The Mansfield Town & Stevenage managers Clough and Evans are both fearful of and looking forward to this very important match in the higher area of the League Two table.
- Mansfield Town have the most scored goals (67) in League Two
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Mansfield Town have collected 32 points from their League Two home games so far after 8-8-4.
Mansfield Town are returning here after visiting Newport County and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Boateng and Gale scored the goal(s). The victory against Newport County came after Gale's winning goal. The Mansfield Town manager Clough was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 68th minute. Midfielder Boateng was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.42 (out of ten) in that game. Boateng scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Grimsby Town the opponent.Both teams to score: YES! That has occurred in 5 league matches in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Leyton Orient are coming to town in three days.
Mansfield have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at One Call Stadium with 34 goals in 20 league matches. Mansfield Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Stevenage form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 11 draws and 4 defeats. It's three draws from Stevenage's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Impressive finishing from Roberts secured the home win 1-0 against Doncaster Rovers in their previous game. Attacker Rose got a player rating of 7.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Rose hit the woodwork once.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs AFC Wimbledon.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stevenage manager Evans as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Swindon Town.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stevenage as they have only managed to score 19 times from 20 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Stevenage in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Mansfield have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (3-3-0) when facing Stevenage.Stevenage - Mansfield Town 0-0 was the scoreline in these teams' last head-to-head fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
![]() L. Norris 'Hacker' 10 goals | ![]() J. Roberts 10 goals | ![]() W. Swan 9 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Mansfield Town | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 42 | 20 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 20 | 42 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | 13 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 67 | 34 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 57 |
| 51 | 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 38 |
| 88% | 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 85% | 90% |
| 76% | 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 67% |
| 52% | 55% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 30% | 40% |
| 29% | 35% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 19% | 30% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 10% |
| 62% | 70% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 60% | 50% |
| 29% | 30% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 38% |
| 21% | 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 83% | 35% | 21% |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 13.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.9 | 14 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 39% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 24% | 30% |
| 9.2 | 8.8 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.2 | 8.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | 2.4 |
- Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town have the most points from losing position (23) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the most scored goals (67) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the most scored goals in the first half (32) 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 | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 27 | 84 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 43 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 57 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 77 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 57 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 76 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 43 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 60 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 24 | 72 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 43 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 62 | 39 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 72 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 54 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 71 |
| 7 | Salford City | 43 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 66 | 49 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 69 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 67 | 51 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 16 | 69 |
| 9 | Barrow | 43 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | -2 | 62 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 43 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -6 | 57 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 53 | 50 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 55 |
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 46 | 52 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | -6 | 55 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 27 | -4 | 54 |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 43 | 60 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 33 | -17 | 52 |
| 15 | Walsall | 43 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 42 | 45 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -3 | 51 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 41 | 51 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -10 | 51 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 43 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 45 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 27 | -13 | 51 |
| 18 | Newport County | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -5 | 50 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 43 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 53 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 47 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 43 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 27 | -7 | 46 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 61 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | -9 | 45 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 43 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 45 | 69 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 39 | -24 | 42 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 43 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 74 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 41 | -26 | 39 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 43 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 67 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 37 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 30 | -26 | 34 |