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Accrington Stanley v Grimsby Town : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 23rd Aug, 15:00 BST, Wham Stadium, Accrington

John Doolan welcomes David Artell to the Wham Stadium on Saturday afternoon, as their Accrington Stanley and Grimsby Town sides do battle in the League Two. This preview has odds from leading bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall records can be found, while you'll also find head-to-head history towards the bottom of the page.


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Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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Accrington
34%
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Draw
26%
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Grimsby
40%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
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Grimsby 1-0
10%
--
Accrington 1-0
9%
--
Grimsby 2-1
9%
--
Accrington 2-1
8%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Grimsby 2-0
7%
--
Accrington 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Grimsby 3-1
4%
--
Accrington 3-1
3%
--
Grimsby 3-0
3%
--
Grimsby 3-2
2%
--
Accrington 3-0
2%
--
Accrington 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
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Under 2.5 Goals
52%
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Home 1st Goal
46%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
--
BTTS - No
48%
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BTTS - Home Win
16%
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BTTS - Draw
19%
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BTTS - Away Win
18%
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Home/draw
60%
--
Away/draw
66%
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Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
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Under 1.5 Goals
27%
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Over 3.5 Goals
26%
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Under 3.5 Goals
74%
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Over 4.5 Goals
12%
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Under 4.5 Goals
88%
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Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
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Over 0.5 Goals
92%
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Under 0.5 Goals
8%
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Home DNB
52%
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Away DNB
58%
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Accrington win to nil
18%
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Grimsby win to nil
22%
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Win / draw / win League Two table
Won
Draw
Lost
Accrington
Grimsby
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Tranmere211044 
Aug 19
Feb 17
Nov 27
May 2
2
Grimsby110033 
Aug 23
Feb 14
-
-
3
Crewe110023 
Apr 3
Aug 9
Apr 11
Oct 25
4
Fleetwood110023 
Apr 11
Oct 25
Mar 17
Jan 1
5
Walsall110013 
Sep 27
Jan 24
Feb 17
Aug 19
6
Harrogate110013 
Dec 29
Dec 9
Apr 3
Aug 9
7
Cambridge110013 
Mar 7
Dec 19
Sep 13
Jan 4
8
Chesterfield110013 
Mar 21
Nov 8
Nov 15
Mar 28
9
Salford2101-13 
Feb 7
Aug 16
Jan 10
Oct 4
10
Accrington101001 
-
-
Feb 14
Aug 23
11
Colchester101001 
Sep 13
Jan 4
Oct 11
Jan 27
12
Gillingham101001 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
Oct 18
Apr 18
13
Newport101001 
Oct 11
Jan 27
Aug 16
Feb 7
14
MK Dons101001 
Jan 17
Sep 20
Jan 31
Sep 6
15
Bromley101001 
Dec 13
Feb 28
Mar 7
Dec 20
16
Oldham101001 
Nov 29
May 2
Dec 26
Mar 14
17
Notts C2011-11 
Mar 17
Jan 1
Dec 13
Feb 28
18
Shrewsbury2011-41 
Feb 21
Aug 30
Dec 29
Dec 9
19
Swindon1001-10 
Oct 18
Apr 18
Apr 25
Nov 22
20
Barrow1001-10 
Dec 26
Mar 14
Mar 21
Nov 8
21
Cheltenham1001-10 
Jan 31
Sep 6
Sep 27
Jan 24
22
Bristol R1001-10 
Nov 15
Mar 28
Aug 30
Feb 21
23
Barnet1001-20 
Jan 10
Oct 4
Jan 17
Sep 20
24
Crawley1001-30 
Apr 25
Nov 22
w
 
3-0F
Apr 6
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Accrington 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Accrington1 - 1Gillingham
Accrington0 - 1Chesterfield
Accrington1 - 1Carlisle
Accrington3 - 3Tranmere
Accrington1 - 4Fleetwood
Accrington0 - 0Bradford
Accrington1 - 1Gillingham
Accrington5 - 0Newport
Accrington2 - 0MK Dons
Accrington1 - 2Doncaster
Accrington0 - 0AFC Wim
Accrington0 - 0Cheltenham
Accrington0 - 3Notts C
Accrington3 - 2Grimsby
Accrington0 - 2Salford
Accrington1 - 2Bromley
Accrington2 - 2Swindon
Accrington0 - 0Walsall
Accrington1 - 0Barrow
Accrington2 - 1Morecambe
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAccrington1 - 1Gillingham
HAccrington0 - 1Chesterfield
AAccrington1 - 0Walsall
HAccrington1 - 1Carlisle
AAccrington2 - 1Salford
HAccrington3 - 3Tranmere
AAccrington0 - 4Bromley
HAccrington1 - 4Fleetwood
HAccrington0 - 0Bradford
AAccrington0 - 0Swindon
HAccrington1 - 1Gillingham
HAccrington5 - 0Newport
AAccrington0 - 2Barrow
HAccrington2 - 0MK Dons
AAccrington1 - 2Harrogate
AAccrington1 - 0Tranmere
HAccrington1 - 2Doncaster
AAccrington0 - 2Morecambe
AAccrington0 - 1Bradford
HAccrington0 - 0AFC Wim
Grimsby 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
MK Dons0 - 0Grimsby
Port Vale2 - 2Grimsby
Harrogate2 - 2Grimsby
Crewe2 - 0Grimsby
Colchester1 - 2Grimsby
Walsall1 - 3Grimsby
Cheltenham1 - 1Grimsby
Doncaster1 - 2Grimsby
Bromley0 - 2Grimsby
Barrow3 - 0Grimsby
Bradford3 - 1Grimsby
Accrington3 - 2Grimsby
Swindon3 - 1Grimsby
Morecambe0 - 3Grimsby
Newport0 - 0Grimsby
AFC Wim0 - 1Grimsby
Tranmere0 - 1Grimsby
Salford1 - 2Grimsby
Gillingham0 - 1Grimsby
Carlisle2 - 3Grimsby
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGrimsby3 - 0Crawley
HGrimsby0 - 1AFC Wim
AGrimsby0 - 0MK Dons
AGrimsby2 - 2Port Vale
HGrimsby0 - 4Swindon
AGrimsby2 - 2Harrogate
HGrimsby3 - 1Morecambe
AGrimsby0 - 2Crewe
AGrimsby2 - 1Colchester
HGrimsby1 - 0Newport
HGrimsby0 - 1Salford
HGrimsby0 - 2Notts C
AGrimsby3 - 1Walsall
HGrimsby1 - 1Tranmere
AGrimsby1 - 1Cheltenham
HGrimsby2 - 1Fleetwood
AGrimsby2 - 1Doncaster
HGrimsby2 - 1Carlisle
AGrimsby2 - 0Bromley
HGrimsby1 - 1Gillingham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Accrington since 2007
Accrington
Grimsby
Goals: Scored
18
11
Games: Scored
7 / 8
7 / 8
Clean sheets
1 / 8
1 / 8
ASY
4
D
2
GRI
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Accrington
Accrington3 - 2
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Grimsby
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 3Grimsby
Accrington3 - 1
Accrington4 - 1
Accrington4 - 1
League games at Grimsby since 2006
Grimsby
Accrington
Goals: Scored
12
12
Games: Scored
5 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
3 / 8
ASY
4
D
1
GRI
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Grimsby
Grimsby5 - 2
0 - 2Accrington
0 - 3Accrington
Grimsby2 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Accrington
1 - 2Accrington
Grimsby2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Accrington Stanley's defensive record is very strong, J. Doolan's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive League Two games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for Grimsby Town makes sense in this context.

Accrington 8th Grimsby 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Accrington will score no more than 1 goal
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Grimsby will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Accrington’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+27
Grimsby have scored 27% more goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Accrington
PG (predicted goals)
Grimsby
1.2
1.4
Attack rating
%
better
ASY
GRI
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
ASY
GRI
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Accrington v Grimsby League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Accrington League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1111
M KellyT WaltonL CoyleD Matthews
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Kelly GLK1
-
F Rawson DEF1
-
D Matthews DEF1
1
-
D Love DEF1
-
J. Smith DEF1
-
T Walton MID11
-
B Woods MID1
-
C Grant MID1
1
-
L Coyle MID11
-
K Mooney FWD1
-
C Caton FWD1
-
J Woods FWD1
-
Grimsby League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1110
C PymC McJannettC Vernam
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Pym GLK1
-
H Rodgers DEF1
-
T Warren DEF1
-
C McJannett DEF11
-
D Tharme DEF1
-
G McEachran MID1
-
C. Gardner MID1
-
E Khouri MID11
-
D Burns MID1
-
J Walker  MID1
-
H. Brown MID1
-
K Green MID1
-
J Amaluzor FWD1
-
C Vernam FWD11
-
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