The Mariners are really struggling to pull a win out of their hat at the moment and it will be feeling like an eternity since they landed one. They have lost their last three league games as well as they go into this home game against Newport. County pulled off a huge shock in the Third Round of the FA Cup on the weekend, knocking out Championship Leeds. Will they carry enough of a high from that to land three points at Blundell Park?
Football League Two – Grimsby v Newport – Blundell Park, Cleethorpes – Saturday 13th January 2018 – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 7/4 at Coral |
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Grimsby Town
NewportGrimsby Form
Grimsby are out of form down in the bottom half of the League Two table with a three-match losing streak going and they have collected only the two points in their last six league outings. They are struggling badly and you can paint an even worse picture by the stat that they have scored only one goal in that sequence of six games. These are tough times for them at the moment and they have lost their last two home games back to back, shipping five goals in total. The Mariners are average under a goal per game at home this season and they have failed to score exactly half of their fourteen home fixtures this season. It should at least send some thought to a Newport to win to nil bet if nothing else.
Newport Form
Newport have been pretty steady lately in the division with just the one loss in their last seven league games (W3 D3) and that suggests that they should get close to landing a win in this one. They have won two of their last four away games (D1 L11) and the loss in that sequence was at Wycombe, who are a top-five side. Newport have been drawing at half time in eight of their fourteen away games this season, trailing in just four of them, so the half time draw isn’t a bad option for this game. The one concern about them is that they haven’t really been racking up the clean sheets lately with just one in their last five road games. But there’s a realistic chance they’ll keep the struggling Mariners at arm’s length.
Head to Head News
Newport edged out a 1-0 home win over Grimsby back in September and that extended the streak of low scoring games between these two. In the last five meetings there have been four 1-0 results and one 0-0, so just the four goals in total. From the three previous League Two contests, things are even with one win each and a draw. Both teams have scored in just two of the previous eleven meetings in all competitions and eight of the eleven have gone under 2.5 goals.
Grimsby v Newport – Betting Odds and Predictions
Grimsby are 8/5 to get that home win with Newport at 7/4.
Top Betting Tips Grimsby v Newport
The Mariners are just struggling to get wins on the board but then Newport haven’t been lighting things up on their travels in League Two recently. Look for another meeting that goes under 1.5 goals between them and a draw looks highly likely between the pair, which is available at 7/4 with Coral.