Grimsby Town 2-1 Carlisle United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 8 February 2025

Result

Grimsby Town 2-1 Carlisle United

League Two · Saturday 8 February 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Grimsby Town 2-1 Carlisle United: match report

Grimsby Town beat Carlisle United 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 8 February 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Samuel Lavelle opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Grimsby Town's goals came from Justin Obikwu (62') and Danny Rose (83', penalty). Carlisle United scored through Samuel Lavelle (5').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card; Carlisle United received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 10th on 42 points from 29 and Carlisle United 24th on 21 points from 28. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 10th with 68 points, and Carlisle United 23rd with 42.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Carlisle United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harvey Rodgers of Grimsby Town (8.0), level with Jason Dadi (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Grimsby Town wins, 3 draws and 4 for Carlisle United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Samuel LavelleCarlisle United · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Joe HugillCarlisle United
  • 51'Yellow card · Samuel LavelleCarlisle United
  • 62'Goal · Justin ObikwuGrimsby Town · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Evan KhouriGrimsby Town
  • 75'Yellow card · Elliot EmbletonCarlisle United
  • 82'Yellow card · Ethan RobsonCarlisle United
  • 83'Penalty goal · Danny RoseGrimsby Town · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Terell ThomasCarlisle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Grimsby Town 3, draws 3, Carlisle United 4.

Team news

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Grimsby Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Jordan Wright, Harvey Rodgers, Doug Tharme, Cameron McJannet, Jason Dadi, George McEachran, Evan Khouri, Denver Hume, Kieran Green, Danny Rose, Justin Obikwu

Carlisle United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gabe Breeze, Josh Williams, Sam Lavelle, Terell Thomas, Charlie McArthur, Callum Whelan, Will Patching, Stephen Wearne, Elliot Embleton, Kadeem Harris, Joe Hugill