Swindon Town are the guests at Blundell Park on Saturday for the League Two tie with home side Grimsby Town.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Grimsby Town v Swindon Town game (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Grimsby Town
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Grimsby Town won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-0 League Two losing effort in their last game against Colchester United.
Tom Hopper (5') and John Akinde (79') scored for Colchester United.
In their preceding 6 games, David Artell's Grimsby Town have celebrated scoring a combined total of 7 times resulting in an average number of goals per match of 1.17.
Taking a look at their past results, Grimsby Town:
- have not beaten Swindon Town in their previous 6 league games.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
Swindon Town
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Since being beaten in their last game against Walsall in League Two competition, Swindon Town and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only scorer from Swindon Town was Paul Glatzel (68'). Modou Faal (11') and Danny Johnson (89') scored for Walsall.
In their last six clashes, Swindon Town have helped themselves to the sum of 10 goals. Swindon Town have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they have had 10 goals scored by their opponents.
Going into this one, Swindon Town have not been beaten by Grimsby Town when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
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Head to head
A study of past results between these clubs stretching back to 23/02/2019 reveals that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Grimsby Town. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins whatsoever while Swindon Town have just been too good for them, winning in 83 per cent of those games played.
A combined total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for The Mariners and 16 netted by The Robins. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.
The last league match featuring these clubs was League Two match day 10 on 30/09/2023 when it ended Swindon Town 2-1 Grimsby Town.
The match was refereed by Andrew Davies.
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Team News: Grimsby Town
The Grimsby Town boss David Artell will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash owing to a fully injury-free group ready to go.
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Team News: Swindon Town
In an otherwise healthy group of players, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the Swindon Town manager Gavin Gunning to be concerned with. Nnamdi Ofoborh (heart problems) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
In this match, Swindon Town have it within them to find the net against this Grimsby Town lineup, although that may not be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re tipping a close game with a 2-1 advantage for Grimsby Town at the end of the match. Let’s just see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
13:07 20/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Grimsby Town
Formed: 1878
Stadium: Blundell Park (9,052)
Captain: Danny Rose
Chairman: Jason Stockwood
Manager: David Artell
Competitions: League Two position 21
⭐ Key Man: Abo Eisa
Regularly deployed in the Left Wing position, Abo Eisa was born in Khartoum, Sudan. After having made a senior debut playing for Bradford City in the 2022 - 2023 season, the gifted Forward has hit 9 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 31 appearances.