Grimsby Town vs Northampton Predictions

• Grimsby have scored in each of their last 8 matches.
• Grimsby have scored 2 goals or more in each of their last 4 home matches.
• Northampton have scored in 82% of their away matches.
• Northampton have scored in each of their last 5 away matches.

A resurgent home side

Things looked pretty desperate for Grimsby Town at one point this season but the arrival of Ian Holloway as manager sparked the side into life and they’ve now won six of their last seven league games. They are 11 points off the playoff places but with their form and a game in hand for the team, plus the fact that this weekend’s visitors are the side they are chasing down, there is an outside chance they could finish in the top seven.

The team struggled for large periods of 2019 and they’ve only scored 43 goals this season but since Holloway led them on their unbeaten run they’ve scored 18 goals in eight games, a rate of 2.25 goals per game. However, this new attacking intent has affected things at the back and they have 15 times over the same eight game period.

Can Northampton end their poor run?

Northampton were stalwarts in the playoff picture for large parts of the season but their recent poor form has meant their spot in the top seven is under threat. However, things are tight in and around the play-offs, so a run of form at this stage of the season means that one of the other occupants of the play-off places all of a sudden becomes the side that everyone is chasing down.

Northampton have scored 50 times this season, around the same level as the teams around them in the league, but their form of late has left a lot to be desired. The Cobblers have lost four of their last five league matches and they go into this match having scored just six times in their last six games, which is a tally only improved by the fact that they scored twice in two of those games.

A tight affair

Although the hosts come into this match having put in some of their most impressive attacking performances of the season of late, they will be concerned at just how open they are at the other end of the pitch. However, they are up against a Northampton side who are out of form, who frequently fail to score on a regular basis and who have conceded in three quarters of their away matches. With this in mind, backing a home win with the added safety net of the “Draw – No Bet” clause represents the best opportunity of a decent return.

In terms of a correct score tip, Grimsby have scored two goals or more in each of their last four home league matches and have conceded in each of their last 10 matches. This, combined with the fact that Northampton have scored in 82% of their away matches, leads us to believe that backing a 2-1 home win is the way to go in this fixture.