The standings tells us that 6 points separate the two rivals in this League Two fixture. Mansfield Town carry both the points- and home advantage.
- Mansfield Town have the fewest conceded goals (11) in League Two
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Mansfield nor Walsall as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Mansfield Town have performed here at One Call Stadium this season with 3 wins from 6 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. days ago.
Mansfield Town are returning here after visiting Harrogate Town and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Akins (2), Maris and Brunt scored the goal(s). The forward Akins bettered all others in that game and managed a match rating of 9.15 out of 10. Akins scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Notts County with a 4-1 scoreline.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Port Vale are coming to town in three days.
The Mansfield Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Mansfield have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Walsall form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Walsall so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Walsall's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Crawley Town (placed 12th). As mentioned above, Walsall drew the match against Crawley Town. Manager Sadler brought on Johnson to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Stirk was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Stirk hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 3-3 draw at Newport County's stadium before that.The travelling fans enjoy Walsall's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. The Walsall manager Sadler has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Mansfield Town four wins, two draws and Walsall three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Keillor-Dunn 8 goals |   F. Draper 8 goals |  L. Akins 5 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Walsall missing players
| Mansfield Town | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 25 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 26 |
| 79% | 50% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 67% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 62% | 47% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 20% |
| 57% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 73% |
| 43% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 21% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 6.8 | 7.7 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 7 | 6.6 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 19.5 | 19.7 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| 6 | 4.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 30% | 24% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | 33% |
| 10.5 | 8.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.8 | 13.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
- All of Walsall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mansfield Town have not yet lost a game.
- Mansfield Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Mansfield Town have the fewest conceded goals (11) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the most clean sheets (5) at home in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the most clean sheets (6) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the most matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Walsall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stockport County | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Notts County | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Wrexham | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Gillingham | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Morecambe | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 23 |
| 10 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Barrow | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Salford City | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 19 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 19 | Newport County | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 15 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 13 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 7 |
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