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Grimsby Town travel to take on Accrington Stanley at Fraser Eagle Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Mighty Mariners will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Accrington S. was way back in the black-and-white days of January 1960, as the visitors ran out cosy 2 - 4 winners in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Grimsby Town | 2 - 0 | Accrington S. | LGE2 |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 16 Jan | Accrington S. | 2 - 4 | Grimsby Town | LGE1 |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 05 Sep | Grimsby Town | 4 - 0 | Accrington S. | LGE1 |
| 1955/1956 | Sat 11 Feb | Accrington S. | 0 - 1 | Grimsby Town | D3N |
| 1955/1956 | Sat 01 Oct | Grimsby Town | 3 - 0 | Accrington S. | D3N |
| 1954/1955 | Sat 05 Mar | Grimsby Town | 2 - 1 | Accrington S. | D3N |
| 1954/1955 | Sat 16 Oct | Accrington S. | 3 - 0 | Grimsby Town | D3N |
Recent respective form guides
Accrington Stanley have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the The Reds in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Mighty Mariners have had a decent run of form away from home recently, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Mighty Mariners, and 8 goals against.
Accrington S. are currently lying in 20th place in Coca-Cola League Two having mustered a points tally of 44 from their 42 matches played. Grimsby Town see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 54 points from their 42 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Accrington S. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Grimsby Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Mighty Mariners's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Accrington S., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Accrington S. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Grimsby Town | 13 games since last away draw. |