Pre-match info: 17 points are the diference between the sides ahead of this match, Mansfield Town the superior team. Can Crawley Town take the guests by surprise?
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a EFL Trophy match only four days ago. This match was also played here at The People's Pension Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mansfield Town have had more rest.
Crawley Town form and stats
Crawley Town's struggle is real here at The People's Pension Stadium with only 6 points collected from 6 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-4.
Crawley Town's previous fixture was a EFL Trophy game also played at their home, finishing 5-2 versus Aston Villa U21. The home side hope to to repeat that performance. Finally, a league victory after four matches without.
Ahead of that match, Crawley Town won a home game hosting Newport County (2-1).Crawley are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Colchester United awaits in three days.
The Crawley Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Crawley have conceded 11 from these games. When Crawley Town hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Newport County, Colchester United, AFC Wimbledon, Rochdale, Gillingham, Hartlepool United and Harrogate Town), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Mansfield Town form and stats
4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Mansfield Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Mansfield Town has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Sutton United.
Lapslie and Swan scored in Mansfield Town's previous match, the home game against Walsall that ended 2-1. Swan came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Walsall last time out, making the manager Clough feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player McLaughlin was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. McLaughlin hit two key passes.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Barrow.A quick return to home after this game, as Mansfield are hosting Newport County in the League Two only three days away.
Mansfield Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Crawley Town victories, four draws and three Mansfield Town wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Lapslie 4 goals |  W. Swan 4 goals |  J. Tilley 3 goals |
Crawley Town missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Crawley Town | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 23 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 69% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 54% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 23% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 54% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 31% |
| 46% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 8.3 | 7.8 |
| 5.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.9 | 7.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.9 | 13 |
| 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| 34% | 40% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 56% | 47% |
| 13.5 | 11.8 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.9 | 7.2 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
- Crawley Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Mansfield Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Mansfield Town 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 | Stevenage | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Salford City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 11 | Barrow | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Sutton United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Walsall | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 16 | Stockport County | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 19 | Newport County | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 9 |
