Evenly matched teams: Mansfield Town vs Forest Green Rovers match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: One Call Stadium (9186 seats)

A total of 45 rounds of games are done and both Mansfield Town and Forest Green Rovers are high up in the table. Game on!

Insights:
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+31) in League Two

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Mansfield Town form and stats

Mansfield Town are steadily winning League Two games and points here at One Call Stadium. 15 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 22 games. Two home wins in a row for Mansfield Town bring valid hopes of a third.

Mansfield drew their last game, 2-2 away at Salford City (placed 10th). Defender McLaughlin got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.44/10. McLaughlin scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 7 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match, Mansfield Town won a home game hosting Stevenage (2-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mansfield Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn five and lost four.

Mansfield Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at One Call Stadium with 38 goals in 22 league matches.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Forest Green Rovers have produced an overall stat of 9-10-3 so far.

Rovers have much to remedy after their shock defeat (1-3) to Harrogate Town in their previous outing, played at home. Cadden got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, top player of the team. Cadden hit eight key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Swindon Town wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Forest Green Rovers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Forest Green Rovers, three draws and four defeats.

Forest Green Rovers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 39 times in 22 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Forest Green Rovers have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date recorded history featuring both these contenders is the Forest Green Rovers - Mansfield 1-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Mansfield Town won four, Forest Green Rovers triumphed in three and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
23 goals
Forest Green RoversJ. Matt
J. Matt
19 goals
MansfieldR. Oates
R. Oates
9 goals

Mansfield Town missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mansfield Town Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
22 15 4 Won W 0 9 23
10 3 1 Drew D 5 10 14
13 4 1 Lost L 1 3 8
65 38 11 Scored S 4 39 73
50 22 8 Conceded C 5 24 42
91% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 91%
76% 82% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 80%
49% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 45% 36%
29% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 32% 22%
11% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 7%
56% 59% 83% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 47%
31% 36% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 32% 42%
22% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 20%
 
5.3 5.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 6.1 6.2
4.5 4.3 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.1 4.4
2 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.6
7 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13 13.5 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 12.1 13.3
2.6 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 4.9
57% 64% 61% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 38% 33%
 
10.1 8.9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 10.8 10.5
3.5 3.6 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forest Green Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+15) away in League Two
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the best goal difference (+31) in League Two
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Exeter City 45 23 15 7 65 40 22 14 6 2 37 18 23 9 9 5 28 22 25 84
2 Forest Green Rovers 45 23 14 8 73 42 23 14 4 5 34 18 22 9 10 3 39 24 31 83
3 Northampton Town 45 22 11 12 57 37 23 13 5 5 32 15 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 77
4 Bristol Rovers 45 22 11 12 64 49 22 13 4 5 31 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 15 77
5 Mansfield Town 45 22 10 13 65 50 22 15 3 4 38 22 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 76
6 Port Vale 45 21 12 12 66 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 22 10 6 6 31 24 20 75
7 Swindon Town 45 21 11 13 74 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 22 12 4 6 39 29 20 74
8 Sutton United 45 21 10 14 67 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 22 7 5 10 29 33 14 73
9 Tranmere Rovers 45 20 12 13 52 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 12 72
10 Salford City 45 19 13 13 58 42 23 10 9 4 33 21 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 70
11 Newport County 45 19 12 14 67 56 22 9 6 7 40 29 23 10 6 7 27 27 11 69
12 Crawley Town 45 17 9 19 53 63 23 9 6 8 28 29 22 8 3 11 25 34 -10 60
13 Leyton Orient 45 14 16 15 62 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 23 5 11 7 26 25 16 58
14 Bradford City 45 13 16 16 51 55 22 5 10 7 27 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -4 55
15 Walsall 45 14 12 19 47 57 22 10 5 7 30 26 23 4 7 12 17 31 -10 54
16 Hartlepool United 45 14 12 19 44 62 22 9 7 6 24 24 23 5 5 13 20 38 -18 54
17 Harrogate Town 45 14 11 20 64 73 22 6 7 9 32 34 23 8 4 11 32 39 -9 53
18 Carlisle United 45 14 11 20 39 60 23 8 7 8 19 23 22 6 4 12 20 37 -21 53
19 Colchester United 45 13 13 19 46 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 52
20 Rochdale 45 11 17 17 49 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 22 4 6 12 21 36 -10 50
21 Barrow 45 10 14 21 43 54 22 5 9 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 19 29 -11 44
22 Stevenage 45 10 14 21 41 66 22 8 6 8 25 28 23 2 8 13 16 38 -25 44
23 Oldham Athletic 45 9 10 26 43 72 22 5 3 14 26 39 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 37
24 Scunthorpe United 45 4 14 27 29 83 23 3 7 13 15 36 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 26

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 45 23 15 7 65 40 22 14 6 2 37 18 23 9 9 5 28 22 25 84
2 Forest Green Rovers 45 23 14 8 73 42 23 14 4 5 34 18 22 9 10 3 39 24 31 83
3 Northampton Town 45 22 11 12 57 37 23 13 5 5 32 15 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 77
4 Bristol Rovers 45 22 11 12 64 49 22 13 4 5 31 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 15 77
5 Mansfield Town 45 22 10 13 65 50 22 15 3 4 38 22 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 76
6 Port Vale 45 21 12 12 66 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 22 10 6 6 31 24 20 75
7 Swindon Town 45 21 11 13 74 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 22 12 4 6 39 29 20 74
8 Sutton United 45 21 10 14 67 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 22 7 5 10 29 33 14 73
9 Tranmere Rovers 45 20 12 13 52 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 12 72
10 Salford City 45 19 13 13 58 42 23 10 9 4 33 21 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 70
11 Newport County 45 19 12 14 67 56 22 9 6 7 40 29 23 10 6 7 27 27 11 69
12 Crawley Town 45 17 9 19 53 63 23 9 6 8 28 29 22 8 3 11 25 34 -10 60
13 Leyton Orient 45 14 16 15 62 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 23 5 11 7 26 25 16 58
14 Bradford City 45 13 16 16 51 55 22 5 10 7 27 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -4 55
15 Walsall 45 14 12 19 47 57 22 10 5 7 30 26 23 4 7 12 17 31 -10 54
16 Hartlepool United 45 14 12 19 44 62 22 9 7 6 24 24 23 5 5 13 20 38 -18 54
17 Harrogate Town 45 14 11 20 64 73 22 6 7 9 32 34 23 8 4 11 32 39 -9 53
18 Carlisle United 45 14 11 20 39 60 23 8 7 8 19 23 22 6 4 12 20 37 -21 53
19 Colchester United 45 13 13 19 46 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 52
20 Rochdale 45 11 17 17 49 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 22 4 6 12 21 36 -10 50
21 Barrow 45 10 14 21 43 54 22 5 9 8 24 25 23 5 5 13 19 29 -11 44
22 Stevenage 45 10 14 21 41 66 22 8 6 8 25 28 23 2 8 13 16 38 -25 44
23 Oldham Athletic 45 9 10 26 43 72 22 5 3 14 26 39 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 37
24 Scunthorpe United 45 4 14 27 29 83 23 3 7 13 15 36 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 26

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.