Grimsby 3–1 Shrewsbury
Grimsby
3–1HT 1–0
Shrewsbury
Grimsby played Shrewsbury in the League Cup on 12 August 2025 at Blundell Park. The match finished 3–1.
Goals and cards
- 4'Malvind Benning — Yellow card
- 15'J. Amaluzor (assist by G. D. Turi)
- 26'Tom Anderson — Yellow card
- 47'Sam Clucas — Yellow card
- 50'C. Gardner (assist by T. Warren)
- 63'T. Sang (assist by M. Benning)
- 81'Luca Hoole — Yellow card
- 90'J. Kabia
Line-ups
Grimsby 4-1-4-1
- C. Pym
- T. Warren
- S. Lavelle
- D. Tharme
- R. Staunton
- G. D. Turi
- J. Amaluzor
- J. Walker
- E. Khouri
- D. Burns
- C. Gardner
- SUBSTITUTES
- S. Auton
- H. Rodgers
- J. Sweeney
- G. McEachran
- K. Green
- H. Brown
- C. Vernam
- J. Kabia
- F. Onoh
- COACHES: David John Artell
Shrewsbury 5-3-2
- E. Harrison
- L. Hoole
- T. Anderson
- A. Nsiala
- G. Nurse
- M. Benning
- T. Perry
- S. Clucas
- T. Sang
- G. Lloyd
- C. Stewart
- SUBSTITUTES
- T. Savin
- T. McDermott
- H. Biggins
- A. Scully
- A. Gilliead
- S. Stubbs
- J. Marquis
- I. England
- W. Gray
- COACHES: Michael Antony Appleton
Match statistics
| Grimsby | Shrewsbury | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 3 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 19 | Total shots | 8 |
| 10 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 13 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 6 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 9 | Fouls | 14 |
| 10 | Corners | 3 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 56% | Possession | 44% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 393 | Total passes | 322 |
| 313 | Accurate passes | 222 |
| 80% | Pass accuracy | 69% |
| 2.83 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.29 |