Ace Football previews the League Two round 13 match between Gillingham and Grimsby and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Gillingham enjoy home advantage, when visitors Grimsby swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the League Two. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Ranked as number 7 in the League Two standings, Gillingham, have so far collected 17 points this season, while Grimsby collected 14 points. This puts them up as number 17 after 12 rounds.
Form: Gillingham vs Grimsby
Gillingham Form
In the last three outings, Gillingham beat Rotherham by 1-4, lost 3-1 against Accrington, before drawing 1-1 with Port Vale. Gillingham managed to win two of their past six home matches in the League Two. In the remaining four, they drew three and lost one, as they scored seven and conceded five goals.
Grimsby Form
In their previous three games, Grimsby lost 1-0 and 0-2 against Port Vale and Northampton, respectively, before drawing 2-2 with Rochdale. Grimsby came through their last six away games in the League Two without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew four and lost two in which, they were outscored by nine goals to seven.
Betting stats for Gillingham 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 Gillingham and Grimsby played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 14 Gillingham home matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Gillingham matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Gillingham home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 9 of the last 10 Gillingham matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Gillingham matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Grimsby away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Grimsby have lost the last 4 matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Grimsby matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Grimsby away matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 4 Grimsby matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
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Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at MEMS Priestfield across all tournaments Gillingham won four times, drew three and lost three times. Grimsby claimed one wins, six draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Gillingham did not lose any of their last 5 matches on home soil. Grimsby have not lost to Gillingham in 3 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Gillingham scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Interestingly, Grimsby scored the opening goal of the match in just two of their last ten games. Grimsby managed the first goal of the game in only two of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Gillingham were first on target in five of their last 10 outings. Grimsby have scored in 4 consecutive meetings with Gillingham when playing at away ground.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Gillingham, who scored an average of two goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Grimsby, who managed to score 1.1 times in those matches.
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