Bradford City have come here for an exciting battle versus the home side Mansfield Town. Read up on the game with this thorough League Two preview!
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.
Mansfield Town form and stats
As mentioned below, Mansfield Town are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 League Two games.
Mansfield Town travelled for their previous game, a trip to Colchester United that ended 1-1. Elliott Hewitt was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Hewitt scored one goal and won 3 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that match, Mansfield won a home game hosting Newport County (2-1).Mansfield Town has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Bradford City form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first League Two away game of the season. During their previous season 23 away games resulted in 7 wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats.
Bradford go into this game after a win, the home game against Stevenage that ended 4-1. The attacker Andy Cook got a match rating of 9.93 in that game. Cook scored three goals, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. Andy Cook certainly enjoyed Bradford's last game versus Stevenage, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Oldham Athletic.Bradford City have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior six meetings between these two crews are: two wins for Mansfield, one draw and three wins for Bradford City. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Cook 3 goals | ![]() L. Angol 2 goals | ![]() O. Clarke 1 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Bradford City missing players
| Mansfield Town | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 5 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 16.7 |
| 3.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 45% | 80% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| Mansfield Town | Last season | Bradford City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 12 | 19 | ||
| 57 | 33 | Scored | S | 26 | 48 | ||
| 55 | 31 | Conceded | C | 34 | 53 | ||
| 89% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 89% | ||
| 70% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 63% | ||
| 41% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 46% | ||
| 26% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 17% | ||
| 13% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 4% | 4% | ||
| 54% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 48% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 26% | ||
| 30% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 37% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 46% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Bradford City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Barrow | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Newport County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Salford City | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 18 | Port Vale | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 20 | Exeter City | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 21 | Sutton United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 23 | Walsall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 61 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 82 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 29 | 24 | 80 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 79 |
| 4 | Morecambe | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 58 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 78 |
| 5 | Newport County | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 57 | 42 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 73 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 59 | 51 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 73 |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 73 |
| 8 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 71 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 71 | 50 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 21 | 70 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 51 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 66 |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 53 | 55 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 30 | -2 | 61 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 62 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 35 | -6 | 61 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 57 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 60 |
| 14 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 60 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 53 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 34 | -5 | 59 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 57 | 55 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 58 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 61 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 32 | -9 | 57 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 81 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 31 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 39 | -9 | 54 |
| 19 | Walsall | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 45 | 53 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 26 | -8 | 53 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 44 | 61 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | -17 | 51 |
| 21 | Barrow | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 53 | 59 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 50 |
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 64 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 36 | -23 | 48 |
| 23 | Southend United | 46 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 58 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -29 | 45 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 69 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 39 | -32 | 43 |
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