Mansfield Town welcome Gillingham with belief in winning all three points. Can they? Open our preview!
- Mansfield Town have the most points from losing position (16) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (14) 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!
Mansfield Town form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Mansfield Town have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.
Mansfield Town drew their last game, 1-1 away at Bradford City (placed 8th). Mansfield Town's goalie Flinders played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Bradford City with a stunning six saves. Kilgour was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.13 out of 10. The defender Kilgour scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 6 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that match, Mansfield won a home game hosting Doncaster Rovers (4-1).Take note: 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.
Mansfield Town are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Carlisle United awaits in three days.
Mansfield Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at One Call Stadium with 25 goals in 14 league matches. Mansfield Town have conceded 20 in these home matches.
Gillingham form and stats
Gillingham have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-5-8 (14 played).
Gillingham go into this game after a win, the home game against Crawley Town that ended 1-0. Morris was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.41. The agile goalkeeper Morris topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Swindon Town that ended 3-3.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Gillingham when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
Few goals the story here? 21 of this team's most recent 24 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Gillingham are hosting Grimsby Town in the League Two only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gillingham as they have only managed to score 8 times from 14 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Gillingham in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams played each other earlier this match year: Gillingham - Mansfield 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Swan 9 goals | G. Maris 4 goals |  L. Akins 4 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Gillingham missing players
| Mansfield Town | Gillingham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 41 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 37 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 31 |
| 89% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 75% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 59% |
| 57% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 21% | 15% |
| 25% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 7% | 4% |
| 18% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 4% |
| 64% | 79% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 29% | 22% |
| 25% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 33% |
| 21% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 64% | 59% |
| 6 | 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 11.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.7 | 9.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 39% | 40% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 47% | 41% |
| 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.2 | 11.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
- Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (14) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League Two
- Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (23) in League Two
- Gillingham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
- Mansfield Town have the most points from losing position (16) 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 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 57 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 48 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 51 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 49 |
| 5 | Salford City | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 45 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 41 |
| 9 | Barrow | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -4 | 40 |
| 10 | Stockport County | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 39 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 39 |
| 12 | Sutton United | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 39 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 38 |
| 14 | Walsall | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 37 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 33 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 31 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 30 |
| 19 | Newport County | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 29 |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -12 | 25 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 24 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -24 | 22 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 21 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 20 |
