Grimsby Town 2-2 Milton Keynes Dons: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 January 2026

Result

Grimsby Town 2-2 Milton Keynes Dons

League Two · Saturday 31 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Grimsby Town 2-2 Milton Keynes Dons: match report

Grimsby Town drew with Milton Keynes Dons 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 31 January 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Callum Paterson opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Grimsby Town's goals came from Jaze Kabia (64') and Jaze Kabia (72'). Milton Keynes Dons scored through Callum Paterson (22', penalty) and Marvin Ekpiteta (28').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card; Milton Keynes Dons received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 9th on 43 points from 27 and Milton Keynes Dons 2nd on 50 points from 28. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 6th with 81 points, and Milton Keynes Dons 1st with 87.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Milton Keynes Dons in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jaze Kabia of Grimsby Town (7.6), ahead of Reece Staunton (7.3).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Penalty goal · Callum PatersonMilton Keynes Dons · 0-1
  • 28'Goal · Marvin EkpitetaMilton Keynes Dons · 0-2
  • 35'Yellow card · Charles VernamGrimsby Town
  • 64'Goal · Jaze KabiaGrimsby Town · 1-2
  • 72'Goal · Jaze KabiaGrimsby Town · 2-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Luke OffordMilton Keynes Dons
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Jay MateteMilton Keynes Dons

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Grimsby Town 4, draws 3, Milton Keynes Dons 3.

Team news

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

Jackson Smith, Harvey Rodgers, Sam Lavelle, Cameron McJannet, Jayden Sweeney, George McEachran, Jaze Kabia, Jamie Walker, Evan Khouri, Charles Vernam, Andy Cook

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (3-1-4-2)

Craig MacGillivray, Marvin Ekpiteta, Curtis Nelson, Luke Offord, Liam Kelly, Gethin Jones, Ben Wiles, Alex Gilbey, Jon Mellish, Aaron Collins, Callum Paterson