This fixture features two sides residing in the basement of the Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East, AFC Mansfield at 14th spot and Athersley Recreation sitting at 20th. A good opportunity for one of the participants to upgrade their situation.
- Athersley Recreation have the fewest scored goals (16) in Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
AFC Mansfield form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what AFC Mansfield have to build on here at Forest Town Stadium in the Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East.
In their previous game, led his Mansfield to a defeat in the Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East match away at Eccleshill United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Forest Town Stadium.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Garforth Town and winning 1-0.AFC Mansfield has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Mansfield have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches. AFC Mansfield has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Athersley Recreation form and stats
Athersley Recreation have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East, after 1-3-7 (11 played).
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East match played at their home ground. Recreation suffered a 2-4 loss to Penistone Church (placed 7th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Penistone Church was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Eccleshill United.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Recreation as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Recreation's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 30 goals in 11 travels.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Athersley Recreation - Mansfield 0-2.AFC Mansfield missing players
Athersley Recreation missing players
| AFC Mansfield | Athersley Recreation | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 29 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 30 | 61 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 73% | 76% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 55% | 57% |
| 10% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 18% | 29% |
| 45% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 43% |
| 35% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 55% | 52% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Athersley Recreation have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Athersley Recreation have the fewest scored goals (16) in Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East
- Athersley Recreation have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East
- Athersley Recreation have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East
- Athersley Recreation have the the worst goal difference (-45) in Counties Leagues: Northern Counties East
- Athersley Recreation haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grimsby Borough | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | Eccleshill United | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 40 |
| 3 | Garforth Town | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Sherwood Colliery | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Handsworth Parramore | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 34 |
| 6 | Bottesford Town | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 30 |
| 7 | Penistone Church | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | Barton Town Old Boys | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 9 | Maltby Main | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 28 |
| 10 | Thackley | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Winterton Rangers FC | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 27 |
| 12 | Goole | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 26 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Silsden | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | AFC Mansfield | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 23 |
| 15 | Staveley MW | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 16 | Knaresborough Town | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 22 |
| 17 | AFC Emley | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 22 |
| 18 | Albion Sports | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -13 | 19 |
| 19 | Hemsworth MW | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 35 | -27 | 13 |
| 20 | Athersley Recreation | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 30 | -45 | 9 |