Grimsby Town 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 10 December 2022

Result

Grimsby Town 2-1 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 10 December 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Grimsby Town · Tranmere Rovers · League Two predictions

Grimsby Town 2-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Grimsby Town defeated Tranmere Rovers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 10 December 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Brendan Kiernan opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Grimsby Town's goals came from Brendan Kiernan (7') and Niall Maher (58'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Jake Burton (66').

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

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 16th on 24 points from 19 and Tranmere Rovers 14th on 27 points from 20. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 11th with 61 points, and Tranmere Rovers 12th with 58.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John McAtee of Grimsby Town (8.0), ahead of Niall Maher (7.7).

Going into the match Grimsby Town's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Tranmere Rovers's D-L-D-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Brendan KiernanGrimsby Town · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Paul LewisTranmere Rovers
  • 58'Goal · Niall MaherGrimsby Town · 2-0
  • 66'Goal · Jake BurtonTranmere Rovers · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Otis KhanGrimsby Town

Team news

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

Max Crocombe, Michee Efete, Luke Waterfall, Niall Maher, Daniel Amos, Kieran Green, Brendan Kiernan, Gavan Holohan, Harry Clifton, Otis Khan, John McAtee

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Ross Doohan, Josh Dacres-Cogley, Tom Davies, Neill Byrne, Ethan Bristow, Kieron Morris, Lee O'Connor, Chris Merrie, Josh Hawkes, Kane Hemmings, Paul Lewis