League Two duel: Close contest expected between Mansfield Town and Lincoln City

Competition: England League Two
Date: ma 18.mars
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: One Call Stadium

Mansfield Town and Lincoln City are both riding high in the League Two with their 3rd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

Mansfield Town has performed well at One Call Stadium so far this season with 12 wins from 18 matches. Points have also been lost, 4 after draws and 2 from defeats. Ever since the Yeovil Town game Mansfield Town has been unbeatable here at One Call Stadium producing five straight wins.

The home team returns to One Call Stadium after sharing the points with Crawley Town on their last time out; the League Two game ended 0-0. Heartbreak before that as Mansfield Town lost 1-2 at Port Vale's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Mansfield Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mansfield Town as a small favourite), we find two games. Mansfield Town has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0. Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Crewe Alexandra in only four days. This game is also played here at One Call Stadium.

A decent goal production from Mansfield Town in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 37 matches. Mansfield Town have only conceded 10 in these games.

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Lincoln City form and stats

As the visiting team Lincoln City have produced an overall stat of 10-5-3 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Lincoln City as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. Lincoln City has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Lincoln City are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the League Two against Oldham Athletic. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Yeovil Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 23 similar matches played by Lincoln City in our archives, and the results are: 11 wins for Lincoln City, 7 draws and 5 defeats. After this away game Lincoln City are travelling again fairly soon, but not to a normal away game. The League Two match versus Crawley Town is played at a neutral venue in only four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Lincoln City's attacking play in away games, having scored 32 goals in 37 away matches. Lincoln City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 17 times in 18 matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lincoln City - Mansfield Town 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Mansfield Town won 5, Lincoln City won 1 and 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

T. Walker
17 goals / 3 assists
J. Akinde
13 goals / 5 assists
C. Hamilton
8 goals / 3 assists

Mansfield Town missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Mansfield Town (37 played) Lincoln City (37 played)
Over Total Over Home Goals Over Away Over Total
86% 89% Over 0.5 100% 100%
62% 61% Over 1.5 79% 78%
43% 44% Over 2.5 47% 46%
24% 17% Over 3.5 32% 24%
8% 6% Over 4.5 11% 11%
Stat Mansfield Town (37 played) Lincoln City (37 played)
BTTS 49% 65%
CS 43% 27%
FTS 22% 8%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 37 21 12 4 65 35 19 11 7 1 33 18 18 10 5 3 32 17 30 75
2 Bury 37 20 10 7 71 41 18 12 5 1 45 18 19 8 5 6 26 23 30 70
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 19 9 10 62 40 19 12 4 3 31 11 19 7 5 7 31 29 22 66
4 Mansfield Town 37 17 14 6 54 30 18 12 4 2 30 10 19 5 10 4 24 20 24 65
5 Tranmere Rovers 37 17 10 10 54 42 19 12 4 3 27 10 18 5 6 7 27 32 12 61
6 Forest Green Rovers 38 15 13 10 55 39 19 6 8 5 23 17 19 9 5 5 32 22 16 58
7 Exeter City 37 16 10 11 50 37 19 10 3 6 29 18 18 6 7 5 21 19 13 58
8 Colchester United 38 16 9 13 57 46 19 10 4 5 36 19 19 6 5 8 21 27 11 57
9 Carlisle United 38 17 6 15 57 49 19 9 2 8 32 25 19 8 4 7 25 24 8 57
10 Stevenage 38 15 8 15 43 47 19 10 2 7 22 19 19 5 6 8 21 28 -4 53
11 Northampton Town 38 12 16 10 48 47 19 6 10 3 23 21 19 6 6 7 25 26 1 52
12 Newport County 37 15 7 15 46 56 18 11 4 3 26 21 19 4 3 12 20 35 -10 52
13 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 43 46 19 6 8 5 22 23 18 7 4 7 21 23 -3 51
14 Crewe Alexandra 38 14 8 16 46 48 19 12 2 5 35 19 19 2 6 11 11 29 -2 50
15 Oldham Athletic 37 12 12 13 54 48 18 7 5 6 31 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 6 48
16 Grimsby Town 38 14 6 18 40 48 19 9 3 7 23 19 19 5 3 11 17 29 -8 48
17 Cheltenham Town 38 12 9 17 46 56 19 8 5 6 27 25 19 4 4 11 19 31 -10 45
18 Crawley Town 38 12 7 19 40 55 19 9 4 6 29 24 19 3 3 13 11 31 -15 43
19 Morecambe 38 11 9 18 44 58 19 6 3 10 26 29 19 5 6 8 18 29 -14 42
20 Port Vale 38 10 11 17 33 43 19 6 3 10 22 29 19 4 8 7 11 14 -10 41
21 Cambridge United 37 11 8 18 32 54 19 7 6 6 20 20 18 4 2 12 12 34 -22 41
22 Yeovil Town 38 9 9 20 36 54 19 4 7 8 18 29 19 5 2 12 18 25 -18 36
23 Macclesfield Town 37 8 9 20 38 62 18 4 7 7 19 29 19 4 2 13 19 33 -24 33
24 Notts County 38 7 12 19 38 71 19 4 8 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 20 43 -33 33

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