Forest Green vs Grimsby preview
Tuesday 22 January 2019 21:48, UK
Forest Green look to have no fresh injury concerns ahead of their Sky Bet League Two clash with Grimsby on Tuesday.
Mark Cooper’s Rovers came through Saturday’s 2-1 home loss to Bury – their first defeat in seven games – seemingly unscathed on the fitness front.
The only player they had unavailable was Dayle Grubb, and the midfielder is expected to be absent again. Grubb has sat out the last two matches after sustaining a knee problem in training.
It remains to be seen if Grimsby’s James McKeown is able to feature or not, with the Mariners on Monday announcing they were set to appeal against the goalkeeper’s red card in the 1-0 loss at Lincoln two days earlier.
Andrew Fox will definitely not be involved as he continues his three-game suspension. Harry Clifton, Danny Collins and Akin Famewo, who have all been out injured, will be assessed. Joe Grayson could make his debut after joining on loan from Blackburn last Friday
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Forest Green have lost two of their three previous games against Grimsby in League Two, although did win most recently 4-1 on the opening day of this season.
Grimsby won their only previous visit to the New Lawn in League Two 3-0 on the final day of the 2017-18 season, JJ Hooper netting a hat-trick for the Pilgrims.
After an eight-game unbeaten run at home in the league at the start of the season (W2 D6), Forest Green have lost three of their last five at The New Lawn (W2).
Grimsby have lost each of their three league games in 2019, this after winning their final four of 2018.
Reece Brown has been directly involved in six of Forest Green's last 10 league goals (1 goal, 5 assists).
