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Grimsby Town Thrashes Accrington Stanley in Thrilling Blundell Park Encounter
Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire – Grimsby Town secured a convincing 5-2 victory over Accrington Stanley in a League Two clash at Blundell Park. The match, refereed by S. Simpson, was a high-intensity affair with a flurry of goals.
Grimsby dominated possession (60%) and proved more clinical in front of goal. The home side took an early lead with goals from Harry Rodgers (2nd minute), John Luker (11th minute), and Jay Obikwu (19th minute). A penalty converted by James Davies (33rd minute) extended the advantage to 4-0. While Accrington managed to pull back two goals through Ashley Henderson (63rd minute) and Jack Woods (80th minute), an own goal by Shea Aljofree (68th minute) secured the win for Grimsby.
Despite the defeat, Accrington created chances (14 shots, 5 on target). The match was notable for Grimsby’s disciplined performance, receiving no yellow cards, in contrast to Accrington’s three cautions.
Substitutions accrington st: at minute 35 S. Conneely came in and N. Khumbeni went out., at minute 35 C. O’Brien came in and L. Coyle went out., at minute 63 A. Hunter came in and J. Knowles went out., at minute 81 L. Trickett came in and D. Love went out., at minute 82 A. Popoola came in and J. Woods went out.
Substitutions grimsby: at minute 46 D. Rose came in and J. Obikwu went out., at minute 54 D. Tharme came in and H. Rodgers went out., at minute 66 C. Ainley came in and K. Green went out., at minute 66 C. Thompson came in and J. Davies went out., at minute 72 E. Khouri came in and D. Hume went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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