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Bristol Rovers v Grimsby Town : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

The Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Saturday afternoon sees Darrell Clarke’s Bristol Rovers and David Artell’s Grimsby Town go up against one another in a League Two clash at The Memorial Stadium. Our predictions are based on extensive statistical analysis of both teams, across seventeen of the biggest betting markets. Data shown and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head to head (H2H) statistics are included across them all.

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Bristol Rovers's next match is v Crewe at 15:00 on Saturday 7th March
Grimsby Town's next match is v Bromley at 12:30 on Saturday 7th March

The last English League Two meeting between Bristol R and Grimsby was on Saturday 21st February 2026

English League Two

February 21st 2026

Bristol R 3	1 Grimsby

K. Balmer 2'	38' A. Cook
J. Quigley 7'
Y. Akhamrich 63'

	BRI GRI
Shots On	3 6
Shots Off	5 2
Corners	5 4
Possession	37% 63%
Fouls	18 13
Yellow/red cards	3/0

Bristol R	Grimsby

B. Young J. Senior A. Kilgour C. Mola Y. Akhamrich (M. Rijks 90') K. Thompson-Sommers (L. Thomas 66') K. Balmer R. De Havilland R. Smallwood E. Harrison (F. cavegn 83') J. Quigley (P. Omochere 66')	H. Rodgers J. Smith S. Lavelle R. Staunton (J. Amaluzor 80') J. Walker G. McEachran J. Kabia (D. O'Brien Burns 69') C. McJannett (T. Sellars-Fleming 89') C. Vernam A. Cook (G. David Turi 79') K. Green

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Bristol R or Grimsby are in the kind of form that would leave us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 74% chance of 2 goals or more.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 47% chance of Grimsby coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Bristol R 27%	21/10	2/1
Draw 26%	12/5	23/10
Grimsby 47%	5/4	6/5
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	5/1
Grimsby 1-0 11%	15/2	13/2
Grimsby 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Grimsby 2-0 9%	10/1	9/1
Bristol R 1-0 8%	10/1	8/1
Draw 0-0 7%	10/1	9/1
Bristol R 2-1 7%	10/1	9/1
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	10/1
Grimsby 3-1 5%	16/1	14/1
Bristol R 2-0 4%	16/1	12/1
Grimsby 3-0 4%	20/1	16/1
Grimsby 3-2 3%	25/1	18/1
Bristol R 3-1 2%	22/1	18/1
Bristol R 3-2 2%	28/1	22/1
Grimsby 4-1 2%	40/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	17/20	17/20
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	19/20	17/20
Home 1st Goal 44%	11/10	23/20
Away 1st Goal 52%	4/5	5/6
No 1st Goal 5%	10/1	17/2
BTTS - Yes 52%	4/6	8/11
BTTS - No 48%	11/10	1/1
BTTS - Home Win 13%	5/1	9/2
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 21%	10/3	3/1
Home/draw 53%	8/13	8/13
Away/draw 73%	4/11	4/11
Home/away 74%	3/10	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	1/4	2/7
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	11/4	12/5
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	2/1	11/5
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	4/11	1/3
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	5/1	5/1
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/8	1/9
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	12/1	11/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/25	1/40
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/20	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	10/1	17/2
Home DNB 45%	6/5	23/20
Away DNB 65%	8/13	8/13
Bristol R win to nil 14%	5/1	-
Grimsby win to nil 26%	3/1	-
Bristol R / Bristol R 17%	4/1	19/5
Bristol R / Grimsby 4%	22/1	18/1
Bristol R / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Bristol R 12%	6/1	6/1
Draw / Grimsby 15%	9/2	17/4
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	4/1
Grimsby / Bristol R 3%	28/1	22/1
Grimsby / Grimsby 22%	13/5	12/5
Grimsby / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win League Two table

Bristol R have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 20 games, drawn 3 and won 6. Bristol R have conceded 52 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 13 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Bristol R have played 16 games at home, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 25 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times in home league games.

Grimsby lay in 10th place on 49 points in the League Two league table having played 31 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 6 and losing 4 games. They have scored 29 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Grimsby have conceded 17 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Grimsby have played 15 away games, winning 6, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Bristol R Grimsby
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bromley	36	19	13	4	23	70	l 2-3F	Mar 14	d 1-1A	l 2-0A
2	Cambridge	35	19	10	6	23	67	w 1-0F	l 3-1A	d 1-1A	-
3	MK Dons	35	18	11	6	32	65	l 0-4A	l 1-0A	d 2-2A	w 2-3F
4	Notts C	35	19	7	9	20	64	l 0-1A	May 2	l 0-2A	w 0-1F
5	Swindon	36	19	6	11	16	63	l 0-3A	d 1-1F	Apr 25	d 2-2A
6	Salford	35	18	4	13	3	58	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	w 3-1F	w 0-2F
7	Grimsby	35	15	11	9	11	56	w 3-1F	w 0-1F	-	-
8	Chesterfield	36	14	14	8	10	56	l 2-3A	l 3-1A	l 0-1A	Mar 28
9	Crewe	36	16	8	12	10	56	w 2-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 11	l 3-2F
10	Barnet	36	14	11	11	5	53	l 0-2A	l 4-0A	w 1-0F	l 3-0A
11	Walsall	35	15	8	12	4	53	w 2-0F	l 2-1F	d 2-2A	w 0-1F
12	Colchester	35	14	10	11	11	52	l 0-1A	d 1-1F	l 1-2F	w 0-1F
13	Oldham	34	12	13	9	8	49	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	Mar 14
14	Fleetwood	35	13	10	12	2	49	Apr 3	l 2-1A	Mar 17	w 0-1F
15	Accrington	35	13	7	15	0	46	Mar 28	l 3-1A	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
16	Gillingham	34	11	12	11	0	45	l 0-1A	Mar 21	w 1-0F	Apr 18
17	Shrewsbury	36	11	8	17	-19	41	Mar 17	w 0-3F	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
18	Cheltenham	34	10	7	17	-21	37	Apr 25	l 1-0A	w 7-1A	w 0-2F
19	Tranmere	36	9	8	19	-17	35	l 1-4A	Apr 18	l 1-2A	May 2
20	Bristol R	35	10	4	21	-23	34	-	-	l 0-1A	l 3-1A
21	Crawley	36	6	11	19	-23	29	Apr 11	l 4-0A	w 3-0F	Apr 6
22	Barrow	34	7	7	20	-18	28	w 2-1F	-	Mar 21	d 2-2F
23	Newport	36	7	7	22	-27	28	w 3-0F	w 2-3F	w 2-1F	d 0-00-0
24	Harrogate	36	6	9	21	-30	27	l 0-1A	Apr 6	Apr 3	d 3-3A

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol R	2 - 3	Chesterfield
Bristol R	2 - 0	Walsall
Bristol R	3 - 0	Newport
Bristol R	0 - 1	Colchester
Bristol R	0 - 2	Barnet
Bristol R	2 - 3	Bromley
Bristol R	0 - 3	Swindon
Bristol R	0 - 1	Notts C
Bristol R	0 - 1	Gillingham
Bristol R	1 - 4	Tranmere
Bristol R	0 - 4	MK Dons
Bristol R	2 - 1	Salford
Bristol R	2 - 1	Barrow
Bristol R	1 - 0	Cambridge
Bristol R	0 - 0	Oldham
Bristol R	0 - 1	Harrogate
Bristol R	0 - 2	Reading
Bristol R	0 - 1	Stevenage
Bristol R	1 - 2	Exeter
Bristol R	1 - 2	Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Bristol R	0 - 2	Oldham
A	Bristol R	1 - 3	Cambridge
H	Bristol R	2 - 3	Chesterfield
H	Bristol R	2 - 0	Walsall
H	Bristol R	3 - 0	Newport
A	Bristol R	0 - 1	MK Dons
A	Bristol R	0 - 1	Salford
H	Bristol R	0 - 1	Colchester
A	Bristol R	3 - 0	Shrewsbury
H	Bristol R	0 - 2	Barnet
H	Bristol R	2 - 3	Bromley
A	Bristol R	1 - 1	Crewe
H	Bristol R	0 - 3	Swindon
A	Bristol R	0 - 4	Barnet
H	Bristol R	0 - 1	Notts C
A	Bristol R	0 - 1	Cheltenham
A	Bristol R	1 - 3	Accrington
H	Bristol R	0 - 1	Gillingham
A	Bristol R	0 - 4	Crawley
H	Bristol R	1 - 4	Tranmere

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newport	0 - 0	Grimsby
Colchester	0 - 1	Grimsby
Cheltenham	0 - 2	Grimsby
Fleetwood	0 - 1	Grimsby
Bromley	2 - 0	Grimsby
Shrewsbury	1 - 1	Grimsby
Swindon	2 - 2	Grimsby
Barrow	2 - 2	Grimsby
Crewe	3 - 2	Grimsby
Salford	0 - 2	Grimsby
Barnet	3 - 0	Grimsby
MK Dons	2 - 3	Grimsby
Accrington	1 - 1	Grimsby
Walsall	0 - 1	Grimsby
Harrogate	3 - 3	Grimsby
MK Dons	0 - 0	Grimsby
Port Vale	2 - 2	Grimsby
Harrogate	2 - 2	Grimsby
Crewe	2 - 0	Grimsby
Colchester	1 - 2	Grimsby

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Grimsby	2 - 2	Walsall
H	Grimsby	1 - 0	Accrington
A	Grimsby	0 - 0	Newport
H	Grimsby	2 - 2	MK Dons
A	Grimsby	1 - 0	Colchester
A	Grimsby	2 - 0	Cheltenham
H	Grimsby	1 - 0	Barnet
A	Grimsby	1 - 0	Fleetwood
H	Grimsby	1 - 0	Shrewsbury
H	Grimsby	0 - 0	Oldham
A	Grimsby	0 - 2	Bromley
H	Grimsby	0 - 2	Notts C
A	Grimsby	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
H	Grimsby	1 - 2	Tranmere
A	Grimsby	2 - 2	Swindon
H	Grimsby	0 - 1	Chesterfield
A	Grimsby	2 - 2	Barrow
A	Grimsby	2 - 3	Crewe
H	Grimsby	1 - 0	Gillingham
H	Grimsby	1 - 2	Colchester

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bristol R

Grimsby

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 3

1 / 3

Clean sheets

2 / 3

0 / 3

BRI

GRI

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol R
Bristol R	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Grimsby
Bristol R	3 - 0

Grimsby

Bristol R

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

1 / 4

3 / 4

Clean sheets

1 / 4

3 / 4

BRI

GRI

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Grimsby
	0 - 1	Bristol R
Grimsby	4 - 3
	0 - 1	Bristol R
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

	Bristol R 20th	Grimsby 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Bristol R will score no more than 1 goal	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Grimsby will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-34 Bristol R have scored 34% fewer goals at home than predicted	+3 Grimsby’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.9 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season

BRI

GRI

28%

better

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Games scored	18		24
Failed to score	14		7
Scored first	10		17
Goals scored	29		44
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.4
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	12		14
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.6
KickOff rating		+28%

BRI

GRI

30%

better

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Games conceded	26		19
Clean sheets	6		12
Conceded first	21		12
Goals conceded	55		34
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		6
Conversion rate against	21%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1
KickOff rating		+30%

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

Bristol R League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	9	4	8
A Kilgour	F Cavegn	A Kilgour	C Mola

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Young GLK	12			-
J Senior DEF	19		1	2 1
K Balmer DEF	10	2		1 -
A Kilgour DEF	28		4	7 -
C Mola DEF	22			8 -
R Havilland MID	10			-
R Smallwood MID	5			2 -
K Thompson-Sommers MID	7	1		1 -
Y. Akhamrich MID	9	4	1	-
J Quigley FWD	5	2	1	1 -
E Harrison FWD	27	3	2	6 -
Subs
L Southwood GLK	22			3 -
T Lockyer DEF	12			3 -
L Thomas MID	27	2		4 -
T Leigh MID	3			-
P Omochere FWD	12	1		3 -
F Cavegn FWD	33	9		1 -
M Rijks FWD	6			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	19	4	3
F Cavegn	F Cavegn	A Kilgour	A Kilgour

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Cavegn FWD	9	19		1
Y. Akhamrich MID	4	9	1	2
E Harrison FWD	3	12	2	2
K Balmer DEF	2	3
J Quigley FWD	2	3	1	1
Subs
L Thomas MID	2	5		3
K Thompson-Sommers MID	1	2		2
Subs
P Omochere FWD	1	5		2
J Senior DEF		1	1	2
A Kilgour DEF		5	4	3
C Mola DEF				1
R Smallwood MID		1
Subs
T Lockyer DEF		2
T Leigh MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
960	48	192
A Kilgour	R Smallwood	A Kilgour

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
A Kilgour DEF	960	45	192
Subs
L Southwood GLK	933	1	8
C Mola DEF	773	39	108
B Young GLK	461	2	6
Subs
L Thomas MID	458	42	79
T Lockyer DEF	446	12	73
K Balmer DEF	319	18	66
E Harrison FWD	307	17	176
R Havilland MID	277	14	28
J Senior DEF	271	22	42
Subs
F Cavegn FWD	228	12	54
P Omochere FWD	181	2	102
R Smallwood MID	149	17	33
Y. Akhamrich MID	123	13	28
K Thompson-Sommers MID	105	10	28
J Quigley FWD	104	6	44
Subs
T Leigh MID	80	1	12
M Rijks FWD	23	4	6

Grimsby League Two squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
34	9	9	7
H Rodgers	J Kabia	C Vernam	H Rodgers

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Smith GLK	14			-
H Rodgers DEF	34	2	1	7 -
S Lavelle DEF	6			-
C McJannett DEF	34	1	1	5 -
R Staunton DEF	26		2	-
G McEachran MID	31		1	6 -
K Green MID	30	7	3	4 1
J Walker MID	28	4	4	3 -
C Vernam MID	34	8	9	1 -
A Cook FWD	10	3		3 -
J Kabia FWD	34	9	1	4 -
Subs
S. Auton GLK				-
T Warren DEF	19			2 -
E Khouri MID	32	4	2	4 -
G Turi MID	18			3 -
D Burns MID	29	1	3	3 -
J Amaluzor FWD	24	2	2	2 -
T Sellars-Fleming FWD	6	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	35	9	15
J Kabia	C Vernam	C Vernam	C Vernam

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Kabia FWD	9	24	1	6
C Vernam MID	8	35	9	15
K Green MID	7	17	3	8
J Walker MID	4	15	4	5
Subs
E Khouri MID	4	6	2	2
A Cook FWD	3	10		1
H Rodgers DEF	2	5	1	6
Subs
J Amaluzor FWD	2	9	2	2
C McJannett DEF	1	3	1	1
Subs
D Burns MID	1	13	3	9
T Sellars-Fleming FWD	1	3		1
S Lavelle DEF		1
R Staunton DEF		4	2	8
G McEachran MID		4	1	2
Subs
T Warren DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1966	65	278
C McJannett	G McEachran	C McJannett

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
C McJannett DEF	1966	50	278
G McEachran MID	1260	65	150
H Rodgers DEF	1147	37	212
K Green MID	852	29	177
C Vernam MID	817	23	106
R Staunton DEF	734	36	108
Subs
T Warren DEF	642	31	107
E Khouri MID	617	37	104
G Turi MID	545	47	88
D Burns MID	487	33	116
J Smith GLK	484	1	6
J Walker MID	451	32	98
J Kabia FWD	288	28	128
Subs
J Amaluzor FWD	242	17	71
S Lavelle DEF	225	6	33
A Cook FWD	96	5	60
Subs
T Sellars-Fleming FWD	30	1	7