Colchester United, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-3 League Two success vs Crawley Town.
For Colchester United, the scorers were Tom Hopper (21\', 46\') and Cameron McGeehan (44\'). Harry Forster (90\') scored for Crawley Town.
Colchester United haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.
They’ve claimed a sum of 7 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 8. We will see whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.
Their past results show that Colchester United:
haven\'t lost in the league to Grimsby Town in their last 2 games.
are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.
Grimsby Town will go into this meeting following a 0-3 League Two win with the defeat of Crewe Alexandra in their most recent game.
For Grimsby Town, the scorers were Toby Mullarkey (38\'), Curtis Thompson (59\') and Denver Hume (90\').
The stats don’t lie, and Grimsby Town have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. At the back, Grimsby Town can certainly do much better.
Going into this one, Grimsby Town are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
Head to head
A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 11/02/2020 tells us that Colchester United have won 3 of these and Grimsby Town 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.
15 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from The U\'s and 7 for The Mariners. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The last league meeting between these clubs was League Two match day 15 on 24/10/2023 and the score finished Grimsby Town 2-3 Colchester United.
The match was refereed by Scott Oldham.
Team News: Colchester United
Zach Mitchell (Hamstring injury), Marley Marshall-Miranda (Ankle injury) and Mandela Egbo (Knee injury) will be missing for Colchester United manager Danny Cowley.
Team News: Grimsby Town
Owing to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Grimsby Town manager David Artell doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this game.
Prediction
We’re thinking that Grimsby Town have the capability to score a goal against this Colchester United lineup, although it may not quite be as many as they’ll concede. We can see a 2-1 win for Colchester United when the full-time whistle blows. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.
