League Two duel: Close contest expected between Bradford City and Mansfield Town

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 02.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Utilita Energy Stadium

Bradford City and Mansfield Town have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the League Two.

Insights:
  • Mansfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Bradford City nor Mansfield Town 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.

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Bradford City form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Bradford City are 6-4-4 (wins-draw-losses). With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Bradford City are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. There’s a good atmosphere here at The Utilita Energy Stadium after three straight home wins.

It's back home for Bradford City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Walsall away with the result 2-1. Andy Cook and Levi Sutton found the net in that victory. Before that, Bradford City had a home game versus Leyton Orient which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bradford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bradford City as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Bradford has won six of these, drawn six and lost four.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bolton Wanderers are coming to town in four days.

Bradford are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Bradford have conceded only 13 goals.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Mansfield Town have produced an overall stat of 5-7-3 so far.

Mansfield are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the League Two against Morecambe (placed 5th). A 0-1 defeat away at Harrogate Town before that.

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 twelve relevant matches. Results were two Mansfield Town wins, three draws and seven defeats.

Mansfield has another fixture away, a League Two game, against Barrow in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The visiting Mansfield have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 15 games. 17 goals have been conceded by Mansfield in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Mansfield Town - Bradford City 1-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Bradford won two games, one match ended with a draw and Mansfield Town has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two

Top Goalscorers

Mansfield TownJ. Bowery
J. Bowery
8 goals
BradfordL. Novak
L. Novak
6 goals
Mansfield TownG. Lapslie
G. Lapslie
5 goals

Bradford City missing players

Mansfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bradford City Mansfield Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 4 15 30
12 6 1 Won W 1 5 8
7 4 0 Drew D 1 7 13
10 4 2 Lost L 2 3 9
34 15 1 Scored S 5 19 38
32 13 2 Conceded C 6 17 40
90% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
62% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 70%
52% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 47%
21% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 30%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 17%
48% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 63%
28% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 23%
34% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11 11.5 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.7 12.6
4.1 4.5 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.3
28% 24% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 38%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Mansfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (21) 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 Cambridge United 32 16 7 9 48 29 16 8 5 3 22 13 16 8 2 6 26 16 19 55
2 Forest Green Rovers 30 15 9 6 43 29 15 7 5 3 22 16 15 8 4 3 21 13 14 54
3 Cheltenham Town 30 15 8 7 40 26 14 6 4 4 20 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 14 53
4 Tranmere Rovers 30 15 6 9 43 37 15 8 1 6 24 18 15 7 5 3 19 19 6 51
5 Morecambe 31 14 7 10 41 42 14 7 4 3 19 16 17 7 3 7 22 26 -1 49
6 Newport County 30 13 9 8 38 31 15 8 4 3 17 14 15 5 5 5 21 17 7 48
7 Bolton Wanderers 31 13 8 10 39 40 17 7 4 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 22 -1 47
8 Exeter City 29 12 10 7 51 37 14 8 2 4 29 16 15 4 8 3 22 21 14 46
9 Salford City 30 12 10 8 39 25 15 7 8 0 26 11 15 5 2 8 13 14 14 46
10 Carlisle United 27 13 4 10 38 30 14 9 1 4 28 19 13 4 3 6 10 11 8 43
11 Bradford City 29 12 7 10 34 32 14 6 4 4 15 13 15 6 3 6 19 19 2 43
12 Harrogate Town 31 12 6 13 35 37 15 5 4 6 12 15 16 7 2 7 23 22 -2 42
13 Crawley Town 29 11 8 10 40 37 15 7 4 4 23 15 14 4 4 6 17 22 3 41
14 Leyton Orient 30 11 6 13 36 34 16 7 4 5 23 16 14 4 2 8 13 18 2 39
15 Oldham Athletic 30 11 5 14 49 54 15 4 1 10 21 27 15 7 4 4 28 27 -5 38
16 Mansfield Town 30 8 13 9 38 40 15 3 6 6 19 23 15 5 7 3 19 17 -2 37
17 Walsall 30 8 13 9 36 40 17 5 5 7 17 21 13 3 8 2 19 19 -4 37
18 Stevenage 32 7 14 11 24 31 15 4 6 5 13 12 17 3 8 6 11 19 -7 35
19 Scunthorpe United 29 11 2 16 31 39 15 6 2 7 18 21 14 5 0 9 13 18 -8 35
20 Port Vale 31 9 7 15 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 19 15 4 3 8 20 26 -4 34
21 Colchester United 30 7 12 11 31 42 14 6 5 3 21 16 16 1 7 8 10 26 -11 33
22 Southend United 31 7 7 17 21 46 16 4 2 10 13 23 15 3 5 7 8 23 -25 28
23 Barrow 29 6 8 15 33 40 14 3 7 4 20 20 15 3 1 11 13 20 -7 26
24 Grimsby Town 29 6 6 17 22 48 14 3 4 7 11 21 15 3 2 10 11 27 -26 24

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 32 16 7 9 48 29 16 8 5 3 22 13 16 8 2 6 26 16 19 55
2 Forest Green Rovers 30 15 9 6 43 29 15 7 5 3 22 16 15 8 4 3 21 13 14 54
3 Cheltenham Town 30 15 8 7 40 26 14 6 4 4 20 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 14 53
4 Tranmere Rovers 30 15 6 9 43 37 15 8 1 6 24 18 15 7 5 3 19 19 6 51
5 Morecambe 31 14 7 10 41 42 14 7 4 3 19 16 17 7 3 7 22 26 -1 49
6 Newport County 30 13 9 8 38 31 15 8 4 3 17 14 15 5 5 5 21 17 7 48
7 Bolton Wanderers 31 13 8 10 39 40 17 7 4 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 22 -1 47
8 Exeter City 29 12 10 7 51 37 14 8 2 4 29 16 15 4 8 3 22 21 14 46
9 Salford City 30 12 10 8 39 25 15 7 8 0 26 11 15 5 2 8 13 14 14 46
10 Carlisle United 27 13 4 10 38 30 14 9 1 4 28 19 13 4 3 6 10 11 8 43
11 Bradford City 29 12 7 10 34 32 14 6 4 4 15 13 15 6 3 6 19 19 2 43
12 Harrogate Town 31 12 6 13 35 37 15 5 4 6 12 15 16 7 2 7 23 22 -2 42
13 Crawley Town 29 11 8 10 40 37 15 7 4 4 23 15 14 4 4 6 17 22 3 41
14 Leyton Orient 30 11 6 13 36 34 16 7 4 5 23 16 14 4 2 8 13 18 2 39
15 Oldham Athletic 30 11 5 14 49 54 15 4 1 10 21 27 15 7 4 4 28 27 -5 38
16 Mansfield Town 30 8 13 9 38 40 15 3 6 6 19 23 15 5 7 3 19 17 -2 37
17 Walsall 30 8 13 9 36 40 17 5 5 7 17 21 13 3 8 2 19 19 -4 37
18 Stevenage 32 7 14 11 24 31 15 4 6 5 13 12 17 3 8 6 11 19 -7 35
19 Scunthorpe United 29 11 2 16 31 39 15 6 2 7 18 21 14 5 0 9 13 18 -8 35
20 Port Vale 31 9 7 15 41 45 16 5 4 7 21 19 15 4 3 8 20 26 -4 34
21 Colchester United 30 7 12 11 31 42 14 6 5 3 21 16 16 1 7 8 10 26 -11 33
22 Southend United 31 7 7 17 21 46 16 4 2 10 13 23 15 3 5 7 8 23 -25 28
23 Barrow 29 6 8 15 33 40 14 3 7 4 20 20 15 3 1 11 13 20 -7 26
24 Grimsby Town 29 6 6 17 22 48 14 3 4 7 11 21 15 3 2 10 11 27 -26 24

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.