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Gillingham v Grimsby, EFL League Two, Sat, 18 Apr 2026: statistics and head to head

2025-26. Sat, 18 Apr 2026

14Full time, half-time 0–1

Grimsby won by 3 goals.

DLLLWLeague form, oldest to newestLWWWD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Gillingham have 21 scored home results and Grimsby 20 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Gillingham at home: 1.33 points per match (21 measured matches); Grimsby away: 1.50 points per match (20 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Gillingham scored 1.29 per home match (21 measured matches); Grimsby scored 1.30 away (20). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.28 per club appearance across 1034 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 23 of 41 pooled club appearances (56.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 7. Gillingham: 1 wins; Grimsby: 3 wins; draws: 3.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half01
Second half13

The match in numbers

GillinghamGrimsby
  • 9Shots14
  • 3Shots on target6
  • 5Corners3
  • 9Fouls11
  • 2Yellow cards1
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Gillingham

  • Shots9
  • On target3
  • Goals1

33% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Grimsby

  • Shots14
  • On target6
  • Goals4

43% of shots on target, 67% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

7 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

1
Gillingham wins
3
Draws
3
Grimsby wins
Goals / meeting
1.86
13 goals in 7 meetings
Both scored
57%
4 of 7 meetings
Over 1.5
71%
5 of 7 meetings
Over 2.5
14%
1 of 7 meetings
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 7 meetings
Gillingham clean sheets
0%
0 of 7 meetings
Grimsby clean sheets
43%
3 of 7 meetings
Corners / meeting
8.29
7 with corner data
Cards / meeting
4.43
7 with card data
  1. Grimsby v GillinghamSat, 18 Oct 2025 · EFL League Two 2025-261–0HT 0–0
  2. Grimsby v GillinghamTue, 28 Jan 2025 · EFL League Two 2024-251–1HT 0–1
  3. Gillingham v GrimsbyTue, 1 Oct 2024 · EFL League Two 2024-250–1HT 0–1
  4. Gillingham v GrimsbySat, 16 Mar 2024 · EFL League Two 2023-241–1HT 1–1
  5. Grimsby v GillinghamSat, 2 Sept 2023 · EFL League Two 2023-242–0HT 2–0
  6. Gillingham v GrimsbyTue, 14 Feb 2023 · EFL League Two 2022-232–1HT 0–0
  7. Grimsby v GillinghamTue, 13 Sept 2022 · EFL League Two 2022-231–1HT 1–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Gillingham at home, Grimsby away
  • 59%
    Both teams scored
    League 53%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 98%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 93%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 76%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 46%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 30%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 27%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 20%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 11%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.7
    Avg total goals
    League 2.58
    23 + 23 matches
  • 70%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 67%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 33%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.5
    Corners per match
    League 9.85
    23 + 23 matches
  • 57%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 65%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 41%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 54%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.0
    Cards per match
    League 3.84
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 55%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 37%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 36%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Gillingham at home, Grimsby away
Gillingham (home)Grimsby (away)
17Position7
LLWLWLast 5, oldest to newestWLWWD
23Played23
1.35Points per match1.61
35%Win %43%
1.26Scored / match1.43
1.57Conceded / match1.22
2.83Avg total goals2.65
65%Both scored52%
22%Clean sheets35%
13%Failed to score17%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

GillinghamGrimsby
  • 0.481st half scored / match0.96
  • 0.651st half conceded / match0.57
  • 0.782nd half scored / match0.48
  • 0.912nd half conceded / match0.65
  • 26%Leading at half-time39%
  • 65%1st half over 0.574%
  • 30%1st half over 1.544%
  • 87%2nd half over 0.570%
  • 52%2nd half over 1.517%
  • 22%Scored in both halves13%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Gillingham at home, Grimsby away, this season.

Goals

GillinghamGrimsby
  • 1.26Scored / match1.43
  • 1.57Conceded / match1.22
  • 2.83Match total / match2.65
  • 87%Scored 1+83%
  • 26%Scored 2+44%
  • 78%Conceded 1+65%
  • 44%Conceded 2+39%
  • 78%Match over 1.574%
  • 48%Match over 2.544%
  • 30%Match over 3.530%

Shots and xG

GillinghamGrimsby
  • 14.04Shots for11.78
  • 11.87Shots against11.65
  • 4.96On target for3.83
  • 4.09On target against3.22
  • 9%Shot conversion12%

Corners

GillinghamGrimsby
  • 5.43Corners for4.78
  • 3.70Corners against5.00
  • 9.13Match total9.78
  • 70%Over 7.574%
  • 52%Over 8.561%
  • 39%Over 9.544%
  • 35%Over 10.539%
  • 22%Over 11.530%

Cards

GillinghamGrimsby
  • 1.91Cards for1.74
  • 2.00Cards against2.39
  • 3.91Match total4.13
  • 74%Over 2.583%
  • 57%Over 3.565%
  • 35%Over 4.539%
  • 22%Over 5.517%
  • 11.83Fouls committed10.96
Referee this season
O Mackey
Matches
12
Cards / match
4.25
12 matches
Over 3.5 cards
75%
12 matches
Over 4.5 cards
42%
12 matches
Fouls / match
24.42
12 matches

The table, 2025-26

#ClubPGDPts
5Notts County462280
6Chesterfield461579
7Grimsby462478
8Barnet461776
9Swindon461175
15Fleetwood Town46-161
16Accrington46-1153
17Gillingham46-1953
18Cheltenham46-2652
19Shrewsbury46-2749
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