Mansfield Town favourites for feisty fight facing Newport County

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

It's the second try for points this league season as Mansfield Town and Newport County cross swords at One Call Stadium.

It's no vacation for neither Mansfield Town nor Newport County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

Last season, Mansfield Town's league statistics were 13 wins, 19 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the League Two. Over these 46 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 55. Playing at home last season Mansfield Town managed 6-10-7 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 31 conceded. The hosts won their first League Two game here at One Call Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Mansfield Town last season were 6 wins, 10 draws and 7 losses from 23 games.

The Mansfield fans got no joy from their last match, a Carabao Cup game also here at One Call Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against Preston North End. Midfielder George Maris was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.13 (out of ten) in that game. Maris hit three key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).

Before that, Mansfield had a League Two home game versus Bristol Rovers which ended with a victory 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Mansfield Town 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.

Mansfield are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Colchester United awaits in three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Mansfield Town's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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Newport County form and stats

Let's have a look at how Newport County performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 13 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 8 and lost 8 with 30/25 goals scored/conceded. 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 7 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats from 23 matches.

The Newport goalkeeper Joe Day is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 183 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Newport County play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Ipswich Town. Nick Townsend (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.42. Townsend stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Goalkeeper Nick Townsend was absolutely vital in the Newport victory against Ipswich Town, making six saves.

Prior to that result Newport won their away game at Oldham Athletic in the League Two. The scoreline was 1-0.

Newport are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of four matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Northampton Town in just three days.

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

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Mansfield victories, five draws and two Newport County wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Mansfield TownO. Hawkins
O. Hawkins
1 goals
MansfieldD. Johnson
D. Johnson
1 goals
Newport CountyK. Ellison
K. Ellison
1 goals

Mansfield Town missing players

Newport County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mansfield Town Newport County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2
4 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 5
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
67% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
Mansfield Town Last season Newport County
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   25 49
13 6   Won W   7 21
19 10   Drew D   8 13
14 7   Lost L   10 15
57 33   Scored S   33 62
55 31   Conceded C   30 47
89% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 92%
70% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 67%
41% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 37%
26% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 12%
13% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 8%
54% 61%   BTTS BTTS   64% 51%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 37%
30% 26%   Failed to Score F T   12% 20%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
4.2 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.7
1.5 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.1
4 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
12.7 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   11 12
2.7 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.6
46% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 35%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Forest Green Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Mansfield Town 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Hartlepool United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Newport County 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Stevenage 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Tranmere Rovers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Leyton Orient 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Salford City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Bradford City 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Carlisle United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Colchester United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Exeter City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Rochdale 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Sutton United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Barrow 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Port Vale 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Walsall 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
24 Scunthorpe United 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43

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

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