Grimsby Town look forward to facing Southend United with hopes of securing all three points. Can they? Open our match guide!
- Grimsby Town have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in National League
- Southend United have the fewest scored goals (2) away in National League
Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous match. Let's agree to expect an animated match!
Grimsby Town form and stats
Grimsby Town have been outstanding at home so far in the National League with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. Grimsby has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager P. Hurst and the players.
In their previous game, the manager P. Hurst led his Grimsby to a defeat in the National League match away at Aldershot Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Blundell Park.
A FA Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Kidderminster Harriers.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Grimsby Town as they are travelling to their away game against Solihull Moors in the National League. That match is four days after this one.
Grimsby are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Blundell Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 7 matches. From these home matches, Grimsby have conceded only 5 goals.
Southend United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Southend United so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Southend as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Wealdstone match.
Southend failed to get anything from their last game, a National League home match vs Woking (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Chesterfield's place.A new game in only four days for Southend, the National League home match versus Maidenhead United. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Southend United's away league games. Only 2 goals from 7 travels. Southend have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. Southend United has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding two meetings involving these two squads are: zero wins for Grimsby, one draw and one win for Southend United. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. McAtee 6 goals | R. Taylor 5 goals |   R. Murphy 5 goals |
Grimsby Town missing players
Southend United missing players
| Grimsby Town | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 28 | 18 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 67% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 43% | 57% |
| 47% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 29% | 43% |
| 40% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 36% |
| 20% | 29% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 47% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 40% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 71% | 57% |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.7 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 13.7 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.1 | 8.6 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
| 39% | 45% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 13% | 30% |
| 7.9 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.4 | 11 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
- Grimsby Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Grimsby Town have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.
- Grimsby Town have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in National League
- Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Southend United have the fewest scored goals (2) away in National League
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 32 |
| 2 | Boreham Wood | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Bromley | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | Notts County | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Halifax Town | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | Solihull Moors | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Wrexham | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 23 |
| 10 | Woking | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | Stockport County | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Altrincham | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 13 | Yeovil Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 14 | Torquay United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Eastleigh | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Wealdstone | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 17 | Barnet | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 18 | Weymouth | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 15 |
| 19 | Maidenhead United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 14 |
| 20 | Southend United | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 11 |
| 21 | Aldershot Town | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -14 | 10 |
| 22 | King's Lynn Town | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 8 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -23 | -9 |
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