MK Dons 2-3 Grimsby
Saturday 6 September 2025 17:39, UK
Grimsby survived a second-half fightback from 10-man MK Dons to triumph 3-2 at Stadium MK.
Goals from Kieran Green, Jaze Kabia and Charles Vernam gave the visitors a 3-0 first-half lead, with the Dons also seeing Jon Mellish sent off.
George McEachran's own goal and Connor Lemonheigh-Evans gave MK Dons hope, but the Mariners held out.
Grimsby took the lead when Green turned in Vernam's cross in the ninth minute.
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Moments after being denied by Craig MacGillivray, Kabia made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute when he converted the rebound after the goalkeeper had spilled Vernam's effort.
Vernam added the third just before the half-hour mark as his crisp strike from outside the box found the top corner.
Dons defender Mellish was dismissed in the 36th minute for catching Kabia with a high boot, but the hosts scored just after half-time when McEachran turned Marvin Ekpiteta's cross into his own net.
Lemonheigh-Evans rifled home from Callum Paterson's long throw in stoppage time, with Jack Sanders missing a chance to equalise with the final kick.
