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Grimsby Town v MK Dons : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 26th Oct, 15:00 BST, Blundell Park, Grimsby

David Artell welcomes Mike Williamson to the Blundell Park on Saturday afternoon, as their Grimsby Town and MK Dons troops meet in the League Two. The odds you see on the page are provided straight from the bookmaker, while predictions are calculated from statistics over a 20-game period. We pay particular attention to League Two match data, including head to head (H2H) records. Explore it all using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Having studied all relevant stats, including historical head-to-head (H2H) data, we have come to the conclusion that this fixture will deliver both happiness and misery to both home and away fans. We predict both Grimsby and MK Dons to find the back of the net during the 90 minutes, but the ultimate victor of the fixture seems less clear. Bookmaker's odds also point towards a both teams to score bet, and that looks a wise bet to us.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Grimsby
32%
7/49/5
Draw
24%
13/55/2
MK Dons
44%
11/87/5
Draw 1-1
11%
6/111/2
MK Dons 2-1
9%
17/215/2
MK Dons 1-0
8%
15/213/2
Grimsby 2-1
8%
9/18/1
Grimsby 1-0
7%
17/215/2
MK Dons 2-0
7%
11/19/1
Draw 2-2
6%
14/111/1
MK Dons 3-1
5%
18/114/1
Draw 0-0
5%
10/117/2
Grimsby 2-0
5%
14/111/1
MK Dons 3-0
4%
22/116/1
Grimsby 3-1
3%
20/116/1
MK Dons 3-2
3%
25/120/1
Grimsby 3-2
3%
28/120/1
Grimsby 3-0
2%
28/120/1
Over 2.5 Goals
58%
9/1017/20
Under 2.5 Goals
42%
9/1017/20
Home 1st Goal
47%
6/5-
Away 1st Goal
51%
4/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
10/1-
BTTS - Yes
61%
8/118/11
BTTS - No
40%
1/11/1
BTTS - Home Win
18%
9/24/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/417/5
BTTS - Away Win
24%
15/417/5
Home/draw
56%
8/1511/20
Away/draw
68%
2/54/9
Home/away
76%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
2/72/7
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
5/212/5
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
9/421/10
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
1/31/3
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
11/219/4
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
1/91/9
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
14/110/1
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
1/331/33
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/201/20
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
10/117/2
Home DNB
49%
1/11/1
Away DNB
61%
8/118/11
Grimsby win to nil
14%
4/1-
MK Dons win to nil
20%
3/1-
Grimsby / Grimsby
18%
15/410/3
Grimsby / MK Dons
3%
25/120/1
Grimsby / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Grimsby
13%
11/25/1
Draw / MK Dons
14%
5/19/2
Draw / Draw
15%
9/24/1
MK Dons / Grimsby
3%
28/120/1
MK Dons / MK Dons
21%
3/111/4
MK Dons / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Grimsby have played 12 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 0 and lost 1 match. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Both Grimsby and MK Dons have scored 16 goals this season.

Home League Performance

Grimsby have played 6 games at home winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 3 games. They have scored 8 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 12 goals at home.

MK Dons are in 13th position in the League Two on 15 points having played 12 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 9 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 9 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 1. MK Dons have conceded 7 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Grimsby
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
MK Dons
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
Dec 29
Apr 21
 Port Vale12732624 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 15
l
 
0-3A
Feb 15
 Doncaster12723423 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 1
l
 
1-4A
Mar 8
 Walsall117131022 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 18
Jan 11
l
 
4-1A
 Notts C12642922 
Dec 26
Apr 1
w
 
2-1F
Jan 4
 Bradford12633621 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 22
Jan 28
w
 
0-1F
 Gillingham12615519 
Dec 14
Apr 12
l
 
1-2A
Jan 25
 Barrow12615419 
Apr 5
Dec 7
Jan 18
l
 
2-1A
 Chesterfield124621018 
Dec 3
Jan 1
Dec 14
Apr 1
 Crewe11533118 
Dec 29
Apr 21
-
-
 Grimsby Home12606-618 
Apr 26
Oct 26
May 3
Nov 9
 AFC Wim9513716 
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
Feb 22
l
 
1-0A
 Fleetwood10442516 
Mar 29
Nov 23
Oct 26
Apr 26
 MK Dons Away12435215 
-
-
Dec 26
Apr 12
 Harrogate12435-615 
Jan 28
w
 
1-5F
Mar 22
Nov 16
 Newport12507-815 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Mar 4
Oct 22
 Tranmere11353-514 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 15
w
 
3-2F
Mar 1
 Cheltenham12417-413 
Nov 16
Mar 22
Mar 15
w
 
1-2F
 Salford11344-413 
Jan 4
l
 
1-0A
Dec 3
Jan 1
 Accrington11335-612 
Oct 22
Mar 4
Nov 23
Mar 28
 Colchester11254-311 
Mar 1
l
 
2-0A
Apr 18
Dec 21
 Swindon12255-411 
Nov 9
May 3
w
 
1-0F
Feb 1
 Bromley11245-310 
Feb 8
d
 
1-1F
Feb 8
w
 
2-3A
 Carlisle12228-138 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 11
Apr 5
Dec 7
 Morecambe12147-77 
Mar 8
w
 
1-3F
Win / draw / win form
Grimsby 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Grimsby1 - 4Walsall
Grimsby0 - 3Doncaster
Grimsby1 - 0Bromley
Grimsby1 - 2Barrow
Grimsby2 - 1Bradford
Grimsby3 - 2Cheltenham
Grimsby2 - 0Swindon
Grimsby1 - 0Newport
Grimsby1 - 1Bradford
Grimsby1 - 3Wrexham
Grimsby1 - 0MK Dons
Grimsby1 - 0Forest Green
Grimsby1 - 5Doncaster
Grimsby1 - 3Stockport
Grimsby1 - 2Tranmere
Grimsby5 - 5Notts C
Grimsby1 - 6Walsall
Grimsby1 - 2Harrogate
Grimsby2 - 1Crewe
Grimsby1 - 1Sutton
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
1
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGrimsby1 - 4Walsall
AGrimsby2 - 1Salford
HGrimsby0 - 3Doncaster
AGrimsby1 - 0Gillingham
AGrimsby3 - 2Carlisle
HGrimsby1 - 0Bromley
HGrimsby1 - 2Barrow
AGrimsby1 - 2Chesterfield
HGrimsby2 - 1Bradford
AGrimsby1 - 4Notts C
HGrimsby3 - 2Cheltenham
AGrimsby0 - 1Fleetwood
AGrimsby0 - 2Crawley
HGrimsby2 - 0Swindon
AGrimsby0 - 2Colchester
AGrimsby3 - 0Crewe
AGrimsby0 - 1Harrogate
HGrimsby1 - 0Newport
HGrimsby1 - 1Bradford
AGrimsby1 - 3Barrow
MK Dons 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Morecambe1 - 3MK Dons
Harrogate1 - 5MK Dons
Bromley1 - 1MK Dons
AFC Wim3 - 0MK Dons
Salford1 - 0MK Dons
Colchester2 - 0MK Dons
Crawley3 - 0MK Dons
Harrogate3 - 5MK Dons
Forest Green0 - 2MK Dons
Notts C3 - 3MK Dons
Stockport5 - 0MK Dons
Grimsby1 - 0MK Dons
Mansfield1 - 2MK Dons
AFC Wim1 - 0MK Dons
Swindon1 - 2MK Dons
Bradford4 - 0MK Dons
Barrow1 - 0MK Dons
Tranmere1 - 2MK Dons
Doncaster3 - 0MK Dons
Morecambe1 - 3MK Dons
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMK Dons3 - 1Morecambe
HMK Dons0 - 1Port Vale
HMK Dons1 - 1Tranmere
AMK Dons5 - 1Harrogate
AMK Dons1 - 1Bromley
HMK Dons1 - 1Doncaster
AMK Dons0 - 3AFC Wim
HMK Dons1 - 0Walsall
AMK Dons0 - 1Salford
HMK Dons3 - 0Carlisle
AMK Dons0 - 2Colchester
HMK Dons1 - 2Bradford
HMK Dons1 - 5Crawley
AMK Dons0 - 3Crawley
HMK Dons4 - 4Sutton
AMK Dons5 - 3Harrogate
HMK Dons1 - 4Mansfield
AMK Dons2 - 0Forest Green
AMK Dons3 - 3Notts C
HMK Dons5 - 0Walsall
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Grimsby since 2001
Grimsby
MK Dons
Goals: Scored
10
7
Games: Scored
5 / 7
4 / 7
Clean sheets
3 / 7
2 / 7
GRI
3
D
2
MKD
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Grimsby
Grimsby1 - 0
Grimsby1 - 0
0 - 1MK Dons
1 - 3MK Dons
Draw0 - 0Draw
Grimsby6 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at MK Dons since 2000
MK Dons
Grimsby
Goals: Scored
12
10
Games: Scored
7 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
0 / 7
GRI
1
D
4
MKD
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT MK Dons
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
MK Dons2 - 0
1 - 2Grimsby
Draw3 - 3Draw
MK Dons2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics

MK Dons's defensive record is to be admired, Mike Williamson's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive League Two matches. An average PG rating of 1.4 for Grimsby Town makes sense in this context.

Grimsby 10th MK Dons 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 75% probability that Grimsby will score 1 or more goals
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that MK Dons will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Grimsby’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+1
MK Dons’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
2.1
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season
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Grimsby
PG (predicted goals)
MK Dons
1.4
1.7
Attack rating
10%
better
GRI
MKD
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Games scored10
8
Failed to score2
4
Scored first5
7
Goals scored16
16
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.3
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal5
7
Conversion rate for19
15
Avg. XG for0.9
1.3
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
GRI
MKD
17%
better
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Games conceded10
10
Clean sheets2
2
Conceded first7
5
Goals conceded22
14
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against22%
14%
Avg. XG against1.6
1
KickOff rating
+17%

Grimsby v MK Dons League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Grimsby League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12335
C McJannettL. BarringtonD HumeH Rodgers
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C McJannett DEF12
3
-
D Hume DEF123
2
-
G McEachran MID12
2
-
E Khouri MID121
3
-
D Rose FWD1221
1
-
L. Barrington FWD123
-
H Rodgers DEF112
4
1
J Svanthórsson FWD1112
1
-
L Cass DEF1011
1
-
T Warren DEF9
2
-
K Green MID922
5
-
D Wilson FWD91
1
-
C Ainley MID81
1
-
C. Gardner MID7
-
C Vernam FWD721
2
-
M Carson DEF6
3
-
J Wright GLK5
-
D Tharme DEF5
-
J Eastwood GLK3
-
J Davies  MID32
1
-
R Pyke FWD3
1
-
J. Obikwu FWD1
-
MK Dons League Two squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12343
T McGillJ TomlinsonA NemaneL Offord
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T McGill GLK12
-
L Offord DEF12
3
-
J Tomlinson MID1231
-
A Nemane MID124
3
-
A Gilbey MID123
2
-
C Lemonheigh-Evans MID111
1
-
L Maguire  DEF101
2
-
L Kelly MID1011
-
J Tucker DEF9
1
-
T Leigh MID913
1
-
M Williams MID8
1
-
J White MID72
-
T Carroll MID71
-
E Harrison FWD71
1
S Wearne MID6
1
-
S Finch FWD61
-
C Hendry FWD621
1
-
C Tripp MID5
1
-
S Sherring DEF3
-
N Lawrence DEF2
-
D Lewington DEF2
-
B Ilunga MID2
-
M Dennis FWD2
-
K Thompson-Sommers MID1
-