Grimsby Town 2-2 Walsall — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - 2nd Division, 18 Feb 2026

📅18/02/2026 · 🕒22:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
49%
1.82
Draw
27%
3.18
Away
24%
4.15
Under/Over 2.5
Under Pick
56%
1.52
Over
44%
2.28
Both Teams to Score
Yes
46%
2.19
No
54%
1.59
Total Goals
0-1
32%
2.2
2-3
40%
1.72
4-5
19%
4.91
6+
9%
30.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
22%
2.49
1/2
5%
34.0
1/X
6%
15.1
X/1
19%
4.04
X/2
10%
8.49
X/X
12%
3.86
2/1
8%
30.5
2/2
9%
7.66
2/X
9%
16.65
STRENGTH — green bars inside a box show the pattern support behind that selection, from Good · Strong · Very strong to Great — the deeper the historical record, the fuller the bar; informational, not a sized bet.
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PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik model signals — not real match figures
HOME Grimsby Town The Market 55%
Head to Head
AWAY Walsall The Market 24%
Bad Season vs Marketall history · vs bookmaker expectation Average
Bad Recent Form vs Marketlatest matches · vs bookmaker expectation Strong
1.48 Expected Goals Scoredper match · higher is better 1.00
1.03 Expected Goals Concededper match · lower is better 1.27
Bad Attackvs comparable teams Average
Weak Defensevs comparable teams Strong
55% Ball Possession 45%
13 Total Shots 7
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
306 · 70% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 214 · 64%
27.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.8
20.8 Crosses 16.0
1.7 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Grimsby Town
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Walsall
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 2.17
1.44 xG 1.44
60% Ball Possession 40%
13 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 7
292 Passes 154
73% Pass Accuracy 60%
19 Box Touches 20
20 Crosses 20
3 Yellow Cards 3
19.08.2025 Walsall Walsall 0-1 HT 0-0 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town İN2
08.03.2025 Walsall Walsall 1-3 HT 1-2 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town İN2
19.10.2024 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-4 Walsall Walsall İN2
01.01.2024 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-6 HT 1-2 Walsall Walsall İN2
26.08.2023 Walsall Walsall 1-1 HT 0-0 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town İN2
25.03.2023 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 1-1 HT 1-0 Walsall Walsall İN2
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Grimsby Town
2-2
AWAY Walsall
1.35 xG 1.38
62% Ball Possession 38%
17 Total Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 4
10 Corners 6
278 Passes 123
73% Pass Accuracy 52%
30 Box Touches 12
31 Crosses 18
1 Yellow Cards 2
REVIEW Grimsby Town vs Walsall
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Grimsby Town and Walsall shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Half-time: 0-1.

A gentle 49% lean on Grimsby Town didn't survive contact with the match; margins like that flip all the time. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (56%) — went the other way, though.

By the numbers, possession split 62% to 38% in Grimsby Town's favour, shots finished 17-7, expected goals 1.35 to 1.38.

The head-to-head backdrop: across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Scoring in those meetings ran 1.33 a game for Grimsby Town against 2.17 for Walsall.

Grimsby Town vs Walsall Result & Final Score

Grimsby Town 2-2 Walsall in the England - 2nd Division on 18/02/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Grimsby Town vs Walsall Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Grimsby Town win the most likely single outcome at about 49%, with the full match-result split Grimsby Town 49%, draw 27%, Walsall 24%. The final score 2-2 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Grimsby Town) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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