I am expecting this to be a real thriller. Grimsby has gained 1 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from the last 8 games. Last 5 HOME games show us 1 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Their last game at HOME was on 29. December against Oldham, resulting in draw (0-0). Looking at the last 8 games of Southend we see 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Last 4 AWAY games show us 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Most recent AWAY game was on 29. December against Leyton Orient and this one ended with home win (2-0). Taking all of this into consideration, we see that Southend is a bit better and could win this match. Our football prediction for 1X2: Southend to win! Medium confidence.
This will be a match involving Low ranking team Grimsby and Low ranking team Southend. Grimsby's last 10 HOME games against Low ranking teams show 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. At the same time Southend AWAY performance against Low ranking teams shows 0 wins, 1 draws and 4 losses from last 5 AWAY games. Grimsby's attacking performance is 1 goals per game. Same stats for Southend shows us 1. On the defensive side, we have Grimsby with 1.5 and Southend with 2 goals conceded per game. Taking all the Ranking-based facts and analysis into consideration, we see both teams being equal and a possible DRAW here. Our football prediction for 1X2: pick DRAW!
From last 8 games of Grimsby we see 4 games going Over 2.5 Goals and 4 with Under 2.5 Goals. Last 8 games of Southend have seen 2 Overs and 6 Unders. Looking at the rank-based O/U 2.5 stats of Grimsby it has been 6 Overs and 4 Unders in their last 10 HOME games against teams with similar ranking to Southend. Southend has seen 2 Overs and 3 Unders in their last 5 AWAY games against teams with ranking close to Grimsby. Grimsby scores an average 0.6 goals each game at home stadium while Southend has been scoring 0.25 goals away. With these facts combined, we get a total average of 0.85 goals per match between both teams. Grimsby concedes 1 goals on average and Southend 1.5 for a total of 2.5 goals conceded per match. From all this info, we expect about 1.7 goals per match. History shows that 50% of games end Over 2.5 for Grimsby and 25% for Southend. Considering the OU 2.5 numbers and stats, it is close to 2 or 3 goals total - both are possible. Under Over 2.5 tip: none!
From Grimsby's last 8 encounters 4 have been with both teams scoring a goal and 4 only one team scoring or no goals at all. From Southend's last 8 games, it is 2 with both teams scoring and 6 with only one team/no score. Considering the rank-based BTTS stats, Grimsby had 5 games where both teams scored and 5 where at least one did not. For Southend, we have seen 3 BTTS YES and 2 NO's. There is a 62.5% chance of Grimsby scoring today and 62.5% for Southend scoring today. Probability of conceding a goal is 75% for Grimsby and 50% for Southend. Looking at the numbers, we predict that it could be both teams scoring. Football tip for BTTS: pick BTTS-YES! Medium confidence.