Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 22 April 2023

Result

Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 22 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Tranmere Rovers · Grimsby Town · League Two predictions

Tranmere Rovers 2-0 Grimsby Town: match report

Tranmere Rovers won against Grimsby Town 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 22 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Josh Hawkes opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Josh Hawkes (33', penalty) and Rhys Hughes (48'). Grimsby Town did not score.

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received 1 yellow card; Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 13th on 54 points from 43 and Grimsby Town 12th on 55 points from 42. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 12th with 58 points, and Grimsby Town 11th with 61.

Tranmere Rovers lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Grimsby Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Hawkes of Tranmere Rovers (8.1), level with Rhys Hughes (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tranmere Rovers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Grimsby Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Penalty goal · Josh HawkesTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 48'Goal · Rhys HughesTranmere Rovers · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Jordan TurnbullTranmere Rovers
  • 89'Yellow card · Alex HuntGrimsby Town
  • 90+5'Yellow card · George LloydGrimsby Town

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 2, draws 1, Grimsby Town 2.

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mateusz Hewelt, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Tom Davies, Jordan Turnbull, Ethan Bristow, Regan Hendry, Josh Hawkes, Jay Turner-Cooke, Rhys Hughes, Harvey Saunders, Kane Hemmings

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

Max Crocombe, Josh Emmanuel, Luke Waterfall, Niall Maher, Daniel Amos, Kieran Green, Gavan Holohan, Harry Clifton, Danilo Orsi, Otis Khan, Ryan Taylor