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Saturday 31 January 2026 · 12:30 · HT 0-2 · Referee Kirsty Dowle

Grimsby Town v Milton Keynes Dons: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Grimsby Town's last 10 home games and Milton Keynes Dons's last 10 away games in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 10 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 10 of 20, with 8.8 corners per match (league 9.8) and 4.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Grimsby Town's 27 League Two games and Milton Keynes Dons' 28 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Grimsby Town v Milton Keynes Dons, full match

62%

Possession

38%

1.32

Expected goals (xG)

1.25

12

Shots

8

3

Shots on target

2

9

Corners

6

7

Fouls

16

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

22'

Penalty

Callum Paterson MIL

28'

Goal

Marvin Ekpiteta MIL

35'

Yellow card

Charles Vernam GRI

64'

Goal

Jaze Kabia GRI

72'

Goal

Jaze Kabia GRI

75'

Yellow card

Luke Offord MIL

90+8'

Yellow card

Jay Matete MIL

At a glance

Grimsby Town

7th in the table

W

Milton Keynes Dons

2nd in the table

W

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Grimsby Town's home games and Milton Keynes Dons'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 Grimsby Town's last 10 home games and Milton Keynes Dons's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

10/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

70%

14/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

10/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

5/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

70%

14/20 games · League 55%

Grimsby Town clean sheet

40%

4/10 games · League 27%

Milton Keynes Dons clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Grimsby Town fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Milton Keynes Dons fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.7

League 2.6

Corners

8.8

League 9.8

Cards

4.5

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Grimsby Town

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

31

Jackson Smith

DEFENDERS

3

5

6

17

MIDFIELDERS

7

Jamie Walker

8

Evan Khouri

9

Jaze Kabia

20

George James McEachran

30

Charles Vernam

FORWARDS

39

Andy Cook

SUBSTITUTES

16

21

15

18

29

14

40

Tyrell Sellars-Fleming

Milton Keynes Dons

3-1-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Craig McGillivray

DEFENDERS

2

15

21

22

25

MIDFIELDERS

6

Liam Kelly

8

Alex Gilbey

26

Ben Wiles

FORWARDS

10

Aaron Collins

13

Callum Paterson

SUBSTITUTES

27

Connal Trueman

14

Joseph Tomlinson

16

Aaron Nemane

24

Connor Lemonheigh-Evans

28

Jay Matete

9

Scott Hogan

29

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy

Referee: Kirsty Dowle

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

Cards per game

2.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

2.9

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

21.7

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.22

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

GRI

MIL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.6

3.0

2.8

2.6

Over 0.5

96%

26/27

96%

27/28

96%

53/55

94%

Over 1.5

67%

18/27

82%

23/28

75%

41/55

74%

Over 2.5

41%

11/27

57%

16/28

49%

27/55

48%

Over 3.5

22%

6/27

39%

11/28

31%

17/55

28%

Over 4.5

15%

4/27

18%

5/28

16%

9/55

11%

Bet

GRI

MIL

Match

League

Yes

44%

12/27

61%

17/28

53%

29/55

54%

Yes and win

11%

3/27

21%

6/28

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

33%

9/27

46%

13/28

40%

22/55

42%

Yes and draw

22%

6/27

25%

7/28

24%

13/55

20%

Yes and loss

11%

3/27

14%

4/28

17%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/27

0%

0/28

0%

0/55

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Bet

GRI

MIL

Match

League

Corners per match

10.0

8.4

9.2

9.7

Over 7.5

78%

21/27

64%

18/28

71%

39/55

72%

Over 8.5

67%

18/27

46%

13/28

56%

31/55

63%

Over 9.5

44%

12/27

32%

9/28

38%

21/55

52%

Over 10.5

37%

10/27

21%

6/28

29%

16/55

38%

Over 11.5

33%

9/27

7%

2/28

20%

11/55

26%

Over 12.5

30%

8/27

7%

2/28

18%

10/55

19%

Referee Kirsty Dowle: 2.9 cards and 21.7 fouls per game in 9 games this season

Bet

GRI

MIL

Match

League

Cards per match

4.8

4.1

4.4

4.1

Over 2.5

89%

24/27

86%

24/28

87%

48/55

79%

Over 3.5

81%

22/27

68%

19/28

75%

41/55

60%

Over 4.5

48%

13/27

46%

13/28

47%

26/55

42%

Over 5.5

30%

8/27

11%

3/28

20%

11/55

24%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Callum Paterson

24 starts · 0.5 per 90

17%

4/24

42%

10/24

4%

1/24

4%

1/24

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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.