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Saturday 21 February 2026 · 15:00 · HT 2-1 · Referee Oliver Yates

Bristol Rovers v Grimsby Town: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Bristol Rovers's last 10 home games and Grimsby Town's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 7 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 20, with 10.1 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Bristol Rovers' 32 League Two games and Grimsby Town's 31 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Bristol Rovers v Grimsby Town, full match

37%

Possession

63%

2.50

Expected goals (xG)

1.39

19

Shots

9

3

Shots on target

6

5

Corners

4

18

Fouls

13

3

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

4

Offsides

5

Goals and cards

2'

Goal

Kofi Balmer BRI

7'

Goal

Joe Quigley BRI

38'

Goal

Andy Cook GRI

45+1'

Yellow card

Clinton Mola BRI

51'

Yellow card

Ellis Harrison BRI

63'

Goal

Yusuf Akhamrich BRI

71'

Yellow card

Richard Smallwood BRI

At a glance

Bristol Rovers

14th in the table

L

W

Grimsby Town

7th in the table

D

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Bristol Rovers's home games and Grimsby Town's away games in League Two this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Bristol Rovers's last 10 home games and Grimsby Town's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

35%

7/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

70%

14/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

10/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

80%

16/20 games · League 55%

Bristol Rovers clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Grimsby Town clean sheet

50%

5/10 games · League 27%

Bristol Rovers fail to score

50%

5/10 games · League 27%

Grimsby Town fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.6

Corners

10.1

League 9.8

Cards

4.5

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Bristol Rovers

4-3-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Brad Young

DEFENDERS

2

5

6

17

MIDFIELDERS

10

Yusuf Akhamrich

14

Kane Thompson-Sommers

15

Ryan De Havilland

36

Richard Smallwood

FORWARDS

19

Ellis Harrison

27

Joe Quigley

SUBSTITUTES

1

12

11

9

24

29

35

Grimsby Town

4-1-3-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

31

Jackson Smith

DEFENDERS

5

6

16

17

MIDFIELDERS

4

Kieran Green

7

Jamie Walker

20

George James McEachran

30

Charles Vernam

FORWARDS

9

Jaze Kabia

39

Andy Cook

SUBSTITUTES

41

21

8

15

18

14

40

Tyrell Sellars-Fleming

Referee: Oliver Yates

12 games in League Two this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.3

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

21.1

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.08

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BRI

GRI

Match

League

Goals per match

2.6

2.5

2.6

Over 0.5

97%

31/32

94%

29/31

95%

60/63

94%

Over 1.5

69%

22/32

65%

20/31

67%

42/63

73%

Over 2.5

53%

17/32

42%

13/31

48%

30/63

47%

Over 3.5

31%

10/32

26%

8/31

29%

18/63

27%

Over 4.5

13%

4/32

13%

4/31

13%

8/63

11%

Bet

BRI

GRI

Match

League

Yes

41%

13/32

45%

14/31

43%

27/63

53%

Yes and win

9%

3/32

10%

3/31

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

34%

11/32

35%

11/31

35%

22/63

41%

Yes and draw

6%

2/32

26%

8/31

16%

10/63

19%

Yes and loss

25%

8/32

10%

3/31

17%

Yes in both halves

3%

1/32

0%

0/31

2%

1/63

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Bet

BRI

GRI

Match

League

Corners per match

9.5

10.7

10.1

9.8

Over 7.5

66%

21/32

81%

25/31

73%

46/63

74%

Over 8.5

50%

16/32

71%

22/31

60%

38/63

64%

Over 9.5

44%

14/32

52%

16/31

48%

30/63

53%

Over 10.5

34%

11/32

45%

14/31

40%

25/63

38%

Over 11.5

25%

8/32

42%

13/31

33%

21/63

27%

Over 12.5

25%

8/32

35%

11/31

30%

19/63

21%

Referee Oliver Yates: 3.3 cards and 21.1 fouls per game in 12 games this season

Bet

BRI

GRI

Match

League

Cards per match

4.9

4.6

4.8

4.1

Over 2.5

94%

30/32

90%

28/31

92%

58/63

79%

Over 3.5

84%

27/32

77%

24/31

81%

51/63

59%

Over 4.5

63%

20/32

42%

13/31

52%

33/63

41%

Over 5.5

34%

11/32

26%

8/31

30%

19/63

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Yusuf Akhamrich

4 starts · 0.9 per 90

50%

2/4

50%

2/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.