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Grimsby v Walsall, EFL League Two, Sat, 27 Mar 2021: statistics and head to head

2020-21. Sat, 27 Mar 2021

11Full time, half-time 1–1

Draw. Goal margin: 0.

LWLWLLeague form, oldest to newestLLWLD

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

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Grimsby have 18 scored home results and Walsall 18 scored away results stored in 2020-21. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Grimsby at home: 0.83 points per match (18 measured matches); Walsall away: 1.11 points per match (18 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Grimsby scored 0.67 per home match (18 measured matches); Walsall scored 1.17 away (18). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.19 per club appearance across 868 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 22 of 36 pooled club appearances (61.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 2. Grimsby: 1 wins; Walsall: 1 wins; draws: 0.

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 half11
Second half00

The match in numbers

GrimsbyWalsall
  • 12Shots10
  • 4Shots on target3
  • 2Corners3
  • 17Fouls10
  • 1Yellow cards1
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Grimsby

  • Shots12
  • On target4
  • Goals1

33% of shots on target, 25% of those scored.

Walsall

  • Shots10
  • On target3
  • Goals1

30% of shots on target, 33% 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.

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

1
Grimsby wins
0
Draws
1
Walsall wins
Goals / meeting
2.50
5 goals in 2 meetings · small sample
Both scored
50%
1 of 2 meetings · small sample
Over 1.5
50%
1 of 2 meetings · small sample
Over 2.5
50%
1 of 2 meetings · small sample
Over 3.5
50%
1 of 2 meetings · small sample
Grimsby clean sheets
0%
0 of 2 meetings · small sample
Walsall clean sheets
50%
1 of 2 meetings · small sample
Corners / meeting
11.00
2 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
2.50
2 with card data · small sample
  1. Walsall v GrimsbySat, 12 Sept 2020 · EFL League Two 2020-211–0HT 0–0
  2. Walsall v GrimsbySat, 31 Aug 2019 · EFL League Two 2019-201–3HT 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.

Grimsby at home, Walsall away
  • 59%
    Both teams scored
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 83%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 90%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 66%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 39%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 43%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 15%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 20%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 10%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.1
    Avg total goals
    League 2.36
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 66%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 39%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 32%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 9.3
    Corners per match
    League 9.68
    23 + 23 matches
  • 54%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 61%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 51%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 24%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 38%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 3.1
    Cards per match
    League 2.97
    23 + 23 matches
  • 46%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 36%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 24%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 18%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2020-21

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, 2020-21

Grimsby at home, Walsall away
Grimsby (home)Walsall (away)
24Position19
DDWLWLast 5, oldest to newestDDLWD
23Played23
1.00Points per match1.13
22%Win %17%
0.74Scored / match1.09
1.30Conceded / match1.13
2.04Avg total goals2.22
52%Both scored65%
30%Clean sheets22%
35%Failed to score30%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

GrimsbyWalsall
  • 0.431st half scored / match0.65
  • 0.871st half conceded / match0.48
  • 0.302nd half scored / match0.43
  • 0.432nd half conceded / match0.65
  • 17%Leading at half-time30%
  • 74%1st half over 0.570%
  • 44%1st half over 1.535%
  • 52%2nd half over 0.565%
  • 17%2nd half over 1.530%
  • 9%Scored in both halves22%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Grimsby at home, Walsall away, this season.

Goals

GrimsbyWalsall
  • 0.74Scored / match1.09
  • 1.30Conceded / match1.13
  • 2.04Match total / match2.22
  • 65%Scored 1+70%
  • 9%Scored 2+26%
  • 70%Conceded 1+78%
  • 39%Conceded 2+30%
  • 65%Match over 1.578%
  • 44%Match over 2.535%
  • 9%Match over 3.522%

Shots and xG

GrimsbyWalsall
  • 9.65Shots for9.00
  • 11.17Shots against11.96
  • 2.87On target for3.17
  • 3.87On target against3.96
  • 8%Shot conversion12%

Corners

GrimsbyWalsall
  • 3.96Corners for4.30
  • 5.43Corners against4.91
  • 9.39Match total9.22
  • 74%Over 7.570%
  • 61%Over 8.548%
  • 61%Over 9.544%
  • 22%Over 10.526%
  • 22%Over 11.522%

Cards

GrimsbyWalsall
  • 1.83Cards for1.52
  • 1.39Cards against1.52
  • 3.22Match total3.04
  • 61%Over 2.561%
  • 52%Over 3.539%
  • 30%Over 4.517%
  • 13%Over 5.54%
  • 15.04Fouls committed13.22
Referee this season
S Barrott
Matches
11
Cards / match
2.55
11 matches
Over 3.5 cards
18%
11 matches
Over 4.5 cards
9%
11 matches
Fouls / match
30.45
11 matches

The table, 2020-21

#ClubPGDPts
17Harrogate46-957
18Oldham46-954
19Walsall46-853
20Colchester46-1751
21Barrow46-650
22Scunthorpe46-2348
23Southend46-2945
24Grimsby46-3243
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