NOTTINGHAM. Notts County found a way to turn the tables against Grimsby Town. Notts County was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Meadow Lane Stadium stadium in Nottingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Edward Duckworth who had the assistance of Alan Cresswell and Grant Taylor. The 4th official was . The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.19 degrees Celsius or 68.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 12 Total 10
- 8 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 137 Attack 84
- 52 Dangerous attack 38
- 124 Ball safe 78
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 6 Total 16
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Notts County had a strong ball possession 64% while Grimsby Town was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Notts County was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Notts County won the match.
Notts County shot 12 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Grimsby Town shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Notts County received 4 yellow cards (Matt Palmer, Aaron Nemane, Aidan Stone and Tobi Adebayo-Rowling). Regarding the opposition, Grimsby Town received 4 yellow cards (Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, Danny Rose, Harry Clifton and Kamil Conteh).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Notts County has 4 points to occupy the 15th place in the table. On the opposite side, Grimsby Town stays with 4 points (10th).
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Notts County will play away against Wrexham on the 17th of February with a 8-2 head to head statistic in favor of Notts County (3 draws).
Grimsby Town will host Doncaster Rovers on the 17th of February with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Grimsby Town (0 draws).
Notts County – Formation
Notts County started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Luke Williams decided to play with the following team: Aidan Stone
, Richard Brindley , Connell Rawlinson , Kyle Cameron , Aaron Nemane , Matt Palmer , John Bostock , Jodi Jones , Daniel Crowley , Macaulay Langstaff and David McGoldrick .The home team had on the bench: Sam Slocombe, Jim O’Brien
, Sam Austin , Cedwyn Scott, Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, Adam Chicksen and Junior Morias.Notts County could not rely on the presence of Jim O’Brien (injured).
Substitutions
Notts County made 5 changes: John Bostock for Jim O’Brien (70′), David McGoldrick for Sam Austin (73′), Connell Rawlinson for Adam Chicksen (82′), Jodi Jones for Tobi Adebayo-Rowling (82′) and Daniel Crowley for Cedwyn Scott (81′).
Best player: Jodi Jones
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Notts County was Jodi Jones even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 28 passes (0% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 8. He performed 8 crosses.Grimsby Town – Formation
Grimsby Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Paul Hurst played with: Jake Eastwood
, Toby Mullarkey , Luke Waterfall , Harvey Rodgers , Anthony Driscoll-Glennon , Alex Hunt , Kamil Conteh , Charles Vernam , Abo Eisa , Harry Clifton and Danny Rose .They had on the bench: Harvey Cartwright, Michee Efete
, Kieran Green, Gavan Holohan, Rekeil Pyke , Arthur Gnahoua and Evan Khouri.Substitutions
Grimsby Town made 4 changes: Anthony Driscoll-Glennon for Michee Efete (32′), Charles Vernam for Rekeil Pyke (72′), Alex Hunt for Arthur Gnahoua (84′) and Abo Eisa for Gavan Holohan (84′).
Best player: Danny Rose
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Grimsby Town was Danny Rose.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 13 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 17.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Walsall – Stockport County – 2-1
- Swindon Town – Crewe Alexandra – 2-2
- Salford City – Crawley Town – 1-1
- Notts County – Grimsby Town – 3-2
- Newport County – Doncaster Rovers – 4-0
- Milton Keynes Dons – Tranmere Rovers – 1-0
- Mansfield Town – Morecambe – 3-0
- Harrogate Town – Forest Green Rovers – 0-1
- Gillingham – Accrington Stanley – 1-0
- Bradford City – Colchester United – 2-1
- Barrow – Sutton United – 2-1
- AFC Wimbledon – Wrexham – 1-1