Grimsby vs Nottingham Forest U21• EFL Trophy, England

0.5:1.00-3LiveToday · Blundell Park, Grimsby1.5:3.0

Betting Odds, Analysis & Prediction

11.36PINX6.00DAF26.881XBMargin at best4.7%Books9Markets94Rating42 · 58Exp. goals L53.0

Price board · 1X2captured 10 Nov 16:18 UTC

Bookmaker	1	X	2	Margin
Dafabet	1.35	6.00	6.80	5.4%
Pinnacle	1.36	5.64	6.37	7.0%
Betano	1.35	5.50	6.40	7.9%
BetVictor	1.30	5.75	6.50	9.7%
1xBet	1.31	5.25	6.88	9.9%
Marathonbet	1.30	5.25	6.65	11.0%
Betfair	1.29	5.50	6.50	11.1%
Bet365	1.33	5.00	6.25	11.2%
William Hill	1.33	5.00	6.00	11.9%
Best of all books	1.36	6.00	6.88	4.7%
Average	1.32	5.43	6.48	9.3%

Best price per column is highlighted. These are the last prices captured before kickoff; the strip above shows the latest best prices.

Team comparison

GrimsbyNottingham Forest U21

Last 108Form pts · last 570.5Goals for · last 51.51.0Goals against · last 53.025Attack rating7575Defence rating2525Form rating750H2H rating00Goals model042Overall rating58

Blue marks the stronger side on each line. Ratings come from the match model: attack, defence, form, head to head and a goals model.

Last 10 matches team's goals firstupdated 8 Nov 15:40 UTC

Grimsby

2W 3D 5L · goals 17:17 · per match 1.7 for, 1.7 against

8 Nov	A	Stafford Rangers	3-3	D
31 Oct	H	York	5-2	W
24 Oct	A	Gillingham	4-1	W
20 Oct	A	Rochdale	2-2	D
17 Oct	H	Northampton	0-2	L
10 Oct	A	Port Vale	0-1	L
6 Oct	H	Burton Albion	0-0	D
3 Oct	H	Shrewsbury	1-2	L
26 Sep	A	Newport County	1-2	L
22 Sep	A	Notts County	1-2	L

Nottingham Forest U21

4W 2D 4L · goals 22:23 · per match 2.2 for, 2.3 against

6 Nov	H	Leicester City U21	2-2	D
3 Nov	A	FC Halifax Town	4-3	W
30 Oct	A	Luton Town U21	3-2	W
24 Oct	A	Reading U21	1-2	L
20 Oct	A	Wealdstone	0-1	L
16 Oct	H	Manchester United U21	3-2	W
13 Oct	A	Notts County	1-5	L
9 Oct	A	Peterborough United U21	5-1	W
30 Sep	H	Sporting CP B	2-4	L
22 Sep	A	Burton Albion	1-1	D

Head to head

No previous meetings between Grimsby and Nottingham Forest U21 on record.

Market · 1X2

Implied probabilityProb.Avg169%1.32X17%5.43214%6.48

Margin-free probabilities from the average price across bookmakers; the books keep a 4.7% margin.

1X2 since open average price

11.39 → 1.32 -5.0%X4.69 → 5.43 +15.8%26.13 → 6.48 +5.7%

Over / Under 2.5

Bookmaker	Over	Under	Margin
Bet365	1.20	4.33	6.4%
Betano	1.21	4.00	7.6%
BetVictor	1.17	4.50	7.7%
Betfair	1.13	5.20	7.7%
1xBet	1.16	4.05	10.9%
Marathonbet	1.16	4.05	10.9%
Best of all books	1.21	5.20	1.9%
Average	1.17	4.36	8.3%

Both teams to score

Bookmaker	Yes	No	Margin
Bet365	1.40	2.75	7.8%
Betano	1.37	2.85	8.1%
Betfair	1.33	3.00	8.5%
BetVictor	1.33	3.00	8.5%
1xBet	1.34	2.95	8.5%
William Hill	1.36	2.80	9.2%
Marathonbet	1.34	2.88	9.3%
Best of all books	1.40	3.00	4.8%
Average	1.35	2.89	8.5%

Odds Analysis & Prediction

Grimsby 10%Draw 45%Nottingham Forest U21 45%

The statistical model rates Grimsby at 10% to win, the draw at 45% and Nottingham Forest U21 at 45% — against average 1X2 odds of 1.32 | 5.43 | 6.48, which imply roughly 18.4% for the draw versus the model's 45%.

Over their last five matches, Grimsby averaged 0.5 goals scored and 1 conceded per game; Nottingham Forest U21 averaged 1.5 scored and 3 conceded.

Statistical advice: Double chance : draw or Nottingham Forest U21.

Probabilities are statistical estimates derived from historical data — not betting advice. Odds shown are bookmaker averages and move until kickoff.

Confirmed Lineups

Grimsby

4-2-3-1

Coach: D. Artell

Nottingham Forest U21

Coach: Dylan Malicheff

Goalkeeper

63Aaron Bott

Defence

78Harvey Andrews
48M. Orr
83Spencer Sutton
60Jamie Newton

Midfield

57B. McClure
77C. Nwosu
61J. Sinclair
70F. Smith
92Sonny Nolan

Attack

66Joshua Alan Powell

Substitutes (4)

67Keehan Willows
82Riko Robinson
88Jaydon Maveso
97Azae Bonnick

All markets average prices

Full time

1	X	2
1.32	5.43	6.48

Double chance

1X	X2	12
1.08	3.02	1.11

Draw no bet

1	2
1.13	5.05

Both teams to score

Yes	No
1.35	2.89

1st half

1	X	2
1.67	3.05	5.41

2nd half

1	X	2
1.57	3.51	5.20

HT/FT

HT / FT	FT 1	FT X	FT 2
HT 1	1.82	16.9	39.0
HT X	4.61	9.84	15.4
HT 2	15.3	17.4	11.2

First team to score

Home	No Goal	Away
1.37	37.5	2.85

Match goals

Line	Over	Under
0.5	–	20.0
1.5	1.03	8.65
2.5	1.17	4.35
3.5	1.49	2.47
4.5	2.10	1.65
5.5	3.21	1.29
6.5	5.63	1.12
7.5	8.17	1.05
8.5	12.0	1.01
9.5	17.0	–

14 more lines

Line	Over	Under
1	1.01	15.0
1.75	1.02	8.20
2	1.02	7.80
2.25	1.09	5.25
2.75	1.29	3.29
3	1.34	3.02
3.25	1.38	2.73
3.75	1.58	2.18
4	1.73	1.97
4.25	1.92	1.78
4.75	2.34	1.50
5	2.75	1.37
5.25	2.92	1.31
6	4.65	1.12

Asian handicap

Line	Home	Away
-2.25	2.45	1.48
-2	2.23	1.58
-1.75	1.96	1.75
-1.5	1.79	1.94
-1.25	1.62	2.17
-1	1.46	2.52

15 more lines

Line	Home	Away
-4.5	7.30	1.03
-4	6.80	1.04
-3.5	4.33	1.16
-3.25	4.07	1.18
-3	3.81	1.21
-2.75	3.08	1.31
-2.5	2.64	1.40
-0.75	1.39	2.75
-0.5	1.38	2.98
-0.25	1.21	3.80
0	1.11	5.42
+0.25	1.09	5.85
+0.5	1.10	6.80
+0.75	1.08	6.20
+1	1.01	8.50

Corners 2-Way

Line	Over	Under
7.5	1.11	4.70
8.5	1.27	3.13
9.5	1.51	2.34
10.5	1.87	1.85
11.5	2.35	1.51
12.5	3.11	1.27
13.5	4.44	1.12
14.5	6.68	1.02

21 more lines

Line	Over	Under
7.75	1.12	4.49
8	1.14	4.28
8.25	1.21	3.56
8.75	1.31	2.96
9	1.35	2.80
9.25	1.44	2.50
9.75	1.60	2.18
10	1.66	2.09
10.25	1.78	1.92
10.75	1.99	1.73
11	2.12	1.64
11.25	2.25	1.56
11.75	2.57	1.42
12	2.85	1.34
12.25	3.00	1.30
12.75	3.52	1.21
13	4.10	1.15
13.25	4.26	1.14
13.75	5.16	1.08
14	6.27	1.04
14.25	6.47	1.03

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