More points have been won by Forest Green Rovers at this point, with their 1st spot in the League Two table and anticipating the visit of Mansfield Town (who are in 11th).
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (43) in League Two
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (5-0-1) in League Two
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 League Two games here at The New Lawn for Forest Green Rovers. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. It’s been three wins in a row for Forest here at The New Lawn, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
An away draw last time out for Forest, facing Oldham Athletic in a game that ended 5-5. Opportunity lost for Forest in the Oldham Athletic match as a lead 4-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Attacking player Stevens outperformed all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.34 out of 10. Stevens scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Harrogate Town and winning 4-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Forest handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, three draws and eight defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Colchester United are coming to town in three days.
Forest have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The New Lawn with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Forest Green Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Mansfield Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mansfield Town so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Oates and McLaughlin secured the home win 2-1 against Salford City in their previous game. McLaughlin got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, top player of the team. McLaughlin scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, Mansfield Town secured a home win against Carlisle United with the score 1-0.Mansfield are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Mansfield Town have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Forest victories, three draws and five Mansfield Town wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Matt 13 goals | M. Stevens 13 goals | N. Cadden 6 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 43 | 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 85% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | 76% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | 48% |
| 35% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 19% |
| 15% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 56% | 62% |
| 40% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 19% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 44% | 29% |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 43% | 35% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 39% |
| 11.3 | 10.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
- Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Forest Green Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mansfield Town have scored away.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most scored goals (43) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+23) in League Two
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Newport County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 31 |
| 10 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 17 | Salford City | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 19 | Barrow | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 16 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 16 |