An important duel in the bottom section of the League Two, with both Bolton Wanderers and Mansfield Town experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 19th and the visitors in 22nd place.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bolton Wanderers and Mansfield Town.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Bolton Wanderers at their home stadium (Macron Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
No payout for Bolton Wanderers in their previous match, an away game at Leyton Orient that ended in defeat 0-4. Ahead of that match, Wanderers won a home game hosting Bradford City (1-0).
Bolton Wanderers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with Wanderers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bolton Wanderers as a small favourite), we find seven games. Bolton Wanderers has won two of these, drawn two and lost three.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the FA Cup game versus Crewe Alexandra in only four days. This game is also played here at Macron Stadium.
Wanderers has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 5 games. Wanderers have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Mansfield Town form and stats
The visitors are W0-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Mansfield, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Tranmere Rovers game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Two points from the last two away games for Mansfield, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Mansfield played 1-1 against Walsall in their previous match. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Barrow.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Mansfield in our archives, and the results are: one win for Mansfield Town, five draws and five defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Mansfield manager G. Coughlan as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sunderland.
Mansfield Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. 5 goals have been conceded by Mansfield in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Delfouneso 3 goals |  A. Sarcevic 2 goals | E. Doyle 2 goals |
Bolton Wanderers missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Bolton Wanderers | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 70% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 40% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 40% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 20% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 115 | 55 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 48 | 121 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 16 | 45 |
| 32% | 17% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 20% |
- Bolton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Mansfield Town has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have yet to win a 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 | Newport County | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Salford City | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 10 | Morecambe | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Walsall | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Barrow | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 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 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -17 | 2 |