FootyMAD's Grimsby Town match preview

Last updated : 09 April 2004 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Queens Park Rangers v Grimsby Town fixture

Q.P.R. are ready to welcome Grimsby Town to Loftus Road on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 13 wins out of 19 previous matches.

The previous match played between the two at Loftus Road was more than three years back, in March 2001, with Grimsby Town inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Rangers in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004Sat 08 NovGrimsby Town1 - 0Q.P.R.FAC
2003/2004Sat 04 OctGrimsby Town0 - 1Q.P.R.LD2
2000/2001Sat 17 MarQ.P.R.0-1Grimsby TownLD1
2000/2001Tue 17 OctGrimsby Town3 - 1Q.P.R.LD1
1999/2000Sat 11 MarQ.P.R.1 - 0Grimsby TownLD1
1999/2000Tue 23 NovGrimsby Town2 - 1Q.P.R.LD1
1998/1999Tue 13 AprGrimsby Town1 - 0Q.P.R.LD1

Recent respective form guides

Queens Park Rangers are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Rangers in those games, with 7 conceded.

The away form of Grimsby Town is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Mariners have hit 5 goals, 20 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Q.P.R. are holding the final promotion place in the Nationwide League Division Two, and have accumulated 72 points from the 40 games they have played so far. Grimsby Town are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 44 points from 40 matches.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Q.P.R.6231959
Grimsby Town61237125

FootyMad's prediction ...

With the Rangers being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Q.P.R. Unbeaten in the last 15 home games.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Grimsby Town Not won in previous 11 away matches.