One Call Stadium: Mansfield Town vs Northampton Town League Two preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: One Call Stadium (9186 seats)

League Two: A pair of squads who have done superbly as yet. Learn more on Mansfield Town - Northampton Town with this broad preview!

Insights:
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals (38) in League Two

Northampton Town are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

Mansfield Town and Northampton Town should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at One Call Stadium as Mansfield Town have scored 40 goals to get 49 points from 23 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 15-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Mansfield, who played 2-2 against Forest Green Rovers. That match was also played at this venue (One Call Stadium). The striker Bowery won the honour of being "man of the match" for Mansfield Town with a rating of 7.53/10. Bowery scored one goal and hit four key passes.

2-2 away at Salford City before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mansfield Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost four.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mansfield as they are travelling to their away game against Northampton Town in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

Mansfield Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at One Call Stadium with 40 goals in 23 league matches. On the other hand, Mansfield Town have conceded 24 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Northampton Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (38) in League Two, on their League Two travels is 10 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Northampton on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Two travels in a row for Northampton Town, whose coach Brady could celebrate last time after the win against Barrow. The attacker Hoskins got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. Hoskins scored two goals.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Exeter City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Northampton Town in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Northampton, three draws and three defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Northampton Town are hosting Mansfield Town in the League Two only four days away.

Northampton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 23 league away games 28 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head game ended Mansfield Town - Northampton Town 1-0, earlier this season. The match official had use for red card when these teams last played each other, and the recipient was Lewis (Northampton Town). Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Mansfield won three games, four matches ended with a tie and Northampton Town managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
14 goals
Mansfield TownR. Oates
R. Oates
9 goals
Northampton TownF. Horsfall
F. Horsfall
9 goals

Mansfield Town missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mansfield Town Northampton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
46 23 6 Played P 6 23 46
22 15 3 Won W 1 10 23
11 4 2 Drew D 2 6 11
13 4 1 Lost L 3 7 12
67 40 12 Scored S 5 28 60
52 24 10 Conceded C 9 23 38
91% 96% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 89%
76% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 61%
50% 52% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 37%
30% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 13%
11% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 9% 7%
57% 61% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 48% 39%
30% 35% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 39% 46%
22% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 26%
 
5.2 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.3 4.3
4.5 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.7 4.6
1.9 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.1
7 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
12.9 13.4 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10 10.9
2.5 2.7 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 3.7
57% 66% 63% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 32% 36%
 
10.2 9.2 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 10.9 10
3.6 3.7 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals (38) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 46 23 15 8 75 44 23 14 4 5 34 18 23 9 11 3 41 26 31 84
2 Exeter City 46 23 15 8 65 41 23 14 6 3 37 19 23 9 9 5 28 22 24 84
3 Bristol Rovers 46 23 11 12 71 49 23 14 4 5 38 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 22 80
4 Northampton Town 46 23 11 12 60 38 23 13 5 5 32 15 23 10 6 7 28 23 22 80
5 Port Vale 46 22 12 12 67 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 23 11 6 6 32 24 21 78
6 Swindon Town 46 22 11 13 77 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 23 13 4 6 42 29 23 77
7 Mansfield Town 46 22 11 13 67 52 23 15 4 4 40 24 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 77
8 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 23 8 5 10 31 33 16 76
9 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 12 13 53 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 23 5 9 9 17 24 13 75
10 Salford City 46 19 13 14 60 46 23 10 9 4 33 21 23 9 4 10 27 25 14 70
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 23 9 6 8 40 31 23 10 6 7 27 27 9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 23 9 6 8 28 29 23 8 4 11 28 37 -10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 5 11 7 26 25 15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 23 6 10 7 29 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 23 8 4 11 23 32 -12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 23 10 5 8 30 29 23 4 7 12 17 31 -13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 23 9 7 7 24 26 23 5 5 13 20 38 -20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 23 5 6 12 23 36 -8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 23 6 7 10 32 36 23 8 4 11 32 39 -11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 23 8 7 8 19 23 23 6 4 13 20 39 -23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 23 9 6 8 29 30 23 2 8 13 16 38 -23 47
22 Barrow 46 10 14 22 44 57 23 5 9 9 25 28 23 5 5 13 19 29 -13 44
23 Oldham Athletic 46 9 11 26 46 75 23 5 4 14 29 42 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 38
24 Scunthorpe United 46 4 14 28 29 90 23 3 7 13 15 36 23 1 7 15 14 54 -61 26

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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 Forest Green Rovers 46 23 15 8 75 44 23 14 4 5 34 18 23 9 11 3 41 26 31 84
2 Exeter City 46 23 15 8 65 41 23 14 6 3 37 19 23 9 9 5 28 22 24 84
3 Bristol Rovers 46 23 11 12 71 49 23 14 4 5 38 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 22 80
4 Northampton Town 46 23 11 12 60 38 23 13 5 5 32 15 23 10 6 7 28 23 22 80
5 Port Vale 46 22 12 12 67 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 23 11 6 6 32 24 21 78
6 Swindon Town 46 22 11 13 77 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 23 13 4 6 42 29 23 77
7 Mansfield Town 46 22 11 13 67 52 23 15 4 4 40 24 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 77
8 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 23 8 5 10 31 33 16 76
9 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 12 13 53 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 23 5 9 9 17 24 13 75
10 Salford City 46 19 13 14 60 46 23 10 9 4 33 21 23 9 4 10 27 25 14 70
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 23 9 6 8 40 31 23 10 6 7 27 27 9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 23 9 6 8 28 29 23 8 4 11 28 37 -10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 5 11 7 26 25 15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 23 6 10 7 29 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 23 8 4 11 23 32 -12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 23 10 5 8 30 29 23 4 7 12 17 31 -13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 23 9 7 7 24 26 23 5 5 13 20 38 -20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 23 5 6 12 23 36 -8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 23 6 7 10 32 36 23 8 4 11 32 39 -11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 23 8 7 8 19 23 23 6 4 13 20 39 -23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 23 9 6 8 29 30 23 2 8 13 16 38 -23 47
22 Barrow 46 10 14 22 44 57 23 5 9 9 25 28 23 5 5 13 19 29 -13 44
23 Oldham Athletic 46 9 11 26 46 75 23 5 4 14 29 42 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 38
24 Scunthorpe United 46 4 14 28 29 90 23 3 7 13 15 36 23 1 7 15 14 54 -61 26

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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.