League Two preview: Can Mansfield Town edge out victory against Harrogate Town?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 04.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: One Call Stadium (9186 seats)

Read up on this engrossing match in the League Two. Mansfield Town is in the 7th spot from participating in five fixtures. They host Harrogate Town who are placed 2nd from four games.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mansfield and Harrogate Town.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

Mansfield Town must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three League Two games here at One Call Stadium.

No payout for Mansfield Town in their previous match, an away game at Harrogate Town that ended in defeat 1-3.

A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Swindon Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Mansfield handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and six defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Mansfield Town's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mansfield defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Harrogate Town form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the League Two, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 4 draws and 11 defeats from 23 matches.

Impressive finishing from D. Orsi-Dadomo (3) secured the home win 3-1 against Mansfield Town in their previous game. D. Orsi-Dadomo certainly enjoyed Harrogate's last game versus Mansfield Town, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-1 victory.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Exeter City.

We have checked recent matches where Harrogate Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, three draws and two defeats.

It's early days yet, but Harrogate Town has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding three meetings): Mansfield won zero games, zero matches ended with a tie and Harrogate Town got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

MansfieldO. Hawkins
O. Hawkins
3 goals
Harrogate TownA. Pattison
A. Pattison
3 goals
Harrogate TownL. Armstrong
L. Armstrong
3 goals

Mansfield Town missing players

Harrogate Town missing players

Mansfield Town Harrogate Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 1 Played P 1 1 4
2 2 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
7 6 2 Scored S 2 2 8
7 5 3 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
20% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
20% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
80% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 25%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.4 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 6.8
3.4 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 4.2
1.4 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.8 13 15 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6 13.5
3.6 3.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 5.2
39% 55% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 38%
Mansfield Town Last season Harrogate Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
13 6   Won W   8 16
19 10   Drew D   4 9
14 7   Lost L   11 21
57 33   Scored S   28 52
55 31   Conceded C   32 61
89% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
70% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 59%
41% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 52%
26% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 22%
13% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 9%
54% 61%   BTTS BTTS   61% 48%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 28%
30% 26%   Failed to Score F T   22% 33%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5
4.2 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.6
1.5 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.1
4 2   Red cards R C   4 5
 
12.7 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 12.3
2.7 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4
46% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 28%

  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 5 4 0 1 13 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 5 12
2 Harrogate Town 4 3 1 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 10
3 Bradford City 5 3 1 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 10
4 Swindon Town 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 10
5 Hartlepool United 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 9
6 Leyton Orient 5 2 2 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 8
7 Mansfield Town 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 7
8 Northampton Town 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 7
9 Stevenage 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 7
10 Port Vale 5 1 3 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 6
11 Exeter City 5 1 3 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 0 6
12 Carlisle United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 6
13 Colchester United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 6
14 Scunthorpe United 5 1 3 1 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 6
15 Newport County 4 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 3 5 -2 6
16 Salford City 5 1 2 2 5 4 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 5
17 Rochdale 5 1 2 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 5
18 Barrow 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 5
19 Tranmere Rovers 5 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 5
20 Crawley Town 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 7 -3 4
21 Walsall 5 1 1 3 3 7 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 4
22 Bristol Rovers 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 7 -5 4
23 Oldham Athletic 5 1 0 4 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 3
24 Sutton United 4 0 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -2 2

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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.