An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic \"six-pointer\" with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 18th place.
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
With 2 League Two wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Mansfield Town are certainly not brimming with confidence. Mansfield Town have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Mansfield Town are returning here after visiting Cambridge United in a League Two game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Bradford City.
N. Maynard was absolutely essential when Mansfield Town beat Cambridge United 3-2, scoring 3 goals.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mansfield Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.
A decent goal production from Mansfield Town in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mansfield Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Grimsby Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Grimsby Town, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The supporters enjoyed Grimsby Town's previous game versus Salford City (placed 11th), a League Two 1-0 win played at home. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Crawley Town.
Grimsby Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Grimsby Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Grimsby Town have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Grimsby Town - Mansfield Town 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mansfield Town won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Grimsby Town has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6Top Goalscorers
  N. Maynard 10 goals |  D. Rose 7 goals |   J. Hanson 5 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Mansfield Town | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 33 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 37 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | 87% |
| 72% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 64% | 61% |
| 52% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| 40% | 50% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 26% |
| 16% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 52% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 45% | 39% |
| 20% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | 26% |
| 36% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 45% | 48% |
| 4 | 4.6 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 348 | 205 | 85 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 130 | 264 |
| 102 | 55 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 36 | 79 |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 29% |
- Grimsby Town has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Grimsby Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Grimsby Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grimsby Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | Swindon Town | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 49 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 43 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 38 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 38 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Salford City | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | Newport County | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | Walsall | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 28 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 26 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 26 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 25 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 20 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -24 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 24 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 17 |