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Grimsby Town travel to take on Gateshead at International Stadium on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Most of the previous meetings have ended up in defeat for the Mighty Mariners.
The last time the two teams met at Gateshead was way back in the black-and-white days of January 1956, with Gateshead running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Third Division (North) match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1955/1956 | Sat 21 Jan | Gateshead | 2 - 0 | Grimsby Town | D3N |
| 1955/1956 | Sat 17 Sep | Grimsby Town | 3 - 1 | Gateshead | D3N |
| 1954/1955 | Sat 05 Feb | Grimsby Town | 1 - 1 | Gateshead | D3N |
| 1954/1955 | Sat 18 Sep | Gateshead | 1 - 0 | Grimsby Town | D3N |
| 1953/1954 | Sat 27 Feb | Gateshead | 7 - 1 | Grimsby Town | D3N |
| 1953/1954 | Sat 10 Oct | Grimsby Town | 2 - 0 | Gateshead | D3N |
| 1952/1953 | Sat 28 Mar | Grimsby Town | 0 - 0 | Gateshead | D3N |
Recent respective form guides
Gateshead have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 4 to 3.
Grimsby Town have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the Mighty Mariners have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Gateshead find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 11 points from their 9 matches. Grimsby Town's 13 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Gateshead | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| Grimsby Town | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Grimsby Town are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Gateshead. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Gateshead | 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Grimsby Town | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |