📊 Form Guide
Grimsby Town LLWDWL
Grimsby Town will be wanting a better result here after the 3-0 League Two loss in their previous game against Barnet.
Nnamdi Ofoborh (42', 67') and Lee Ndlovu (64') scored for Barnet.
It’s not been often in recent games that Grimsby Town have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Grimsby Town have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 9 goals along the way.
Analysis of their past results shows that Grimsby Town:
- are unbeaten in the league by Cheltenham Town in their previous 6 games.
- have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.
Cheltenham Town LDLWLL
After tasting defeat last time out to Oldham Athletic in League Two competition, Cheltenham Town will be hoping to turn things around here.
Will Sutton (38'), Luke Hannant (75') and Joe Quigley (90') scored for Oldham Athletic.
Looking at their form, and Cheltenham Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals overall. At the back, Cheltenham Town just haven’t been too solid at all. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall persist here in this game or not.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Cheltenham Town:
- haven't won against Grimsby Town in games played away from home for the previous 5 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
- are without an away win for the past 5 matches in the league.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 16/02/2019 shows us that Grimsby Town have won 3 of these and Cheltenham Town 0, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.
A total of 14 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 9 from The Mariners and 5 belonging to The Robins. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.
The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was League Two match day 34 on 01/03/2025 when the final score was Cheltenham Town 1-1 Grimsby Town.
The match was refereed by Robert Massey-Ellis.
🔮 Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Grimsby Town are likely to see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.
In contrast, Cheltenham Town may well struggle to get a goal of their own but we can see them managing to get on the scoresheet.
Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 victory for Grimsby Town at the end of this one.
Peter Guest, 13:06 27/09/2025