Grimsby Town 1-3 Blackpool — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - League Cup, 8 Aug 2026

📅08/08/2026 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
38%
2.25
Draw
24%
3.35
Away
38%
2.72
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
52%
1.91
Over 2.5
48%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.66
No
48%
2.09
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
29%
3.36
2-3 Goals
39%
1.76
4-5 Goals
22%
3.24
6+ Goals
10%
11.8
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
7%
1/2
6%
1/X
6%
X/1
22%
X/2
14%
X/X
10%
2/1
9%
2/2
18%
2/X
8%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
38%
Home Win
41%
-2.7pp
24%
Draw
26%
-2.7pp
38%
Away Win
33%
+5.3pp
52%
Under 2.5
48%
+3.2pp
48%
Over 2.5
52%
-3.2pp
52%
BTTS Yes
56%
-3.8pp
48%
BTTS No
44%
+3.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Grimsby Town EU Bookmakers 44%
Head to Head
AWAY Blackpool EU Bookmakers 37%
+21% / +21% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -35% / -35%
2.76/0.71 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.20/1.80
+112% / +90% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -86% / -32%
50% Ball Possession 50%
12 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
293 · 74% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 281 · 71%
29.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
26.4 Crosses
0.4 Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Grimsby Town
2W-1D-1L
AWAY Blackpool
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 0.75
42% Ball Possession 57%
8 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 7
08.04.2017 Blackpool Blackpool 1-3 HT 1-2 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town İN2
31.12.2016 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 0-0 HT 0-0 Blackpool Blackpool İN2
12.04.2004 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 0-2 HT 0-1 Blackpool Blackpool İN1
30.09.2003 Blackpool Blackpool 0-1 HT 0-0 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town İN1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Grimsby Town
1-3
AWAY Blackpool
0.67 xG 1.64
13 Total Shots 10
8 Shots on Target 4
13 Corners 4
240 Passes 291
27 Box Touches 21
39 Crosses 9
0 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Grimsby Town vs Blackpool
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Blackpool beat Grimsby Town 3-1 away from home. Half-time: 0-1.

We called this one close before kick-off — 38% / 24% / 38% — and on the day Blackpool made the difference.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 52%.

On the day, shots finished 13-10, expected goals 0.67 to 1.64.

Coming into the game, across their last 4 meetings in our records, Grimsby Town had the better of it with 2 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Grimsby Town and 0.75 for Blackpool.

What was the final score of Grimsby Town vs Blackpool?

Grimsby Town 1-3 Blackpool in the England - League Cup on 08/08/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Grimsby Town vs Blackpool?

Before kick-off our model rated a Grimsby Town win the most likely single outcome at about 38%, with the full match-result split Grimsby Town 38%, draw 24%, Blackpool 38%. The final score 1-3 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on BTTS Yes — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

◐ Match Result — model had it level (38/24/38) ✗ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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