Grimsby Town 5-2 Tranmere Rovers: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 27 November 2018
Result
Grimsby Town 5-2 Tranmere Rovers
League Two · Tuesday 27 November 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Grimsby Town 5-2 Tranmere Rovers: match report
Grimsby Town beat Tranmere Rovers 5-2 in the League Two on Tuesday 27 November 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.
James Norwood opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Grimsby Town's goals came from Harry Clifton (33'), Wes Thomas (40'), H. Davis (48'), Mitchell Rose (82', penalty) and E. Embleton (90'). Tranmere Rovers scored through James Norwood (11') and Paul Mullin (65').
Discipline: Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Grimsby Town were 20th on 19 points from 19 and Tranmere Rovers 7th on 31 points from 19. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Tranmere Rovers 2nd with 80.
Going into the match Grimsby Town's last five read D-W-L-L-L and Tranmere Rovers's D-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 11'Goal · James Norwood
- 12'Yellow card · Connor Jennings
- 33'Goal · Harry Clifton
- 40'Yellow card · Scott Davies
- 40'Goal · Wes Thomas
- 48'Goal · H. Davis
- 61'Yellow card · Harry Clifton
- 65'Goal · Paul Mullin
- 69'Yellow card · James Norwood
- 82'Penalty goal · Mitchell Rose
- 90'Goal · E. Embleton
Team news
Grimsby Town line-up
James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Andrew Fox, Jake Hessenthaler, Alex Whitmore, Harry Davis, Elliot Embleton, Harry Clifton, Wes Thomas, Charles Vernam, Ben Pringle
Tranmere Rovers line-up
Scott Davies, Jake Caprice, Zoumana Bakayogo, Harvey Gilmour, Stephen McNulty, Manny Monthe, Luke McCullough, Dylan Mottley-Henry, James Norwood, Connor Jennings, Paul Mullin