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

Sat 2nd May, 15:00 BST, Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Saturday afternoon at the Prenton Park, and it’s a League Two clash between Tranmere Rovers and Grimsby Town. Peter Wild and David Artell going all-out to claim victory. League Two stats are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. There's so much to explore, with infographics and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers available for the biggest betting markets using the tabs.


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Tranmere
20%
--
Draw
27%
--
Grimsby
53%
--
Grimsby 1-0
16%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Grimsby 2-0
11%
--
Draw 0-0
11%
--
Grimsby 2-1
9%
--
Tranmere 1-0
9%
--
Grimsby 3-0
5%
--
Tranmere 2-1
5%
--
Grimsby 3-1
4%
--
Draw 2-2
3%
--
Tranmere 2-0
3%
--
Grimsby 4-0
2%
--
Grimsby 3-2
2%
--
Grimsby 4-1
2%
--
Tranmere 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
38%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
62%
--
Home 1st Goal
38%
--
Away 1st Goal
55%
--
No 1st Goal
7%
--
BTTS - Yes
41%
--
BTTS - No
59%
--
BTTS - Home Win
7%
--
BTTS - Draw
16%
--
BTTS - Away Win
18%
--
Home/draw
47%
--
Away/draw
80%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
65%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
35%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
18%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
82%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
89%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
11%
--
Home DNB
39%
--
Away DNB
72%
--
Tranmere win to nil
13%
--
Grimsby win to nil
35%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Tranmere have played 42 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

34 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 20 games, drawn 9 and won 5. Tranmere have conceded 62 goals, scored 37, failed to score in 11 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Tranmere have played 21 games at home, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 12 fixtures. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 34 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times in home league games.

Grimsby lay in 8th place on 68 points in the League Two league table having played 42 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below them in the table, winning 15, drawing 7 and losing 8 games. They have scored 47 goals and kept 14 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Grimsby have conceded 31 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Grimsby have played 20 away games, winning 8, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Tranmere
Grimsby
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley44231562584 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
3-3A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
2
MK Dons43221383679 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 25
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-3F
3
Cambridge43211573178 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-2F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 21
4
Notts C43237132276 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
5-0A
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
5
Swindon44229131675 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
Apr 25
d
 
2-2A
6
Salford4323515774 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
7
Chesterfield43191591272 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
8
Grimsby421911121668 
May 2
w
 
1-2F
-
-
9
Barnet431813121167 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
10
Crewe43199151066 
l
 
1-4A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-2F
l
 
3-2F
11
Oldham431714121565 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
12
Walsall44181115465 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-2A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-1F
13
Colchester431712141263 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2F
w
 
0-1F
14
Fleetwood43151315-158 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
15
Bristol R4317422-1455 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-4F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-1A
16
Accrington44141020-852 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
17
Gillingham43121417-1350 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-4F
18
Cheltenham42131019-1849 
w
 
3-2F
Apr 21
w
 
7-1A
w
 
0-2F
19
Shrewsbury4313822-2647 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
20
Tranmere4291023-2337 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
May 2
21
Crawley4381322-2437 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
22
Newport4310726-3037 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-1F
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
23
Barrow449926-2936 
l
 
1-3A
w
 
0-3F
w
 
5-0F
d
 
2-2F
24
Harrogate438926-3133 
l
 
0-3A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-3A
d
 
3-3A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Tranmere 20TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tranmere0 - 1Colchester
Tranmere0 - 1Swindon
Tranmere0 - 3Harrogate
Tranmere1 - 3Oldham
Tranmere0 - 1Accrington
Tranmere2 - 0Crawley
Tranmere0 - 2Salford
Tranmere1 - 3Walsall
Tranmere0 - 2Bromley
Tranmere1 - 3Barrow
Tranmere1 - 0Fleetwood
Tranmere1 - 4Crewe
Tranmere2 - 2MK Dons
Tranmere3 - 2Cheltenham
Tranmere1 - 1Chesterfield
Tranmere0 - 2Barnet
Tranmere0 - 0Cambridge
Tranmere1 - 1Newport
Tranmere1 - 2Notts C
Tranmere1 - 1Gillingham
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
2
D
2
Lost
16
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ATranmere1 - 1Chesterfield
HTranmere0 - 1Colchester
ATranmere0 - 1Shrewsbury
HTranmere0 - 1Swindon
HTranmere0 - 3Harrogate
ATranmere0 - 0Fleetwood
HTranmere1 - 3Oldham
ATranmere1 - 3Newport
ATranmere1 - 2Crewe
ATranmere0 - 5Notts C
HTranmere0 - 1Accrington
HTranmere2 - 0Crawley
ATranmere1 - 2Gillingham
HTranmere0 - 2Salford
ATranmere0 - 1Barnet
ATranmere2 - 4Cambridge
HTranmere1 - 3Walsall
HTranmere0 - 2Bromley
ATranmere2 - 0Harrogate
HTranmere1 - 3Barrow
Grimsby 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Chesterfield2 - 1Grimsby
Crawley0 - 2Grimsby
Oldham1 - 0Grimsby
Notts C0 - 1Grimsby
Bristol R3 - 1Grimsby
Newport0 - 0Grimsby
Colchester0 - 1Grimsby
Cheltenham0 - 2Grimsby
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
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AGrimsby1 - 2Chesterfield
HGrimsby3 - 2Crewe
AGrimsby2 - 0Crawley
HGrimsby1 - 3Harrogate
HGrimsby5 - 0Barrow
HGrimsby1 - 0Fleetwood
AGrimsby0 - 1Oldham
HGrimsby1 - 1Bromley
HGrimsby3 - 1Salford
AGrimsby1 - 0Notts C
AGrimsby1 - 3Bristol R
HGrimsby2 - 2Walsall
HGrimsby1 - 0Accrington
AGrimsby0 - 0Newport
HGrimsby2 - 2MK Dons
AGrimsby1 - 0Colchester
AGrimsby2 - 0Cheltenham
HGrimsby1 - 0Barnet
AGrimsby1 - 0Fleetwood
HGrimsby1 - 0Shrewsbury
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Tranmere since 1998
Tranmere
Grimsby
Goals: Scored
19
8
Games: Scored
7 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
1 / 8
TRA
5
D
1
GRI
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Tranmere
0 - 1Grimsby
Draw2 - 2Draw
Tranmere2 - 0
Tranmere5 - 0
Tranmere4 - 1
Tranmere2 - 0
Tranmere3 - 2
1 - 2Grimsby
League games at Grimsby since 1999
Grimsby
Tranmere
Goals: Scored
15
11
Games: Scored
8 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
1 / 9
TRA
3
D
2
GRI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Grimsby
1 - 2Tranmere
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Tranmere
Grimsby2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Grimsby5 - 2
Grimsby3 - 1
1 - 2Tranmere
Grimsby1 - 0
Goal Statistics

A truly dismal PG of just 0.8 should cause concerns for Tranmere Rovers fans, as should a 11 League Two games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

Tranmere 20th Grimsby 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.8
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
46%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 82% probability of Tranmere scoring 1 goal or less
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Grimsby will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-39
Tranmere have scored 39% fewer goals at home than predicted
-5
Grimsby’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
0.8
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Tranmere
PG (predicted goals)
Grimsby
0.8
1.4
Attack rating
%
better
TRA
GRI
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
TRA
GRI
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Tranmere League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
42959
N SmithC WhitakerO PatrickS Finley
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Smith DEF423
6
-
P Brough DEF4112
7
-
C Norman DEF3832
5
-
C Whitaker MID3792
4
-
J Ironside FWD3452
3
-
O Patrick FWD3365
1
-
N Kenneh MID321
4
-
C Jennings FWD2843
2
-
J. Joseph MID2611
3
-
S Finley MID2621
8
1
B. Blacker MID2411
3
-
A McGowan DEF232
2
-
J Murphy GLK22
4
-
K Dennis FWD2241
4
-
J Lowe MID16
1
-
E Bristow DEF15
2
-
J Turnbull DEF141
3
-
S Solomon FWD13
2
-
Z Obiero MID122
3
-
S Negru DEF11
-
J Plant MID111
2
-
L O'Connor DEF10
1
-
L Warrington MID9
4
-
M. Dickov FWD81
-
W Tamen DEF6
3
-
L McGee GLK5
1
-
J. Barrett GLK4
-
K Woolery FWD4
-
D. Jones FWD41
-
R Watson MID2
-
Grimsby League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
421497
H RodgersJ KabiaC VernamH Rodgers
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
H Rodgers DEF4232
7
-
C McJannett DEF4212
5
-
J Kabia FWD42142
4
-
K Green MID38114
4
1
D Burns MID3715
4
-
J Walker  MID3644
3
-
C Vernam FWD3699
1
-
G McEachran MID352
7
-
R Staunton DEF344
2
-
E Khouri MID3242
4
-
J Amaluzor FWD3123
3
-
G Turi MID26
4
-
J Sweeney DEF2432
3
-
J Smith GLK22
-
J Soonsup-Bell FWD2211
1
-
T Warren DEF21
2
-
C Pym GLK19
1
A Cook FWD1862
4
-
C Oduor MID17
-
M. Kacurri DEF12
3
-
D Tharme DEF11
1
-
T Sellars-Fleming FWD81
-
J Svanthórsson FWD7
-
S Lavelle DEF6
-
C. Gardner FWD61
1
-
H. Brown MID2
-
Z. Gilsenan MID2
-