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Grimsby’s Possession Dominance Fails to Translate into Goals Against Oldham at Blundell Park
Cleethorpes witnessed a match where Grimsby Town asserted their gameplay, dominating possession with 62% compared to Oldham Athletic’s 38%. Despite this dominance, Oldham showed greater offensive aggression, recording 12 total shots, of which 7 were on target, surpassing Grimsby’s 8 shots, with only 3 on target.
The match, corresponding to matchday 22 of League Two, was characterized by a high number of fouls committed by Oldham, totaling 22, resulting in two yellow cards shown to J. Garner and R. Ogle. Grimsby, for their part, committed 9 fouls and saw a yellow card for C. McJannet in the final minutes. Regarding corners, Grimsby outstripped their rival with 11 corners compared to Oldham’s 2. Despite numerous approaches to the area, neither team managed to translate their dominance or aggression into goals. The match ended without the scoreline changing.
Substitutions oldham: at minute 55 J. Garner came in and J. Quigley went out., at minute 56 O. Hammond came in and L. Hannant went out., at minute 56 M. Mellon came in and K. Harratt went out., at minute 79 R. Ogle came in and J. Caprice went out., at minute 83 T. Pett came in and K. Drummond went out.
Substitutions grimsby: at minute 71 G. D. Turi came in and J. Walker went out., at minute 71 D. Burns came in and J. Amaluzor went out., at minute 83 J. Kabia came in and J. Soonsup-Bell went out., at minute 90 J. Sweeney came in and R. Staunton went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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