Grimsby Town vs Stockport County; Sky Bet League Two
Grimsby Town vs Stockport County. Sky Bet League Two.
Blundell Park.
Grimsby Town 1
- A Eisa (52nd minute)
Stockport County 3
- A Sarcevic (9th minute)
- I Olaofe (14th minute)
- L Cass (28th minute)
Saturday 10 February 2024 19:16, UK
Stockport sent out another message to their Sky Bet League Two promotion rivals with a routine 3-1 victory over Grimsby.
First-half goals from Antoni Sarcevic, Isaac Olaofe and Lewis Cass - on his Stockport debut - did the damage to keep the leaders four points clear at the top.
Grimsby winger Abo Eisa replied with a consolation.
Sarcevic opened the scoring for Stockport in the eighth minute when he latched on to a loose pass from Harvey Cartwright before keeping his cool and slotting past the onrushing Grimsby goalkeeper.
It was 2-0 six minutes later when Olaofe finished a sweeping breakaway move which also involved Nick Powell and Connor Lemonheigh-Evans.
Cass nodded a third into the Grimsby net in the 28th minute when the on-loan defender was picked out by a Sarcevic cross.
Eisa offered Grimsby hope shortly after the restart when he netted from point-blank range from Charles Vernam's initial strike but, while they pushed and probed for the remainder, struggling Grimsby were unable to make any further inroads.