Our betting experts at Ace Football preview the League Two match between Forest Green and Grimsby. Keep reading to get the latest team news, stats and betting tips.
Grimsby go up against Forest Green this coming Saturday for a League Two meeting at The Fully Charged New Lawn Stadium.
Forest Green rank 23th with 13 points to their name from 16 matches, while visitors Grimsby rank 21th in the table on 17 points.
Form: Forest Green vs Grimsby
Forest Green Form
Forest Green are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Barrow by a 0-2 score, before winning 2-1 against Crawley. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 3-0 against Tranmere. Forest Green claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the League Two. They also drew zero and lost four, scored ten goals and conceded 11.
Grimsby Form
In their last three matches, Grimsby lost against Colchester and Doncaster by 2-3 and 1-0, respectively, and beat Morecambe by 3-2. Grimsby came through their last six away games in the League Two without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by 12 goals to six.
Betting stats and facts for Forest Green and Grimsby
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Forest Green and Grimsby played across all tournaments.
- In 10 of the last 11 Forest Green home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Forest Green have conceded in 12 of the last 13 matches
- Forest Green have conceded in 10 of the last 12 home matches
- In 6 of the last 8 Forest Green matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 home matches Forest Green played, both teams scored
- Grimsby have not won the last 13 away matches in a row
- Grimsby have conceded in the last 16 away matches in a row
- Grimsby have conceded in the last 14 matches in a row
- In 9 of the last 11 matches Grimsby played, both teams scored
- Grimsby have not won 12 of the last 14 matches
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Full-time result
Forest Green claimed four wins, drew one and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Grimsby won zero, drew four and lost six of their last 10 games away. Amazingly, Grimsby failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 matches. Forest Green have beaten Grimsby in 3 consecutive home league meetings
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Forest Green only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Interestingly, Grimsby scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Forest Green managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Grimsby kept their opponent from scoring in zero of their last 10 matches. Forest Green have scored in 3 consecutive home meetings with Grimsby.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet in five of Forest Green’s past ten matches across all tournaments. They scored 1.5 goals on average along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out as a winning bet in seven of the previous ten outings for Grimsby, who were on target an average of two times times per game. Grimsby conceded a goal in their last 11 matches.
Betting suggestion: Forest Green vs Grimsby
In conclusion, we have a free betting prediction for this game between Forest Green and Grimsby. The betting tip was formed based on the abovementioned statements.