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Saturday 16 August 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Zac Kennard-Kettle

Grimsby Town v Newport County: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Grimsby Town's last 1 home game and Newport County's last 1 away game in League Two before kick-off, both teams scored in 1 of 2, over 2.5 goals in 2 of 2, with 11.0 corners per match (league 9.8) and 2.0 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Grimsby Town v Newport County, full match

63%

Possession

37%

2.50

Expected goals (xG)

0.68

22

Shots

12

6

Shots on target

3

12

Corners

3

12

Fouls

12

2

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

4

Goals and cards

1'

Own goal

Courtney Baker-Richardson GRI

8'

Yellow card

Matt Smith NEW

19'

Penalty missed

Jaze Kabia GRI

30'

Yellow card

Kai Whitmore NEW

36'

Yellow card

Cameron Evans NEW

45+1'

Yellow card

Jaze Kabia GRI

55'

Goal

Matthew Baker NEW

62'

Yellow card

Justin Amaluzor GRI

90+4'

Goal

Kieran Green GRI

At a glance

Grimsby Town

7th in the table

D

W

Newport County

20th in the table

W

D

Last 5, latest first

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Grimsby Town's last 1 home game and Newport County's last 1 away game this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

1/2 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

100%

2/2 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

100%

2/2 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 27%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

1/2 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 cards

0%

0/2 games · League 55%

Grimsby Town clean sheet

100%

1/1 games · League 27%

Newport County clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Grimsby Town fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Newport County fail to score

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 2.6

Corners

11.0

League 9.8

Cards

2.0

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Grimsby Town

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

31

Christy Pym

DEFENDERS

3

5

17

24

MIDFIELDERS

4

7

14

30

George James McEachran

FORWARDS

Jaze Kabia

SUBSTITUTES

41

16

15

22

Newport County

5-3-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Nikola Tzanev

DEFENDERS

3

5

MIDFIELDERS

2

Cameron Evans

8

Matt Smith

Kai Whitmore

FORWARDS

Courtney Baker-Richardson

Michael Reindorf

SUBSTITUTES

1

Jordan Wright

James Clarke

Anthony Driscoll-Glennon

12

Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

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

Cards per game

5.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.8

Red cards per game

0.38

Fouls per game

24.1

League 23.1

Penalties per game

0.38

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

NEW

Match

League

Goals per match

4.5

2.5

3.5

2.4

Over 0.5

100%

2/2

100%

2/2

100%

4/4

92%

Over 1.5

100%

2/2

100%

2/2

100%

4/4

77%

Over 2.5

100%

2/2

50%

1/2

75%

3/4

42%

Over 3.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

19%

Over 4.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

8%

Bet

GRI

NEW

Match

League

Yes

50%

1/2

100%

2/2

75%

3/4

50%

Yes and win

0%

0/2

50%

1/2

15%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

35%

Yes and draw

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

19%

Yes and loss

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

15%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/4

–

Bet

GRI

NEW

Match

League

Corners per match

10.0

8.5

9.3

9.1

Over 7.5

50%

1/2

100%

2/2

75%

3/4

58%

Over 8.5

50%

1/2

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

46%

Over 9.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

31%

Over 10.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

19%

Over 11.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

19%

Over 12.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

15%

Referee Zac Kennard-Kettle: 5.9 cards and 24.1 fouls per game in 8 games this season

Bet

GRI

NEW

Match

League

Cards per match

5.0

2.0

3.5

4.0

Over 2.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

73%

Over 3.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

62%

Over 4.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

27%

Over 5.5

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

25%

1/4

23%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Jaze Kabia

2 starts · 1.1 per 90

50%

1/2

100%

2/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

Liam Shephard

1 start · 1.0 per 90

0%

0/1

100%

1/1

0%

0/1

0%

0/1

Cameron McJannett

2 starts · 0.5 per 90

0%

0/2

50%

1/2

0%

0/2

0%

0/2

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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.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Grimsby Town

Last 5 games before this match

9 Aug

Harrogate Town

(A)

3-3

D

2 Aug

Crawley Town

(H)

3-0

W

Newport County

Last 5 games before this match

9 Aug

Crawley Town

(A)

2-1

W

2 Aug

Notts County

(H)

1-1

D

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Grimsby Town and Newport County haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League Two table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Bromley

46

24

15

7

71

46

+25

87

W

L

D

L

W

2

MK Dons

46

24

14

8

86

45

+41

86

D

W

D

3

Cambridge Utd

46

22

16

8

66

33

+33

82

D

W

L

D

W

4

Salford

46

25

6

15

61

51

+10

81

D

W

D

L

5

Notts County

46

24

8

14

74

52

+22

80

D

W

L

W

6

Chesterfield

46

21

16

9

71

56

+15

79

W

D

W

D

7

Grimsby

46

22

12

74

50

+24

78

D

W

L

8

Barnet

46

21

13

12

70

53

+17

76

W

9

Swindon

46

22

9

15

70

59

+11

75

L

D

L

W

10

Oldham

46

18

14

60

44

+16

68

W

L

11

Crewe

46

19

10

17

64

58

+6

67

D

L

W

12

Colchester

46

18

12

16

62

49

+13

66

W

L

W

13

Walsall

46

18

11

17

56

0

65

L

W

L

14

Bristol Rovers

46

19

5

22

56

65

-9

62

D

W

15

Fleetwood

46

15

16

15

57

58

-1

61

D

W

L

16

Accrington

46

14

11

21

47

58

-11

53

L

D

L

17

Gillingham

46

13

14

19

53

72

-19

53

W

L

D

18

Cheltenham

46

14

10

22

53

79

-26

52

L

W

19

Shrewsbury

46

13

10

23

42

69

-27

49

L

D

W

L

20

Newport

46

12

7

27

48

77

-29

43

W

L

W

L

21

Tranmere

46

10

11

25

54

79

-25

41

D

L

W

L

D

22

Crawley

46

8

16

22

44

68

-24

40

D

L

23

Harrogate Town

46

10

9

27

39

68

-29

39

L

W

L

24

Barrow AFC

46

9

28

45

78

-33

36

L

W

L

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Grimsby Town v Newport County: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Grimsby Town

Newport County

Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Grimsby Town

Newport County

Head to head

League Two table