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

Blundell Park, Grimsby

Dean Brennan guides his Barnet team to the Blundell Park in the League Two on Saturday afternoon, with David Artell's Grimsby Town waiting for them. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games for each team (home, away and overall) with additional weight applied to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are designed specifically for the selected market. Head-to-head stats for this fixture are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Grimsby Town's next match is v Cheltenham at 15:00 on Saturday 24th January
Barnet's next match is v Oldham at 12:30 on Saturday 24th January
The last English League Two meeting between Grimsby and Barnet was on Saturday 17th January 2026
English League Two
January 17th 2026
Grimsby 1
0 Barnet
 
J. Sweeney 51'
 
GRI
BAT
Shots On
5
3
Shots Off
6
6
Corners
5
7
Possession
61%
39%
Fouls
12
9
Yellow/red cards
1/0
1/1
 
GrimsbyBarnet
 
J. Sweeneyfootball icon
H. Rodgers
K. Green
E. Khouri
G. David Turi (G. McEachran 69')
J. Soonsup-Bell (J. Kabia 46')
J. Smith
C. McJannett
D. Tharme (R. Staunton 41')
D. O'Brien Burns (A. Cook 72')
C. Vernam (T. Sellars-Fleming 73')
A. Senior
N. Tavares
M. Shelton
C. Slicker
D. Collinge
N. Ofoborh
(K. Smith 19') R. Browne
(B. Assombalonga 80') L. Ndlovu
(O. Hawkins 66') I. Kanu
R. Glover
J. Kizzi

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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.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Grimsby
34%
8/51/1000
Draw
28%
9/425/1
Barnet
38%
8/5150/1
Draw 1-1
13%
5/115/2
Barnet 1-0
12%
17/215/2
Grimsby 1-0
11%
17/24/11
Draw 0-0
10%
10/129/10
Barnet 2-1
8%
9/160/1
Grimsby 2-1
7%
9/122/1
Barnet 2-0
7%
12/122/1
Grimsby 2-0
6%
12/119/5
Draw 2-2
4%
12/1100/1
Barnet 3-1
3%
20/1250/1
Grimsby 3-1
3%
20/180/1
Barnet 3-0
3%
25/160/1
Grimsby 3-0
2%
25/122/1
Barnet 3-2
2%
28/1200/1
Grimsby 3-2
2%
28/1125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
17/2060/1
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
19/201/1000
Home 1st Goal
46%
20/214/6
Away 1st Goal
48%
20/2129/10
No 1st Goal
6%
10/129/10
BTTS - Yes
47%
4/622/1
BTTS - No
53%
11/101/1000
BTTS - Home Win
14%
4/120/1
BTTS - Draw
18%
3/115/2
BTTS - Away Win
15%
4/150/1
Home/draw
62%
1/21/1000
Away/draw
66%
1/222/1
Home/away
72%
1/31/1000
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
1/48/1
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
11/41/20
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
9/41/50
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
1/31/50
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
5/11/50
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/81/50
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
12/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/251/50
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/202/9
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
10/129/10
Home DNB
54%
5/610/11
Away DNB
57%
5/65/6
Grimsby win to nil
20%
4/1-
Barnet win to nil
23%
4/1-
Grimsby / Grimsby
20%
10/39/1
Grimsby / Barnet
3%
25/155/1
Grimsby / Draw
7%
12/133/1
Draw / Grimsby
13%
5/11/1
Draw / Barnet
13%
5/15/1
Draw / Draw
15%
9/219/10
Barnet / Grimsby
3%
25/140/1
Barnet / Barnet
19%
10/325/1
Barnet / Draw
7%
12/133/1
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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
Bromley2615741752 
Mar 7
l
 
2-0A
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
2
Swindon2514471246 
Apr 25
d
 
2-2A
Feb 17
w
 
0-2F
3
Walsall2514471146 
Feb 18
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
4
Salford251447546 
-
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-3A
Mar 7
5
MK Dons2612862044 
Jan 31
w
 
2-3F
d
 
2-2F
Mar 21
6
Cambridge2512851044 
d
 
1-1A
-
Mar 28
d
 
0-00-0
7
Notts C2512671142 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 28
l
 
0-1A
Apr 18
8
Chesterfield2610115741 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 28
Feb 28
l
 
3-1A
9
Colchester2510961139 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 27
d
 
1-1A
Feb 21
10
Crewe261169839 
Apr 11
l
 
3-2F
-
w
 
1-2A
11
Grimsby251078637 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
12
Oldham258116635 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 14
Jan 24
d
 
1-1F
13
Barnet25988535 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
-
-
14
Gillingham258116435 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
Apr 25
d
 
1-1F
15
Fleetwood25979134 
Mar 17
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
Apr 6
16
Accrington259610-133 
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-0F
-
17
Tranmere268810-232 
l
 
1-2A
May 2
Jan 27
w
 
0-2F
18
Cheltenham269314-1730 
w
 
7-1A
Jan 24
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
19
Barrow256613-1124 
Mar 21
d
 
2-2F
Apr 11
d
 
2-2A
20
Shrewsbury255713-1922 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-3F
Jan 31
21
Bristol R256316-2421 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 21
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-2F
22
Crawley264715-1819 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 6
w
 
2-1F
Mar 17
23
Harrogate264616-2218 
Apr 3
d
 
3-3A
d
 
1-1F
May 2
24
Newport254516-2017 
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
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1.1
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
37%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 69% probability that Grimsby will score no more than 1 goal
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% 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
25666
H RodgersC VernamC VernamG McEachran
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Smith GLK5
-
H Rodgers DEF2511
4
-
D Tharme DEF11
1
-
C McJannett DEF2511
4
-
J Sweeney DEF1631
3
-
G Turi MID10
1
-
D Burns MID2112
3
-
K Green MID2251
3
-
E Khouri MID2441
3
-
C Vernam MID2566
-
J Soonsup-Bell FWD121
-
Subs
R Staunton DEF171
-
J Kabia MID256
4
-
G McEachran MID231
6
-
J Walker  FWD2142
2
-
J Amaluzor FWD2122
2
-
A Cook FWD1
-
T Sellars-Fleming FWD1
-
Barnet League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25535
D CollingeA SeniorM SheltonM Shelton
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Slicker GLK22
2
1
D Collinge DEF2512
3
-
J Kizzi DEF521
1
N Tavares DEF21
-
A Senior DEF2552
2
-
M Shelton MID2253
5
-
R Glover MID2531
1
-
N Ofoborh MID2332
4
1
I Kanu FWD253
4
-
L Ndlovu FWD2032
2
-
R Browne FWD7
-
Subs
O Evans GLK3
-
K Smith DEF173
1
-
R Crichlow DEF5
3
-
A Hartigan MID152
2
-
O Hawkins FWD243
3
-
B Assombalonga FWD101
-