Grimsby Town vs Exeter City. Sky Bet League Two.
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Friday 19 October 2018 12:36, UK
Grimsby will have on-loan midfielder Elliot Embleton back from England Under-20 duty when they take on Exeter.
Fellow loanee Luke Hendrie is likely to feature, as is Wes Thomas after both missed the Checkatrade Trophy clash with Doncaster because of illness.
The Mariners boss revealed the only players not currently training are Harry Davis, Harry Cardwell and Elliot Whitehouse. Max Wright, on-loan at Boston, remains sidelined with a heel injury.
Exeter will be without Chiedozie Ogbene for the trip. The winger has returned to Brentford after sustaining an injury. He has had an X-ray but could have a further scan next week. Craig Woodman got through an hour of a reserve-team outing on Tuesday but this game is likely to come too soon for the defender.
Australian defender Jimmy Oates is expected to travel with the squad. Troy Brown and Alex Hartridge remain long-term absentees for the Grecians.
Grimsby are winless in their six meetings with Exeter in League Two (D3 L3), losing each of the last three in succession without scoring a single goal.
After winning only two of their first 12 visits to Grimsby in the Football League between February 1921 and February 2009, Exeter have since won both of their most recent two away league games against the Pilgrims.
Grimsby are looking to win back-to-back home league games for the first time since December 2017 after their 2-0 win over Port Vale in their last home fixture.
Exeter are unbeaten in their last seven games in League Two (W5 D2), averaging 2.3 goals per game during this run (16 in total).
Jordan Cook is the only Grimsby player who has scored more than once in League Two this season (2).
