Grimsby Town 1-0 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020

Result

Grimsby Town 1-0 Scunthorpe United

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Grimsby Town 1-0 Scunthorpe United: match report

Grimsby Town beat Scunthorpe United 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 19 December 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Mattie Pollock of Grimsby Town in the 21st minute.

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards; Scunthorpe United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 20th on 16 points from 17 and Scunthorpe United 18th on 20 points from 17. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 24th with 43 points, and Scunthorpe United 22nd with 48.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Scunthorpe United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mattie Pollock of Grimsby Town (7.8), ahead of Kyle Bennett (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Grimsby Town win, 0 draws and 1 for Scunthorpe United.

Going into the match Grimsby Town's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Scunthorpe United's W-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Mattie PollockGrimsby Town · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · John McAteeScunthorpe United
  • 40'Yellow card · Ian HollowayGrimsby Town
  • 55'Yellow card · Aaron JarvisScunthorpe United
  • 59'Yellow card · L. SpokesGrimsby Town
  • 69'Yellow card · Jordan ClarkeScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Grimsby Town 1, draws 0, Scunthorpe United 1.

Team news

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

James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Elliott Hewitt, Mattie Pollock, Danny Preston, Filipe Morais, Harry Clifton, Luke Spokes, Kyle Bennett, Montel Gibson, Ira Jackson Jr.

Scunthorpe United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Mark Howard, Jordan Clarke, Manny Onariase, Jacob Bedeau, Myles Hippolyte, Alex Gilliead, Alfie Beestin, Lewis Spence, Abo Eisa, John McAtee, Ryan Loft