Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Scunthorpe United & Mansfield Town face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Scunthorpe United have played 4 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Scunthorpe are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Scunthorpe are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at The Park Avenue Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Scunthorpe United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Solihull Moors. A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Exeter City.
This is expected to be a close game, with Scunthorpe United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Scunthorpe as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Scunthorpe United has won five of these, drawn five and lost six.
Scunthorpe are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Oldham Athletic awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Scunthorpe here at The Park Avenue Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Scunthorpe having conceded 10 goals here at The Park Avenue Stadium so far.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Mansfield's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the 2nd round.0 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Mansfield Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Mansfield are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Northampton Town fixture. It's three draws from Mansfield Town's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
It's the second away game in a row for Mansfield, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Sunderland in the FA Cup last time out. Ahead of that match was the League Two away draw versus Bolton Wanderers that ended 1-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mansfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were one Mansfield win, five draws and five defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Mansfield now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Forest Green Rovers is waiting in only four days.
Mansfield have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 5 goals have been scored. Mansfield Town have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Scunthorpe United wins - draws - Mansfield Town wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Charsley 2 goals |  A. Cook 2 goals |   J. Rowe 1 goals |
Scunthorpe United missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Scunthorpe United | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 50 | 28 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 268 | 138 | Total Shots | T S | 115 | 246 | ||
| 91 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 95 | ||
| 24% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Newport County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Salford City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Walsall | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Barrow | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -20 | 2 |