Grimsby v Carlisle prediction

League Two · Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00 GMT · Blundell Park

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The match

Grimsby host Carlisle in League Two on Saturday 14 March (kick-off 00:00 UK).

Form and the table

Nine of Grimsby’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (60%). Both teams scored in nine of Grimsby’s last 15 results in all competitions (60%). At home, Grimsby have four wins, one draw and two defeats in their last 7 home matches in all competitions — 1.86 points per game, scoring 1.71 and conceding 1.43. Grimsby have scored 45 goals, the 12th-fewest of the 24 clubs (2019/20 so far). Grimsby have conceded 51 goals, the seventh-most of the 24 clubs.

10 of Carlisle’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (67%). Both teams scored in 10 of Carlisle’s last 15 results in all competitions (67%). Away from home, Carlisle have two wins, four draws and one defeat in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 1.43 points per game, scoring 1.71 and conceding 1.57. Carlisle have scored 39 goals, the fifth-fewest of the 24 clubs (2019/20 so far). Carlisle have conceded 56 goals, the fourth-most (shared) of the 24 clubs.

Grimsby (15th) and Carlisle (18th) are five points apart, 2019/20 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Grimsby the stronger side, 59 rating points above Carlisle (Grimsby 1471, Carlisle 1412, after at least 316 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

Grimsby are unbeaten in the last three meetings with Carlisle. The most recent meeting, on 14 December 2019, finished Carlisle 0–0 Grimsby.

Team news

By TACTIX Impact, B. Clarke (3.4 per match over 13 appearances, two goals and four assists) and J. Benson (3.3 per match over 11 appearances, two goals and two assists) have been Grimsby’s most influential players 2019/20, all competitions. In numbers for Grimsby (2019/20, all competitions, before kick-off), B. Clarke averages 2.4 shots per 90 over 1158 minutes, with a shot in seven of the last 10 appearances. J. Benson averages 1.4 key passes per 90 over 784 minutes, with a key pass in six of the last 10 appearances.

By TACTIX Impact, E. Watt (3.7 per match over 12 appearances, one goal and four assists) and J. Kayode (3.4 per match over five appearances, three goals) have been Carlisle’s most influential players 2019/20, all competitions. In numbers for Carlisle (2019/20, all competitions, before kick-off), E. Watt averages 1.8 key passes per 90 over 981 minutes, with a key pass in seven of the last 10 appearances. J. Kayode averages 2.2 shots per 90 over 332 minutes, with a shot in four of the last five appearances.

The referee

B. Toner takes charge; across the last 5 matches refereed (this competition) the referee has shown 6.0 yellow cards a game and 0.80 reds.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00 GMT · League Two · Blundell Park
Referee: B. Toner
Head-to-head (last 5): Grimsby 2 · draws 1 · Carlisle 2 · 1 goals/game
Recent form: Grimsby 2W 0D 3L · Carlisle 2W 2D 1L

Grimsby v Carlisle (League Two): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 13 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.63 / 1.13

Goals

against 1.88 / 1.25 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5 / 6.63

Corners

against 5.88 / 5.75 · 4 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

4.25 / 5

Shots on target

against 5 / 4.88 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

1.38 / 2.13

Cards

against 1.5 / 0.75 · 1 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

6 yellows

Referee · B. Toner

27.2 fouls a game

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over 5 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 10 March 2020. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 10 March 2020. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Grimsby for / against	Line	Carlisle for / against
Goals scored	1.63 for · 1.88 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.13 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5 for · 5.88 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	6.63 for · 5.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	13.88 for · 13.88 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	14.75 for · 12.25 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	4.25 for · 5 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	5 for · 4.88 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	12.88 for · 10.75 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	12.13 for · 10.13 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	1.38 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.13 for · 0.75 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: B. Toner — 6 yellow cards a game, 0.8 red cards, 27.2 fouls over 5 matches.

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Grimsby

Grimsby Goalkeeper

Grimsby — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. McKeown	31	902790 min	852.7 /90	481.5 /90	10 /90
S. Russell	1	9090 min	55 /90	33 /90	00 /90

Grimsby — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Grimsby before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. McKeown n 8	90	2.9 6/4

Grimsby Defensive

Grimsby — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
L. Hendrie	27	902424 min	391.4 /90	321.2 /90	170.6 /90	not recorded in League Cup	200.7 /90	80.3 /90
L. Waterfall	25	902250 min	150.6 /90	281.1 /90	200.8 /90	not recorded in League Cup	230.9 /90	10 /90
L. Gibson	17	841422 min	553.5 /90	402.5 /90	80.5 /90	not recorded in League Cup	191.2 /90	40.3 /90
M. Pollock	16	781250 min	161.2 /90	292.1 /90	181.3 /90	not recorded in League Cup	181.3 /90	00 /90
H. Davis	15	811211 min	141 /90	191.4 /90	151.1 /90	not recorded in League Cup	141 /90	20.1 /90
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Grimsby — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Grimsby before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
J. McKeown n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0	—
L. Hendrie n 8	90	0.8 4/1	1.3 5/3	—
L. Waterfall n 8	90	1.1 5/3	0.6 4/1	—
J. Hanson n 8	69	2.6 8/6	1.6 6/3	—
E. Whitehouse n 8	81.8	2.1 6/5	1.1 5/2	—
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Grimsby — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Grimsby before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
L. Hendrie n 8	90	1 6/1
L. Waterfall n 8	90	0.9 5/2
J. Hanson n 8	69	0.3 2/0
E. Whitehouse n 8	81.8	2.1 8/4
J. Hessenthaler n 8	86.4	3.5 7/6
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Grimsby Attacking

Grimsby — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
J. Hanson	24	751788 min	40.2 /90	40.2 /90	562.8 /90	150.8 /90	180.9 /90	70.4 /90
C. Vernam	22	791739 min	70.4 /90	20.1 /90	613.2 /90	271.4 /90	251.3 /90	371.9 /90
Matthew James Green	21	621300 min	10.1 /90	10.1 /90	201.4 /90	100.7 /90	130.9 /90	90.6 /90
M. Wright	19	551054 min	10.1 /90	10.1 /90	141.2 /90	30.3 /90	60.5 /90	141.2 /90
M. Ogbu	15	53795 min	10.1 /90	10.1 /90	91 /90	30.3 /90	101.1 /90	192.2 /90
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Grimsby — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Grimsby before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. McKeown n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Hendrie n 8	90	0.8 3/2	0.4 2/1
L. Waterfall n 8	90	0.6 5/0	0.5 4/0
J. Hanson n 8	69	2.3 6/5	0.7 4/0
E. Whitehouse n 8	81.8	1.4 6/4	0.3 2/0
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Grimsby — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Grimsby before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. McKeown n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Hendrie n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
L. Waterfall n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
J. Hanson n 8	69	0.5 3/0	0.2 1/0
E. Whitehouse n 8	81.8	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
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Carlisle

Carlisle Goalkeeper

Carlisle — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
A. Collin	32	902880 min	1073.3 /90	471.5 /90	10 /90

Carlisle — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Carlisle before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
A. Collin n 8	90	3.6 6/6

Carlisle Defensive

Carlisle — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Gethin Jones	31	902790 min	431.4 /90	220.7 /90	150.5 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	150.5 /90	20.1 /90
B. Webster	27	902430 min	331.2 /90	190.7 /90	210.8 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	301.1 /90	90.3 /90
A. Hayden	18	881589 min	281.6 /90	362 /90	90.5 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	301.7 /90	90.5 /90
J. Iredale	16	841349 min	261.7 /90	221.5 /90	40.3 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	201.3 /90	20.1 /90
J. Mellish	13	871125 min	171.4 /90	181.4 /90	90.7 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	80.6 /90	00 /90
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Carlisle — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Carlisle before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Collin n 8	90	0 0/0	0.3 2/0	—
M. Jones n 8	86.8	1.4 5/3	0.9 4/1	—
Gethin Jones n 8	90	0.6 4/1	0.5 3/1	—
B. Webster n 8	90	1.5 7/4	0.5 4/0	—
N. Thomas n 8	75.8	0.4 3/0	0.7 4/1	—
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Carlisle — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Carlisle before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
M. Jones n 8	86.8	1.7 7/3
Gethin Jones n 8	90	1.8 6/4
B. Webster n 8	90	1.1 6/2
N. Thomas n 8	75.8	0.4 3/0
H. McKirdy n 8	70.1	0.6 4/0
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Carlisle Attacking

Carlisle — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
N. Thomas	27	802157 min	50.2 /90	30.1 /90	873.6 /90	351.5 /90	401.7 /90	351.5 /90
H. McKirdy	23	651503 min	60.4 /90	30.2 /90	482.9 /90	150.9 /90	201.2 /90	130.8 /90
H. Hope	18	641145 min	20.2 /90	00 /90	211.7 /90	70.6 /90	131 /90	30.2 /90
O. Olomola	16	671076 min	40.3 /90	10.1 /90	302.5 /90	131.1 /90	110.9 /90	40.3 /90
R. Loft	15	52787 min	30.3 /90	00 /90	151.7 /90	70.8 /90	91 /90	20.2 /90
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Carlisle — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Carlisle before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
A. Collin n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
M. Jones n 8	86.8	1 5/3	0.4 3/0
Gethin Jones n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
B. Webster n 8	90	0.9 5/2	0.1 1/0
N. Thomas n 8	75.8	4 7/6	2.1 6/4
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Carlisle — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Carlisle before kick-off, to 10 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
A. Collin n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
M. Jones n 8	86.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
Gethin Jones n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
B. Webster n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
N. Thomas n 8	75.8	0.4 1/1	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Grimsby v Carlisle — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

GrimsbyLWLLW

Last 5: 2W 0D 3L · 1.4 scored / 2.2 conceded per game

CarlisleDDWLW

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 1.2 scored / 1.2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 5

Grimsby 2 · 1 draw · Carlisle 2 · 1 goals/game

2019-12-14 Carlisle 0–0 Grimsby
2019-04-22 Grimsby 1–0 Carlisle
2018-10-02 Carlisle 0–1 Grimsby
2018-03-03 Carlisle 2–0 Grimsby
2017-11-18 Grimsby 0–1 Carlisle

League standing · 2019/20

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Grimsby#15 pos47 pts37 pl-6 GD

Carlisle#18 pos42 pts37 pl-17 GD

Goals per game

Grimsby scored1.22

Carlisle scored1.05

Grimsby conceded1.38

Carlisle conceded1.51

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What is the head-to-head record between Grimsby and Carlisle?: In their last 5 meetings, Grimsby won 2, Carlisle won 2 and there was 1 draw, averaging 1 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Grimsby and Carlisle?: Recent form — Grimsby 2W 0D 3L; Carlisle 2W 2D 1L.

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