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

Sat 12th Sep, 12:30 BST, Blundell Park, Grimsby

Steve Evans takes his Bristol Rovers team to the Blundell Park in the League Two on Saturday lunch time, with David Artell's Grimsby Town their challengers. We've got predictions, tips, and the best odds and head-to-head stats across every market, so there's nowhere better to prepare League Two clash.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest we don't have an obvious winner in this fixture, but good reason to think Grimsby and Bristol R will score 2 or more goals between them. We've seen goals when they've gone head-to-head historically, and neither David Artell or Steve Evans has served up too many 0-0s lately either. The bookies predict over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.22 equating to approximately a 74% probability.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Grimsby
41%
27/20-
Draw
24%
12/5-
Bristol R
35%
17/10-
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1-
Grimsby 2-1
9%
17/2-
Grimsby 1-0
8%
9/1-
Bristol R 2-1
8%
10/1-
Bristol R 1-0
7%
10/1-
Grimsby 2-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1-
Bristol R 2-0
5%
14/1-
Grimsby 3-1
4%
18/1-
Bristol R 3-1
4%
20/1-
Grimsby 3-0
3%
22/1-
Grimsby 3-2
3%
22/1-
Bristol R 3-2
3%
25/1-
Bristol R 3-0
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
8/11-
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
43/40-
Home 1st Goal
49%
5/6-
Away 1st Goal
47%
1/1-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
59%
8/13-
BTTS - No
41%
6/5-
BTTS - Home Win
21%
10/3-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
19%
4/1-
Home/draw
65%
4/9-
Away/draw
59%
4/7-
Home/away
76%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
2/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
9/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1/7-
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1-
Home DNB
58%
8/11-
Away DNB
52%
1/1-
Grimsby win to nil
19%
7/2-
Bristol R win to nil
16%
9/2-
Grimsby / Grimsby
22%
11/4-
Grimsby / Bristol R
3%
25/1-
Grimsby / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Grimsby
14%
5/1-
Draw / Bristol R
13%
11/2-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Bristol R / Grimsby
4%
22/1-
Bristol R / Bristol R
18%
7/2-
Bristol R / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win League Two table
Won
Draw
Lost
Grimsby
Bristol R
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bristol R5401612 
Sep 12
Feb 20
-
-
2
Swindon5311210 
Feb 27
Nov 14
Oct 24
Jan 23
3
Barnet523049 
Dec 19
Jan 9
Oct 10
Apr 13
4
Tranmere523049 
Jan 1
Mar 26
Nov 28
May 1
5
Walsall523049 
Mar 13
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 26
Mar 29
6
Fleetwood523039 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 6
Jan 30
Oct 31
7
Crewe523029 
May 1
Nov 28
Apr 27
Oct 3
8
Cheltenham522118 
Feb 13
d
 
2-2A
Mar 20
Nov 21
9
York522118 
Oct 31
Jan 30
Mar 6
l
 
3-2F
10
Oldham521227 
Dec 29
Apr 3
May 8
Dec 1
11
Grimsby514017 
-
-
Feb 20
Sep 12
12
Colchester5212-27 
Dec 1
May 8
w
 
2-0F
Feb 9
13
Gillingham513106 
Jan 23
Oct 24
Apr 17
Sep 19
14
Northampton513106 
Oct 17
Jan 16
Mar 26
Jan 2
15
Salford5203-26 
Mar 29
Dec 26
Oct 20
Jan 19
16
Exeter512205 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 6
Sep 26
Apr 24
17
Rotherham5122-15 
Nov 21
Mar 20
w
 
1-0F
Feb 13
18
Chesterfield5122-15 
Apr 10
Dec 12
Nov 14
Feb 27
19
Accrington5122-25 
Feb 9
d
 
2-2F
Dec 12
Apr 10
20
Newport5113-14 
Apr 24
Sep 26
w
 
5-3A
Mar 13
21
Crawley5113-34 
Sep 19
Apr 17
Feb 6
w
 
0-2F
22
Rochdale5104-53 
Jan 19
Oct 20
Jan 9
Dec 19
23
Shrewsbury5104-83 
Oct 3
Apr 27
Jan 16
Oct 17
24
Port Vale5023-52 
Apr 13
Oct 10
Apr 3
Dec 29
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Grimsby 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Grimsby2 - 2Fleetwood
Grimsby1 - 0Exeter
Grimsby1 - 2Salford
Grimsby4 - 0Swindon
Grimsby3 - 2Crewe
Grimsby1 - 3Harrogate
Grimsby5 - 0Barrow
Grimsby1 - 0Fleetwood
Grimsby1 - 1Bromley
Grimsby3 - 1Salford
Grimsby2 - 2Walsall
Grimsby1 - 0Accrington
Grimsby2 - 2MK Dons
Grimsby1 - 0Barnet
Grimsby1 - 0Shrewsbury
Grimsby0 - 0Oldham
Grimsby0 - 2Notts C
Grimsby1 - 2Tranmere
Grimsby0 - 1Chesterfield
Grimsby1 - 0Gillingham
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AGrimsby2 - 2Cheltenham
AGrimsby2 - 2Accrington
HGrimsby2 - 2Fleetwood
AGrimsby0 - 0Walsall
HGrimsby1 - 0Exeter
AGrimsby2 - 1Salford
HGrimsby1 - 2Salford
AGrimsby1 - 1Tranmere
HGrimsby4 - 0Swindon
AGrimsby2 - 1Cambridge
AGrimsby4 - 1Gillingham
AGrimsby1 - 2Chesterfield
HGrimsby3 - 2Crewe
AGrimsby2 - 0Crawley
HGrimsby1 - 3Harrogate
HGrimsby5 - 0Barrow
HGrimsby1 - 0Fleetwood
AGrimsby0 - 1Oldham
HGrimsby1 - 1Bromley
HGrimsby3 - 1Salford
Bristol R 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crawley0 - 2Bristol R
York3 - 2Bristol R
Notts C1 - 1Bristol R
Tranmere1 - 2Bristol R
Harrogate2 - 3Bristol R
Gillingham1 - 2Bristol R
Bromley1 - 0Bristol R
Barrow0 - 2Bristol R
Swindon1 - 1Bristol R
Oldham2 - 0Bristol R
Cambridge3 - 1Bristol R
MK Dons1 - 0Bristol R
Salford1 - 0Bristol R
Shrewsbury0 - 3Bristol R
Crewe1 - 1Bristol R
Barnet4 - 0Bristol R
Cheltenham1 - 0Bristol R
Accrington3 - 1Bristol R
Crawley4 - 0Bristol R
Walsall2 - 1Bristol R
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
2
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBristol R1 - 0Rotherham
HBristol R2 - 0Colchester
ABristol R2 - 0Crawley
HBristol R5 - 3Newport
ABristol R2 - 3York
ABristol R1 - 1Notts C
HBristol R4 - 0Cheltenham
ABristol R2 - 1Tranmere
HBristol R3 - 1Crawley
ABristol R3 - 2Harrogate
HBristol R1 - 0Fleetwood
HBristol R2 - 0Accrington
ABristol R2 - 1Gillingham
HBristol R1 - 0Shrewsbury
ABristol R0 - 1Bromley
ABristol R2 - 0Barrow
HBristol R2 - 1Crewe
ABristol R1 - 1Swindon
HBristol R3 - 1Grimsby
ABristol R0 - 2Oldham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Grimsby since 2004
Grimsby
Bristol R
Goals: Scored
4
5
Games: Scored
1 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
3 / 4
GRI
1
D
1
BRI
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Grimsby
0 - 1Bristol R
Grimsby4 - 3
0 - 1Bristol R
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Bristol R since 2005
Bristol R
Grimsby
Goals: Scored
8
3
Games: Scored
4 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
0 / 4
GRI
1
BRI
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol R
Bristol R3 - 1
Bristol R1 - 0
1 - 2Grimsby
Bristol R3 - 0
Goal Statistics
Grimsby 11th Bristol R 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Grimsby will score 1 or more goals
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 58% probability that Bristol R will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+2
Grimsby’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-5
Bristol R’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season
Grimsby
PG (predicted goals)
Bristol R
1.5
1.4
Attack rating
GRI
BRI
46%
better
view stats
Games scored3
4
Failed to score1
0
Scored first2
3
Goals scored5
11
Avg. goals scored1
2.2
Avg. shots per game9
11
Avg. shots per goal9
5
Conversion rate for11
20
Avg. XG for1.9
2.7
KickOff rating
+46%
Defence rating
15%
better
GRI
BRI
view stats
Games conceded2
2
Clean sheets2
2
Conceded first1
1
Goals conceded4
6
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded7
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
5
Conversion rate against11%
20%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
+15%

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

Grimsby League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5222
H RodgersA CookK GreenC McJannett
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
H Rodgers DEF511
1
-
C McJannett DEF5
2
-
J Sweeney DEF51
1
-
M. Kacurri DEF5
1
-
C. Doyle MID51
-
G Turi MID51
-
K Green MID512
1
-
A Cook FWD52
-
C Vernam FWD51
-
I. Morgan FWD5
-
C Pym GLK4
-
R. Reynolds MID4
-
J Walker  MID3
-
J Amaluzor FWD3
-
S Finch FWD3
-
D Harrington GLK1
-
S. Auton GLK1
-
F. Cartwright MID1
-
M Shelton MID11
-
J Andrews FWD1
-
Bristol R League Two squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5212
B YoungT LeighB YoungC Mola
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Young GLK51
-
K Balmer DEF51
1
-
C Mola DEF51
2
-
R Harbottle DEF5
1
-
R Smallwood  MID5
1
-
T Leigh MID521
2
-
S Forde FWD5
-
F Cavegn FWD521
-
B Kamwa FWD52
1
-
T James DEF421
2
-
B Purrington DEF41
-
J Aitchison MID4
-
E Harrison FWD41
-
R. Russell-Denny MID31
-
K. Gough MID2
-
C Kelly DEF1
-
M Southam-Hales DEF1
-
J Sparkes DEF1
-
J Quigley FWD1
-