Mansfield Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Cheltenham Town.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a EFL Trophy match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Port Vale.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Mansfield Town's results here at One Call Stadium in the League Two have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Mansfield Town, their manager J. Dempster and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Mansfield Town haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. O. Sterling-James scored that one.
Mansfield Town manager J. Dempster and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Port Vale (placed 9th) in the EFL Trophy, a match they won on penalty kicks. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Shrewsbury Town (0-2).
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Port Vale as O. Sterling-James's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 1-3 and secured a point.
Mansfield Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at One Call Stadium with 15 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mansfield Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in League Two, are W3-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. With three draws in a row for Cheltenham Town the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Visiting Cheltenham Town has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
The manager M. Duff was unhappy after their last game, a FA Cup match played at their home ground Jonny-Rocks Stadium. Cheltenham Town suffered a 1-3 loss to Port Vale (placed 9th). A 0-0 draw at Grimsby Town's stadium before that.
The attacking power of Cheltenham Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Cheltenham Town are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Mansfield Town victories, 5 draws and 2 Cheltenham Town wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Rose 7 goals |  N. Maynard 6 goals |   R. Broom 6 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Cheltenham Town missing players
| Mansfield Town | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 28 |
| 26 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 63% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 44% | 72% |
| 53% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 39% |
| 42% | 56% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 16% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 47% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 50% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 56% | 39% |
| 37% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 28% |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 265 | 164 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 61 | 175 |
| 79 | 48 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 19 | 63 |
| 33% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 37% | 44% |
- Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Cheltenham Town has the the best goal difference (+13)
- Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cheltenham Town have scored away.
- Mansfield Town have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Swindon Town | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 11 | Newport County | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| 12 | Salford City | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 14 | Macclesfield Town | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 21 |
| 17 | Crawley Town | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 19 |
| 22 | Walsall | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 19 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 14 |