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

Sat 24th Jan, 15:00 BST, Jonny-Rocks Stadium, Cheltenham

David Artell pays counterpart Steve Cotterill a visit on Saturday afternoon in the League Two, as their Grimsby Town and Cheltenham Town sides go head to head at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium. Statistics power the predictions below for seventeen markets, and flipping between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. Odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to explore.


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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
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Cheltenham
41%
--
Draw
26%
--
Grimsby
33%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Cheltenham 1-0
10%
--
Grimsby 1-0
9%
--
Cheltenham 2-1
9%
--
Grimsby 2-1
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Cheltenham 2-0
7%
--
Grimsby 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Cheltenham 3-1
4%
--
Cheltenham 3-0
3%
--
Grimsby 3-1
3%
--
Cheltenham 3-2
2%
--
Grimsby 3-0
2%
--
Grimsby 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
53%
--
BTTS - No
47%
--
BTTS - Home Win
19%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
15%
--
Home/draw
67%
--
Away/draw
59%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
59%
--
Away DNB
51%
--
Cheltenham win to nil
22%
--
Grimsby win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Cheltenham have played 25 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 2 and won 4. Cheltenham have conceded 36 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cheltenham have played 13 games at home, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Grimsby lay in 12th place on 34 points in the League Two league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Grimsby have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Grimsby have played 12 away games, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cheltenham
Grimsby
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley2515641751 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 17
Mar 7
l
 
2-0A
2
Swindon2414461346 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
Apr 25
d
 
2-2A
3
Walsall241347943 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
4
Salford241347443 
Feb 21
d
 
1-1F
Jan 20
w
 
0-2F
5
MK Dons2511861841 
Feb 7
l
 
5-0A
Jan 31
w
 
2-3F
6
Cambridge241185941 
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
-
7
Chesterfield2510105740 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
l
 
0-1A
Mar 28
8
Notts C2411671039 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 21
l
 
0-2A
Feb 28
9
Colchester249961036 
May 2
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2F
Jan 27
10
Crewe251069636 
Mar 17
l
 
4-1A
Apr 11
l
 
3-2F
11
Barnet24987635 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 14
Jan 17
l
 
3-0A
12
Grimsby24978534 
Jan 24
l
 
7-1F
-
-
13
Fleetwood24978234 
w
 
2-0F
-
Mar 17
w
 
0-1F
14
Accrington24969133 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
15
Oldham247116532 
l
 
0-3A
Jan 17
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 14
16
Gillingham247116332 
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
17
Tranmere25889032 
Mar 28
l
 
3-2A
l
 
1-2A
May 2
18
Cheltenham259313-1630 
-
-
w
 
7-1A
Jan 24
19
Barrow246612-924 
Mar 6
w
 
1-2F
Mar 21
d
 
2-2F
20
Bristol R246315-2321 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
l
 
0-1A
Feb 21
21
Crawley254714-1719 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-0F
Apr 6
22
Shrewsbury244713-2019 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 14
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
23
Harrogate254615-2118 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 27
Apr 3
d
 
3-3A
24
Newport244515-1917 
Apr 18
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1F
Feb 7
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Win / draw / win form
Cheltenham 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cheltenham3 - 0Crawley
Cheltenham0 - 2Swindon
Cheltenham3 - 1Shrewsbury
Cheltenham1 - 1Harrogate
Cheltenham1 - 0Bristol R
Cheltenham1 - 2Notts C
Cheltenham1 - 0Walsall
Cheltenham2 - 0Fleetwood
Cheltenham0 - 3Oldham
Cheltenham1 - 0Accrington
Cheltenham0 - 1Barnet
Cheltenham1 - 2Bromley
Cheltenham0 - 2Chesterfield
Cheltenham3 - 2Carlisle
Cheltenham1 - 1Gillingham
Cheltenham0 - 2Doncaster
Cheltenham0 - 1MK Dons
Cheltenham0 - 1Colchester
Cheltenham1 - 1Grimsby
Cheltenham2 - 2Walsall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCheltenham3 - 0Crawley
ACheltenham1 - 4Crewe
HCheltenham0 - 2Swindon
HCheltenham3 - 1Shrewsbury
ACheltenham2 - 1Barrow
HCheltenham1 - 1Harrogate
ACheltenham1 - 0Swindon
ACheltenham0 - 2Colchester
HCheltenham1 - 0Bristol R
ACheltenham2 - 3Tranmere
HCheltenham1 - 2Notts C
HCheltenham1 - 0Walsall
ACheltenham2 - 0Newport
ACheltenham1 - 1Gillingham
HCheltenham2 - 0Fleetwood
ACheltenham1 - 7Grimsby
HCheltenham0 - 3Oldham
ACheltenham0 - 2Crawley
HCheltenham1 - 0Accrington
ACheltenham1 - 1Salford
Grimsby 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fleetwood0 - 1Grimsby
Bromley2 - 0Grimsby
Shrewsbury1 - 1Grimsby
Swindon2 - 2Grimsby
Barrow2 - 2Grimsby
Crewe3 - 2Grimsby
Salford0 - 2Grimsby
Barnet3 - 0Grimsby
MK Dons2 - 3Grimsby
Accrington1 - 1Grimsby
Walsall0 - 1Grimsby
Harrogate3 - 3Grimsby
MK Dons0 - 0Grimsby
Port Vale2 - 2Grimsby
Harrogate2 - 2Grimsby
Crewe2 - 0Grimsby
Colchester1 - 2Grimsby
Walsall1 - 3Grimsby
Cheltenham1 - 1Grimsby
Doncaster1 - 2Grimsby
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AGrimsby1 - 0Fleetwood
HGrimsby1 - 0Shrewsbury
HGrimsby0 - 0Oldham
AGrimsby0 - 2Bromley
HGrimsby0 - 2Notts C
AGrimsby1 - 1Shrewsbury
HGrimsby1 - 2Tranmere
AGrimsby2 - 2Swindon
HGrimsby0 - 1Chesterfield
AGrimsby2 - 2Barrow
AGrimsby2 - 3Crewe
HGrimsby1 - 0Gillingham
HGrimsby1 - 2Colchester
AGrimsby2 - 0Salford
HGrimsby7 - 1Cheltenham
AGrimsby0 - 3Barnet
HGrimsby1 - 1Cambridge
AGrimsby3 - 2MK Dons
HGrimsby0 - 1Bristol R
AGrimsby1 - 1Accrington
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
7
Grimsby have not lost to Cheltenham in 7 consecutive league meetings
League games at Cheltenham since 2005
Cheltenham
Grimsby
Goals: Scored
12
16
Games: Scored
7 / 8
8 / 8
Clean sheets
0 / 8
1 / 8
CHT
3
D
1
GRI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cheltenham
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3Grimsby
Cheltenham2 - 1
2 - 3Grimsby
Cheltenham2 - 1
Cheltenham2 - 1
0 - 3Grimsby
2 - 3Grimsby
League games at Grimsby since 2004
Grimsby
Cheltenham
Goals: Scored
15
7
Games: Scored
7 / 10
6 / 10
Clean sheets
4 / 10
3 / 10
CHT
1
D
5
GRI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Grimsby
Grimsby7 - 1
Grimsby3 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Grimsby1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Cheltenham
Draw0 - 0Draw
Grimsby1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Grimsby Town of late. It has been 7 League Two games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Cheltenham Town.

Cheltenham 18th Grimsby 15th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Cheltenham will score no more than 1 goal
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Grimsby will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-15
Cheltenham have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted
+17
Grimsby have scored 17% more goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Cheltenham
PG (predicted goals)
Grimsby
1.4
1.2
Attack rating
CHT
GRI
13%
better
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Games scored17
18
Failed to score8
6
Scored first13
13
Goals scored25
35
Avg. goals scored1
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1
1.7
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
CHT
GRI
4%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
17
Clean sheets7
7
Conceded first12
10
Goals conceded41
30
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded11
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
5
Conversion rate against14%
19%
Avg. XG against1.9
1
KickOff rating
+4%

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

Cheltenham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25535
J DayI HutchinsonE ArcherL Young 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Day GLK25
2
-
L Young  MID2421
5
-
J Bickerstaff FWD2422
2
-
E Archer FWD2423
2
-
J Wilson DEF21
2
-
A. Jude-Boyd DEF211
5
-
L Kinsella MID20
1
-
J. Thomas FWD1923
1
-
J Martin FWD183
1
-
I Hutchinson MID1753
4
-
B Stevenson MID15
1
-
R Broom MID15
1
-
J Tomkinson DEF141
3
-
D Power DEF14
2
-
T. Taylor MID12
-
S Sherring DEF111
-
G Miller FWD102
-
G Harmon DEF9
1
-
L Angol FWD9
3
1
R Cundy DEF81
-
F Willcox DEF6
1
-
S Bennett MID6
2
-
J. Mažionis DEF5
3
-
H Pell MID3
1
1
T Backwell MID1
1
-
Grimsby League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24666
H RodgersJ KabiaC VernamG McEachran
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
H Rodgers DEF2411
4
-
C McJannett DEF2411
4
-
J Kabia FWD246
4
-
C Vernam FWD2466
-
E Khouri MID2341
2
-
G McEachran MID221
6
-
J Walker  MID2142
2
-
K Green MID2151
3
-
J Amaluzor FWD2122
2
-
D Burns MID2011
3
-
C Pym GLK19
1
R Staunton DEF161
-
T Warren DEF16
2
-
J Sweeney DEF1521
3
-
D Rose FWD132
1
-
J Soonsup-Bell FWD111
-
D Tharme DEF10
1
-
G Turi MID9
1
-
C Oduor MID8
-
C. Gardner MID61
1
-
J Svanthórsson FWD5
-
N. Eccleston DEF2
-
S Lavelle DEF2
-
Z. Gilsenan MID2
-
H. Brown MID2
-
C Casper GLK1
-