CLEETHORPES. Grimsby Town and Gillingham draw 1-1. R. Taylor scored the first goal (7′) for Grimsby Town. M. Mandron made it even (14′).
The match was played at the Blundell Park stadium in Cleethorpes on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Andy Haines with the collaboration of Simon Clayton and Daniel Woodward. The 4th official was Oliver Bickle. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.3 degrees Celsius or 57.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 14 Total 11
- 4 On Target 2
- 10 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 114 Attack 118
- 48 Dangerous attack 66
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 13 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Grimsby Town was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Gillingham that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Gillingham had a more offensive attitude with 66 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Gillingham to win the match.
Grimsby Town shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gillingham shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card (G. Holohan). Regarding the opposition, Gillingham received 2 yellow cards (H. Adelakun and M. Mandron).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Grimsby Town will have 12 points like Crewe Alexandra to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Gillingham will have 6 points like Crawley Town and Colchester United to remain in the 22nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Grimsby Town will host Barrow on the 18th of April with a 6-0 head to head record in favor of Grimsby Town (4 draws).
Gillingham will host Leyton Orient on the 18th of April with a 5-5 head to head.
Grimsby Town – Formation
Grimsby Town
90'
80'
7'
Grimsby Town started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Paul Hurst decided to play with the following team: Max Crocombe , Michee Efete , Luke Waterfall , Andy Smith , Anthony Driscoll-Glennon , Brendan Kiernan , Gavan Holohan , Bryn Morris , Harry Clifton , Lewis Richardson and Ryan Taylor .
The home team had on the bench: D. Orsi, N. Maher, Alex Hunt , Stephen Wearne , K. Green, Keyendrah Simmonds and O. Battersby.
Substitutions
Grimsby Town made 3 changes: B. Morris for A. Hunt (75′), L. Richardson for K. Simmonds (80′) and B. Kiernan for S. Wearne (80′).
Best player: Andy Smith
The player that probably impressed the most for Grimsby Town was Andy Smith.
His rating is with 46 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10.
Gillingham – Formation
Gillingham
Gillingham started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Neil Harris played with: Glenn Morris , Robbie McKenzie , Max Ehmer , Elkan Baggott , Ryan Law , Stuart O’Keefe , Shaun Williams , Hakeeb Adelakun , Ben Reeves , Scott Kashket and Mikael Mandron .
These were the players on the bench: W. Wright, Jordan Green , L. Walker, C. Alexander, Alex MacDonald and J. Turner.
Substitutions
Gillingham made 2 changes: S. Kashket for J. Green (46′) and B. Reeves for A. MacDonald (87′).
Best player: Mikael Mandron
The most impressive player for Gillingham was Mikael Mandron.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (57% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 27.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Crawley Town – Stockport County – 3-2
- Tranmere Rovers – Bradford City – 1-2
- Rochdale – Leyton Orient – 0-1
- Mansfield Town – Carlisle United – 0-0
- Hartlepool United – Crewe Alexandra – 1-1
- Harrogate Town – Salford City – 0-1
- AFC Wimbledon – Northampton Town – 0-2
- Walsall – Colchester United – 1-1
- Grimsby Town – Gillingham – 1-1
- Swindon Town – Sutton United – 3-2
- Stevenage – Newport County – 1-0
- Barrow – Doncaster Rovers – 2-0
