The Bradford City & Mansfield Town head coaches Hughes and Clough are both fearful of and feeling excited about this crucial game in the top regions of the League Two league table.
- Bradford City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
This promises to be an engaging match with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Bradford City form and stats
The complete League Two stats playing at home this season for Bradford City are 5-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Bradford haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 241 minutes ago. Eisa scored that one. The Bradford City goalkeeper Harry Lewis is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 200 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.
An away draw last time out for Bradford City, facing Stockport County in a game that ended 0-0. Platt was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Platt won 10 of 14 duels.
Before that, Bradford played out a draw 0-0 when visiting AFC Wimbledon.This is expected to be a close game, with Bradford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bradford City as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Bradford City has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Bradford are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games.
Mansfield Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Mansfield Town are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the game against Doncaster Rovers (placed 15th). That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league rounds without victory. Akins, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.33. Akins scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
A draw for Mansfield Town before that, at their own venue hosting Crewe Alexandra (1-1).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Mansfield Town in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Mansfield Town, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 12 league matches.
Mansfield have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Mansfield Town have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides played each other earlier this campaign: Mansfield Town - Bradford City 1-2. Data for the prior nine meetings between these two squads are: five wins for Bradford, one draw and three wins for Mansfield Town. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cook 13 goals |   W. Swan 9 goals | G. Maris 4 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Bradford City | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 31 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 40 |
| 25 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 36 |
| 81% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 89% |
| 62% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 69% | 74% |
| 46% | 46% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 54% | 59% |
| 19% | 23% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 26% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 46% | 54% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 46% | 63% |
| 38% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| 35% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 31% | 22% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 12.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.9 | 12.1 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 65% | 61% | 89% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 40% |
| 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
- Bradford City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 57 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 48 |
| 5 | Salford City | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 41 |
| 9 | Barrow | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | AFC Wimbledon | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 39 |
| 11 | Sutton United | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 39 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 38 |
| 14 | Walsall | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 37 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 30 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 30 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 30 |
| 19 | Newport County | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -12 | 25 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 24 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -24 | 22 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 21 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 20 |
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