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

Sat 17th Jan, 15:00 BST, Blundell Park, Grimsby

It's an away match for Dean Brennan's Barnet side on Saturday afternoon, as they head to the Blundell Park for a League Two showdown with David Artell's Grimsby Town. League Two statistics are the backbone of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. There's so much to explore, with graphics and odds available for the biggest betting markets via the tabs.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning no more than 3 goals will be scored in total during the standard 90 minutes. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by relevant form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 38% chance of Barnet coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Grimsby
34%
31/20-
Draw
28%
12/5-
Barnet
38%
29/20-
Draw 1-1
13%
6/1-
Barnet 1-0
11%
9/1-
Grimsby 1-0
11%
9/1-
Draw 0-0
9%
11/1-
Barnet 2-1
8%
9/1-
Grimsby 2-1
8%
9/1-
Barnet 2-0
7%
12/1-
Grimsby 2-0
6%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1-
Barnet 3-1
3%
18/1-
Grimsby 3-1
3%
20/1-
Barnet 3-0
3%
25/1-
Grimsby 3-0
2%
25/1-
Barnet 3-2
2%
25/1-
Grimsby 3-2
2%
25/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
42%
4/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
58%
1/1-
Home 1st Goal
46%
20/21-
Away 1st Goal
48%
10/11-
No 1st Goal
6%
11/1-
BTTS - Yes
48%
8/13-
BTTS - No
52%
6/5-
BTTS - Home Win
14%
15/4-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
15/4-
Home/draw
62%
8/15-
Away/draw
66%
1/2-
Home/away
72%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
2/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
4/11-
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
9/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/7-
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
11/1-
Home DNB
54%
5/6-
Away DNB
57%
5/6-
Grimsby win to nil
20%
4/1-
Barnet win to nil
22%
7/2-
Grimsby / Grimsby
19%
10/3-
Grimsby / Barnet
3%
25/1-
Grimsby / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Grimsby
13%
11/2-
Draw / Barnet
14%
5/1-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Barnet / Grimsby
3%
25/1-
Barnet / Barnet
21%
3/1-
Barnet / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Grimsby have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Grimsby have conceded 18 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Grimsby have played 12 games at home, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 11 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Barnet lay in 11th place on 35 points in the League Two league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 22 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Barnet have conceded 11 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Barnet have played 12 away games, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Grimsby
Barnet
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley2515641751 
Mar 7
l
 
2-0A
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
2
Swindon2414461346 
Apr 25
d
 
2-2A
Feb 17
w
 
0-2F
3
Walsall241347943 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
4
Salford241347443 
Jan 20
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-3A
Mar 7
5
MK Dons2511861841 
Jan 31
w
 
2-3F
d
 
2-2F
Mar 21
6
Cambridge241185941 
d
 
1-1A
-
Mar 28
d
 
0-00-0
7
Chesterfield2510105740 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 28
Feb 28
l
 
3-1A
8
Notts C2411671039 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 28
l
 
0-1A
Apr 18
9
Colchester249961036 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 27
d
 
1-1A
Feb 21
10
Crewe251069636 
Apr 11
l
 
3-2F
-
w
 
1-2A
11
Barnet24987635 
Jan 17
l
 
3-0A
-
-
12
Grimsby24978534 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
Jan 17
13
Fleetwood24978234 
Mar 17
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
Apr 6
14
Accrington24969133 
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
-
15
Oldham247116532 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 14
Jan 24
d
 
1-1F
16
Gillingham247116332 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
Apr 25
d
 
1-1F
17
Tranmere25889032 
l
 
1-2A
May 2
Jan 27
w
 
0-2F
18
Cheltenham259313-1630 
w
 
7-1A
Jan 24
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
19
Barrow246612-924 
Mar 21
d
 
2-2F
Apr 11
d
 
2-2A
20
Bristol R246315-2321 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 21
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-2F
21
Crawley254714-1719 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 6
w
 
2-1F
Mar 17
22
Shrewsbury244713-2019 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-3F
Jan 31
23
Harrogate254615-2118 
Apr 3
d
 
3-3A
d
 
1-1F
May 2
24
Newport244515-1917 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 7
Mar 14
d
 
0-00-0
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Grimsby have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive league games
Grimsby 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Grimsby1 - 0Shrewsbury
Grimsby0 - 0Oldham
Grimsby0 - 2Notts C
Grimsby1 - 2Tranmere
Grimsby0 - 1Chesterfield
Grimsby1 - 0Gillingham
Grimsby1 - 2Colchester
Grimsby7 - 1Cheltenham
Grimsby1 - 1Cambridge
Grimsby0 - 1Bristol R
Grimsby2 - 1Newport
Grimsby3 - 0Crawley
Grimsby0 - 1AFC Wim
Grimsby0 - 4Swindon
Grimsby3 - 1Morecambe
Grimsby1 - 0Newport
Grimsby0 - 1Salford
Grimsby0 - 2Notts C
Grimsby1 - 1Tranmere
Grimsby2 - 1Fleetwood
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
Barnet 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol R0 - 2Barnet
Newport0 - 0Barnet
Chesterfield3 - 1Barnet
Gillingham1 - 1Barnet
Cambridge0 - 0Barnet
Barrow2 - 2Barnet
Tranmere0 - 2Barnet
Oldham1 - 1Barnet
Crewe1 - 2Barnet
Cheltenham0 - 1Barnet
Swindon0 - 2Barnet
Bromley2 - 0Barnet
Morecambe0 - 1Barnet
Grimsby2 - 2Barnet
Stevenage4 - 1Barnet
Luton2 - 0Barnet
Coventry1 - 0Barnet
Colchester0 - 1Barnet
Yeovil2 - 0Barnet
Mansfield3 - 1Barnet
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBarnet2 - 1Crawley
ABarnet2 - 0Bristol R
ABarnet0 - 0Newport
HBarnet1 - 3Salford
ABarnet1 - 3Chesterfield
HBarnet4 - 0Bristol R
HBarnet1 - 1Harrogate
ABarnet1 - 1Gillingham
ABarnet0 - 0Cambridge
HBarnet2 - 2MK Dons
ABarnet2 - 2Barrow
HBarnet0 - 1Notts C
ABarnet2 - 0Tranmere
HBarnet2 - 0Accrington
ABarnet1 - 1Oldham
HBarnet3 - 0Grimsby
ABarnet2 - 1Crewe
HBarnet1 - 3Shrewsbury
HBarnet1 - 1Colchester
ABarnet1 - 0Cheltenham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Grimsby since 2006
Grimsby
Barnet
Goals: Scored
18
6
Games: Scored
6 / 7
4 / 7
Clean sheets
3 / 7
1 / 7
GRI
4
D
2
BAT
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Grimsby
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Grimsby2 - 0
0 - 1Barnet
Grimsby4 - 1
Grimsby5 - 0
Grimsby3 - 0
League games at Barnet since 2005
Barnet
Grimsby
Goals: Scored
12
11
Games: Scored
4 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
4 / 8
GRI
4
D
1
BAT
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnet
Barnet3 - 0
0 - 2Grimsby
Barnet3 - 1
Barnet3 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 3Grimsby
0 - 1Grimsby
0 - 1Grimsby
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 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Barnet.

Grimsby 15th Barnet 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Grimsby will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Barnet will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-28
Grimsby have scored 28% fewer goals at home than predicted
-17
Barnet have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Grimsby
PG (predicted goals)
Barnet
1.1
1.2
Attack rating
2%
better
GRI
BAT
view stats
Games scored18
19
Failed to score6
5
Scored first13
13
Goals scored35
32
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.3
Avg. shots per game10
10
Avg. shots per goal7
8
Conversion rate for15
13
Avg. XG for1.7
1.7
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
GRI
BAT
13%
better
view stats
Games conceded17
15
Clean sheets7
9
Conceded first10
9
Goals conceded30
26
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
6
Conversion rate against19%
16%
Avg. XG against1
1.1
KickOff rating
+13%

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

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
-
Barnet League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24535
D CollingeA SeniorI KanuN Ofoborh
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Senior DEF2452
2
-
D Collinge DEF2412
3
-
I Kanu FWD243
3
-
R Glover FWD2431
1
-
O Hawkins FWD233
3
-
N Ofoborh MID2232
4
1
C Slicker GLK21
2
1
M Shelton MID2153
5
-
C Stead FWD214
1
-
N Tavares DEF20
-
L Ndlovu FWD1932
2
-
K Smith DEF163
1
-
A Hartigan MID152
2
-
B. Winterburn MID12
1
-
R Galvin DEF9
-
D Adeniran MID91
1
-
E Osadebe MID91
1
1
B Assombalonga FWD91
-
O Kensdale  DEF6
1
-
R Browne FWD6
-
R Crichlow DEF5
3
-
J Hugill FWD5
-
J Kizzi DEF421
-
O Evans GLK3
-
R. Stutter FWD1
-