Exeter City are favourites to win this home fixture against Mansfield Town, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Exeter City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Mansfield Town have the fewest points (2) away in League Two
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.
Exeter City form and stats
The League Two results at home this season for Exeter City are 2-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). Exeter has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Leyton Orient defeat 70 days ago.
A strong away win for Exeter against Crawley Town the last match, as Sam Nombe, Matt Jay and Nigel Atangana were on target. Midfielder Nigel Atangana was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Atangana scored one goal and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Before that, Exeter drew at home versus Newport County.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Exeter City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost two.
Exeter City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St. James' Park with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Exeter have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mansfield Town form and stats
0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Mansfield Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Mansfield, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Newport County game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Mansfield's last game was the home draw against Port Vale (1-1). Midfield player George Lapslie was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Lapslie scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Northampton Town before that.We have checked recent matches where Mansfield have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were three victories, two draws and eight defeats.
Mansfield Town are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. Mansfield have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Exeter-Mansfield Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Exeter City five wins, Mansfield Town three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Jay 7 goals | S. Nombe 6 goals |  T. Dieng 3 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Exeter City | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 69% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 38% |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.8 | 13.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.4 | 12.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 36% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 29% |
- Exeter City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Exeter City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mansfield Town have scored away.
- Mansfield Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mansfield Town have the fewest points (2) away in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the fewest scored goals (2) away in League Two
- Mansfield Town have yet to win a 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 11 | Barrow | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Newport County | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Salford City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 16 | Walsall | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 11 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 8 |