[ 16 Mar 24] GILLS v Grimsby Town Match Thread

[Garawa]

- Grimsby have won 17 of the meetings whilst the Gills have won 12 and a further 10 games between the sides were drawn. The away side has not won since the Gills trip to Grimsby in September 2001 nine games ago.
- The Gills have won their last 5 home matches against Grimsby including 2 wins by 3-0 scoreline and 2 by a 2-1 scoreline. Before that run of 5 was Grimsby's last win at Priestfield coming back in November 1997.
- The Gills are unbeaten in 7 at home and have drawn 5 of the last 6. Grimsby are unbeaten in 5 on the road and have drawn each of their last 4 away trips.
- Grimsby are unbeaten in 5 league games home and away, winning 2 of them. These followed a winless run of 6 league games in which they lost 4 of them.
- Only Tranmere have picked up fewer away points (12) than Grimsby's 13 however Rovers have 3 away wins to Grimsby's 1. Swindon have also accrued 13 away points but have won 2 games on their travels. Grimsby's only away win was 3-0 at Salford ending 14 away games without a win.
- Grimsby have the most draws in League 2 with 14 and they have drawn 5 of their last 10. The Gills had only drawn 2 of their first 26 league games and seen 5 in the 12 matches since. Only Crawley (4), Notts County (5) and Tranmere (5) have drawn fewer games.
- The Gills have scored the fewest number of first half goals (13) in League 2 and they have managed 1 in 8 games. Grimsby have scored the fewest number of second half goals (19) in League 2 and managed 1 in 9 games.
- In Grimsby's last 7 home league games, Grimsby have conceded 6 goals in a game and 5 in 2 games making it 21 conceded in those games even with successive clean sheets in their last 2. On the road however, they have conceded 21 in 16 games including 2 in the last 5.

(15:02) EFL Sky Bet League 2: Gillingham FC vs Grimsby Town - Kick Off [ 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ]

(15.15) GOAL! Gillingham 0-1 Grimsby Town: Wilson

(15.17) GOAL! Gillingham 1-1 Grimsby Town: Lapslie

(15.26) Grimsby clear off the line. From the corner, Dieng's header is caught, dropped and caught again right on the line!

(15.31) Clark from long range has a shot parried by the keeper. Hawkins is well placed to slot home but is offside.

(15.46) Grimsby header forward floats over everyone and the loose header is just tipped wide. From the corner, a shot is scuffed wide with that corner of the goal empty.

(15.47) The referee adds on 3 additional minutes.

(15.50) Half time 1-1

(16.08) The second half kicks off.

(16.24) Grimsby come forward and fine Wilson who is in space but blazes his effort over from 15 yards.

(16.28) Lapslie gets into the box and defenders attempt to stop him. He could go down but instead chips to Hawkins who heads just over.

(16.31) A massively powerful from shot from Ogie is parried and Mahoney's follow up hits the post.

(16.41) Ogie goes on a mazy run, shrugs off a number of challenges and blasts over from a tight angle with Hawkins close by to tap home.

(16.42) Mahoney gets into the box, shoots powerfully from a tight angle and just misses the target.

(16.53) The ref adds on 5 additional minutes.

(16.58) FULL TIME 1-1

Attendance: 6,065 (425)
Position: 9th
Referee: James Bell
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFXjzrIDCw
BBC Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68519634