Scunthorpe United 3-0 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 January 2021

Result

Scunthorpe United 3-0 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 23 January 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Scunthorpe United 3-0 Grimsby Town: match report

Scunthorpe United defeated Grimsby Town 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 23 January 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Abo Eisa opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Abo Eisa (14'), Ryan Loft (38') and Abo Eisa (65'). Grimsby Town did not score.

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 2 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 21st on 23 points from 23 and Grimsby Town 23rd on 21 points from 24. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 22nd with 48 points, and Grimsby Town 24th with 43.

Scunthorpe United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Grimsby Town in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Abo Eisa of Scunthorpe United (9.0), ahead of Ryan Loft (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Scunthorpe United win, 0 draws and 2 for Grimsby Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Abo EisaScunthorpe United · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Max WrightGrimsby Town
  • 38'Goal · Ryan LoftScunthorpe United · 2-0
  • 65'Goal · Abo EisaScunthorpe United · 3-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Ryan LoftScunthorpe United
  • 83'Yellow card · Alex GillieadScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Mark Howard, Jordan Clarke, Manny Onariase, George Taft, Mason O'Malley, Alex Gilliead, Jem Karacan, Alfie Beestin, Devarn Green, Abo Eisa, Ryan Loft

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

James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Rollin Menayese, Mattie Pollock, Samuel Habergham, Max Wright, Elliott Hewitt, Jay Matete, Danny Preston, Matt Green, James Hanson