Grimsby Town vs Northampton Town Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Grimsby Town

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Grimsby Town won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-0 League Two loss in their previous game against Leyton Orient.

George Moncur (49') and Tom James (56') scored for Leyton Orient.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Grimsby Town haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Grimsby Town have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 12 goals during that time.

Going into this one, Grimsby Town have left without a victory over Northampton Town in their last 9 matches in the league.

Northampton Town

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Northampton Town come into this encounter following a 3-2 League Two win with the eclipse of Colchester United in their most recent outing.

For Northampton Town, the goals were scored by Sam Hoskins (27', 74') and Ryan Haynes (89'). Freddie Sears (42') and Noah Chilvers (79') scored for Colchester United.

Northampton Town have been dangerous up front in their most recent fixtures, having scored 12 times in their last 6 matches. While their manager Jon Brady will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Northampton Town have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same matches. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, of course.

Their past results show that Northampton Town:

• haven't been defeated by Grimsby Town in games played away from home for the previous 5 matches in the league. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 02/04/2010 tells us that Grimsby Town have won 1 of them & Northampton Town 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

In all, 14 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 from The Mariners and 9 netted by The Cobblers. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The last league match featuring these clubs was League Two match day 36 on 29/02/2020 when it ended Grimsby Town 0-3 Northampton Town.

The referee was James Oldham.

📋 Team News: Grimsby Town

The Grimsby Town manager Paul Hurst will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this match with a fully healthy squad to choose from.

It seems likely that The Mariners look set to go for a 3-4-3 formation this time with Hugo Lloris, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Davinson Sanchez, Emerson Royal, Rodrigo Bentancur, P. Hoejbjerg, Ivan Perisic, Dejan Kulusevski, Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son.

📰 Team News: Northampton Town

Due to a completely healthy squad to choose from, the Northampton Town boss Jon Brady doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash.

We’re of the thinking that The Cobblers will likely begin the game with a 3-2-2-2-1 formation, starting Gavin Bazunu, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Jan Bednarek, Mohammed Salisu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Romain Perraud, James Ward-Prowse, Romeo Lavia, Joe Aribo, Stuart Armstrong and Adam Armstrong.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, Grimsby Town will have to work hard as a team to score against this Northampton Town team who will likely score & stay on top.

We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning margin for Northampton Town at the end of the 90.

Should be interesting.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 02:51 02/08/2022