Grimsby Town 1-6 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Monday 1 January 2024

Result

Grimsby Town 1-6 Walsall

League Two · Monday 1 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Grimsby Town 1-6 Walsall: match report

Grimsby Town were beaten by Walsall 1-6 in the League Two on Monday 1 January 2024. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Danny Rose opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Grimsby Town's goal came from Danny Rose (29'). Walsall scored through Douglas James-Taylor (38'), Isaac Hutchinson (43'), Jack Earing (50'), Isaac Hutchinson (55', penalty), Priestley Farquharson (66') and Danny Johnson (90+5').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received no yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 19th on 27 points from 25 and Walsall 13th on 33 points from 24. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Walsall 11th with 65.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-5-1 and Walsall in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaac Hutchinson of Walsall (9.2), ahead of Jack Earing (9.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Grimsby Town win, 2 draws and 0 for Walsall.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Danny RoseGrimsby Town · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Douglas James-TaylorWalsall · 1-1
  • 43'Goal · Isaac HutchinsonWalsall · 1-2
  • 50'Goal · Jack EaringWalsall · 1-3
  • 55'Penalty goal · Isaac HutchinsonWalsall · 1-4
  • 66'Goal · Priestley FarquharsonWalsall · 1-5
  • 71'Yellow card · Taylor AllenWalsall
  • 90+5'Goal · Danny JohnsonWalsall · 1-6

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Grimsby Town 1, draws 2, Walsall 0.

Team news

Grimsby Town line-up (4-5-1)

Harvey Cartwright, Toby Mullarkey, Luke Waterfall, Niall Maher, Anthony Driscoll-Glennon, Harry Clifton, Kamil Conteh, Jamie Andrews, Kieran Green, Abo Eisa, Danny Rose

Walsall line-up (3-5-2)

Jackson Smith, David Okagbue, Priestley Farquharson, Donervon Daniels, Tom Knowles, Isaac Hutchinson, Brandon Comley, Jack Earing, Liam Gordon, Freddie Draper, Douglas James-Taylor