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Peterborough travel to take on Grimsby Town at Blundell Park on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Posh have won 3 of the 16 games compared to the host's 6 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Grimsby was back in March 1994, over five years ago, as the Mariners edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1993/1994 | Tue 08 Mar | Grimsby | 3 - 2 | Peterborough | LD1 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 04 Sep | Peterborough | 1 - 2 | Grimsby | LD1 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 06 Mar | Peterborough | 1 - 0 | Grimsby | LD1 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 03 Oct | Grimsby | 1 - 3 | Peterborough | LD1 |
| 1989/1990 | Tue 10 Apr | Grimsby | 1 - 2 | Peterborough | DIV4 |
| 1989/1990 | Wed 01 Nov | Peterborough | 1 - 1 | Grimsby | DIV4 |
| 1988/1989 | Tue 25 Apr | Peterborough | 1 - 2 | Grimsby | DIV4 |
Recent respective form guides
Grimsby Town's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Mariners have scored 7, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Peterborough's away form is none too clever either, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Posh, and 7 goals against.
Grimsby's 7 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Peterborough find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 6 points from their 5 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Grimsby | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Peterborough | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is a game which sees both teams in reasonable shape, and one which the Madmen are pretty confident will end up as a draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Grimsby | Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Peterborough | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |