16 8 2 1 5 11 21 -22 8
23 Dover Athletic 17 0 4 13 14 40 9 0 2 7 7 17 8 0 2 6 7 23 -26 -8

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