Mansfield Town are enjoying their stay in the top table places while Colchester United are more nervous about staying out of trouble and relegation. Who wins the prize?
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (5-1-0) in League Two
- Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in League Two
Colchester United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Leyton Orient. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Mansfield Town form and stats
33 points is a decent return from 16 League Two games here at One Call Stadium for Mansfield Town. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The Mansfield Town fans aren't used to losing league-games here at One Call Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Mansfield Town has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Mansfield Town are confident in defense, having played 253 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Mansfield manager Clough and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Harrogate Town (placed 11th). Bishop, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.75 out of 10 in that game. Bishop topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Mansfield Town won a home game hosting Leyton Orient (2-0).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Mansfield Town's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won two matches, drawn three and lost zero.
The manager Clough will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bristol Rovers in only four days.
Mansfield Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at One Call Stadium with 27 goals in 16 league matches. Mansfield Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Colchester United form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Colchester United playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Colchester United has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
It's the second away game in a row for Colchester United, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Leyton Orient (placed 15th) last time out. Midfield player Sears was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.93/10. Sears scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Rochdale.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Colchester when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning one game.
After this away game Colchester United return home for a League Two game against Carlisle United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 21 goals have been conceded by Colchester United in these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other already this season, with the final score Colchester United - Mansfield Town 1-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mansfield Town one win, six draws and Colchester United three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Sears 10 goals |   J. Bowery 5 goals |  R. Oates 5 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Mansfield Town | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 16 | 7 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 13 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 37 | 27 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 31 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 37 |
| 89% | 94% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 89% |
| 78% | 81% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 71% |
| 48% | 50% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 47% | 36% |
| 26% | 31% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| 11% | 19% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 7% |
| 59% | 62% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 46% |
| 26% | 31% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 21% |
| 26% | 12% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 53% | 43% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12.4 | 13.3 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.9 | 10.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 50% | 60% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 25% | 29% |
| 9.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colchester United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in League Two
- 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 Colchester United have scored away.
- Mansfield Town have the most scored goals (27) at home in League Two
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 36 | 62 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 48 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Newport County | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 45 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 43 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 40 |
| 10 | Salford City | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 40 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 37 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 37 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 37 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 33 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -15 | 32 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 31 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -2 | 30 |
| 19 | Barrow | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 30 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -12 | 30 |
| 21 | Walsall | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 29 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -17 | 27 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 22 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -29 | 19 |
