Grimsby Town vs Cheltenham Town

17 August 2024 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee E Bell

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Jordan Davies 44’, 90+3’
Charles Vernam 51’

Luke Young 61’
Matty Taylor 82’

Match summary

Grimsby Town beat Cheltenham Town 3-2, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Grimsby Town led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jordan Davies put Grimsby Town ahead with a header in the 44th minute. In the second half, Charles Vernam made it 2-0 in the 51st minute, Luke Young pulled one back to make it 2-1 from a corner in the 61st minute, Matty Taylor equalised with a header in the 82nd minute, and Davies won it with a direct free kick in stoppage time.

Shots finished 13-8 to Grimsby Town, with 6 on target for Grimsby Town and 2 for Cheltenham Town.

Match stats

13 Shots 8

6 Shots on Target 2

9 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 6

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Grimsby Town Cheltenham Town

Kick-off

Jordan Davies

1-0

44’

Half-time1-0

Charles Vernam

2-0

51’

61’

Luke Young

2-1

82’

Matty Taylor

2-2

Jordan Davies

3-2

90+3’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Grimsby Town

Charles Vernam

Cheltenham Town

Scot Bennett
Ibrahim Bakare
Lewis Payne
Tom Pett
Ryan Bowman
Matty Taylor

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cheltenham Town attacking Grimsby Town attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players13 players


Jordan Wright	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lewis Cass	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harvey Rodgers	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron McJannet	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Evan Khouri	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George James McEachran	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jordan Davies	90′	2	–	3	–	–	–	–
Luca Barrington Taken off	74′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kieran Green Taken off	74′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Charles Vernam Taken off	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–
Donovan Wilson Taken off	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Denver Hume Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Ainley Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–


Owen Evans	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Levi Laing Taken off	54′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Scot Bennett	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ibrahim Bakare	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harrison Sohna Taken off	46′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Lewis Payne Taken off	46′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Joel Colwill	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Tom Pett Taken off	81′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Haynes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Dulson Taken off	53′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Bowman	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Arkell Jude-Boyd Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Young Came on as a substitute	44′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Matty Taylor Came on as a substitute	37′	1	–	1	–	–	–
Ethon Archer Came on as a substitute	36′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Thomas Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Grimsby Town win 41% Avg odds 2.28

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.33

Cheltenham Town win 31% Avg odds 3.04

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Grimsby Town W L W L L

Cheltenham Town W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Cheltenham Town 1-1 Grimsby Town, 01 Mar 25 All Grimsby Town vs Cheltenham Town meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.