Fleetwood Town vs Grimsby Town Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Fleetwood Town have a very good record in this fixture in recent years, winning all five of the last five meetings with Grimsby. The Fishermen have been on form with their scoring, being the first team on the scoresheet in seven of their last eight games.

New signing Mark Helm will be one to watch this weekend as last season at Burton Albion he had eight goal contributions as well as averaging 1.3 shots a game. Danny Rose was a bright spot for Grimsby last season, scoring 13 goals last season with 0.8 shots on target a game making these two potentials for a goal or two shots on target.

Fleetwood’s Zach Medley conceded 0.9 fouls a game last season and Harvey Rodgers received seven yellow cards making them likely candidates to pick up a yellow card or at least two fouls.

Fleetwood Town 2 - 0 Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town make the trip to Highbury this Saturday to take on Fleetwood Town in their first game of the League Two season. Fleetwood are new to League Two and will be looking to kick off their promotion effort with a win.

Date: 10/08/2023

Kickoff time: 15:00

Location: Highbury Stadium

After their relegation from League One, Fleetwood will look to assert their dominance in the fourth tier with a big win over Grimsby who only stayed in League Two by a couple of points.

Fleetwood finished 22nd in League Two after 46 games. In those 46 games, Fleetwood picked up just ten wins, 13 draws and 23 losses which left them on 43 points, three points from safety.

Charlie Adam has been busy in the transfer window this summer. Zech Medley, Matty Virtue, MacKenzie Hunt and Luke Hewitson made their way to Fleetwood on a transfer. However, the likes of Harvey Macadam, Maleace Asamoah, Stephen McMullan and Barry Baggley return after the end of their loans.

Grimsby finished 21st in League Two last season. In 46 games, The Mariners picked up 11 wins, 16 draws and 19 losses which left them on 49 points and seven points above the relegation zone.

David Artell has also brought in a number of reinforcements this season. George McEachran, Lewis Cass, Tyrell Warren, Matty Carson, Cameron McJannett, Jason Dadi Svanthorsson and Jordan Wright among the new names at Grimsby.

Fleetwood and Grimsby have met five times in their histories, with the first meeting coming as recently as 2010. Fleetwood massively dominate this fixture, picking up five wins in five games.

In fact, Fleetwood are so dominant in this fixture that Grimsby have only managed to score against The Fishermen twice, with the last time they found the back of Fleetwood’s net was back in 2012. This fixture is also a low scoring one, with the biggest scoreline being a 3 - 0 win back in 2011.

Fleetwood Town vs Grimsby will be shown on Sky Sports+ this weekend in the UK.

Fleetwood Town Team News

Adam is likely to continue to call upon those such as Ronan Coughlan, Junior Quitirna and Danny Mayor who featured in preseason for the first game.

Grimsby Town Team News

Artell will also likely go with those who impressed in preseason such as Harvey Rodgers, Kieran Green and Callum Ainley.

In their last five preseason games, Fleetwood have two wins, two draws and one loss.

The first half against Bamber Bridge for Fleetwood saw neither side truly trouble the opposition goalkeeper. However, early in the second half, Kayden Hughes found the back of the net to give Fleetwood the lead. Callum Dolan then added another in the last minute of the game to give Fleetwood the 2 - 0 win.

The next time out for Fleetwood saw them take on Scottish side St Mirren. Fleetwood took an early lead in the ninth minute through Coughlan and held that lead into the halftime break. Oisin Smyth drew St Mirren level just after the hour mark but within five minutes Fleetwood regained the lead through Quitirna. There was another late goal, however, this time it was for St Mirren as Lewis Jamieson’s goal grabbed the 2 - 2 draw.

The visit from Rochdale saw Fleetwood ahead early yet again as Ryan Graydon gave The Fishermen the lead in the first minute. Devante Rodney drew Rochdale level before the 15 minute mark but neither side could find another goal as the game finished in a 1 - 1 draw.

Another clash against a Scottish side saw Coughlan give Fleetwood the 1 - 0 lead at halftime over Hearts. In the second half Mayor grabbed a brace to give Fleetwood the 3 - 0 win over Hearts.

The last time out for Fleetwood was against Wrexham. Max Cleworth scored the only goal of the game in the 70th minute to give Wrexham the 1 - 0 win.

In their last five preseason games, Grimsby have one win, one draw and three losses.

Grimsby struggled to find the goals in the first half against Boston United but found the breakthrough in the second half. Green found the back of the net just six minutes into the second half and Tolu Ladapo bagged a goal for himself to give Grimsby the 2 - 0 win.

Bill Chadwick gave York City the early lead against Grimsby in the first minute but an own goal from Ricky Aguiar drew Grimsby level before halftime. Lenell John-Lewis then put his name on the scoresheet late in the second half to give York City the 2 - 1 win.

The clash against South Shields saw an impressive seven goals. Bryan Taylor opened the scoring for South Shields but Charles Vernam equalised for Grimsby just five minutes later, though Paul Blackett regained the lead for South Shields before halftime. Ainley drew Grimsby level just minutes into the second half but Sam Hodgson put South Shields back ahead before the hour mark. Lewis Cass drew Grimsby level again but another goal from Hodgson gave South Shields the 4 - 3 win.

Grimsby were back on the scoresheet first against Rotherham with Rodgers scoring in just the second minute. Jonson Clarke-Harris equalised before halftime and converted his penalty early in the second half to give Rotherham the lead. However, Cameron Gardner popped up with a goal in the 87th minute to rescue a 2 - 2 draw.

The most recent outing for Grimsby was against Mansfield Town. David Keillor-Dunn scored the only goal of the game in the 79th minute to give Mansfield the 1 - 0 win.

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