The league table in League Two tells a story about these teams so far, with Forest Green Rovers leading Mansfield Town by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
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.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
Overall League Two stats at home this season for Forest Green Rovers are 3-2-0 (wins-draw-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Forest Green Rovers here at The New Lawn, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Forest fans got no joy from their last match, a EFL Trophy game also here at The New Lawn: A 0-1 defeat against Swindon Town. Heartbreak before that as Forest lost 2-6 at Lincoln City's place.
Heartbreak for Forest in their last match as Swindon Town's T. Broadbent scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
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 Forest have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost three.
The Forest fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. From these home matches, Forest have conceded only 4 goals.
Mansfield Town form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Mansfield Town have produced an overall stat of 0-4-1 so far. Mansfield are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Tranmere Rovers fixture. One point away has become something of a habit for Mansfield who have played out draws in their last three away games.
It's the second away game in a row for Mansfield, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Scunthorpe United (placed 23rd) in the EFL Trophy last time out. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sunderland.
We have checked recent matches where Mansfield have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, one draw and six defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Mansfield Town have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. Mansfield Town have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Forest won two, Mansfield Town won five and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Matt 5 goals | J. Young 3 goals | C. Winchester 2 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 73% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 73% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 73% |
| 36% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 168 | 78 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 58 | 131 |
| 45 | 22 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 20 | 49 |
| 33% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 25% | 20% |
- Forest Green Rovers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Forest Green Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Mansfield Town has the most dropped points from leading position (12) 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 | 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 |