Home advantage could prove decisive in Mansfield Town - Oldham Athletic battle

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 09.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: One Call Stadium (9186 seats)

League Two: We're previewing an appealing and key game involving Mansfield Town and Oldham Athletic at One Call Stadium. This duo need points like a fish needs water!

Insights:
  • Mansfield Town is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in League Two

There haven't been much to rest for the host team, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four days back. This match was also played here at One Call Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Oldham Athletic have had more rest.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

Mansfield Town have played 6 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Mansfield are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 198 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by D. Johnson).

The Mansfield fans got no joy from their last match, a EFL Trophy game also here at One Call Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Sheffield Wednesday. Heartbreak for Mansfield in their last match as Sheffield Wednesday's F. Kamberi scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Preceding that match was a League Two defeat to Barrow (0-1).

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 four wins, four draws and seven defeats.

The Mansfield Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mansfield defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

The visitors are W2-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Oldham failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Harrogate Town (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Defender Carl Piergianni was the best team player with a rating of 7.21. Piergianni hit one key pass and won 14 of 16 duels.

A loss against Leeds United U21 was the result prior to that, in a EFL Trophy home game.

We have checked recent matches where Oldham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were six victories, five draws and six defeats.

The attacking power of Oldham Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. In the opposite end, Oldham have conceded 8 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Mansfield won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Oldham Athletic managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Mansfield TownO. Hawkins
O. Hawkins
3 goals
MansfieldD. Johnson
D. Johnson
3 goals
Oldham AthleticD. Bahamboula
D. Bahamboula
2 goals

Mansfield Town missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 6 1 Played P 1 5 10
2 2 1 Won W 0 2 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 3 0 Lost L 1 3 7
10 8 2 Scored S 0 4 6
15 10 1 Conceded C 1 8 16
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
70% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 60%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 60%
30% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 10%
10% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
70% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
30% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 50%
 
4.5 4.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6 5.8
5.6 6.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 4.4
2.3 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 13 17 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.2 10.4
3.1 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 2.6
32% 53% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 23%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Mansfield Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mansfield Town have the most conceded goals (10) at home in League Two
  • Mansfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mansfield Town is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Oldham Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Forest Green Rovers 10 7 2 1 20 8 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 4 1 0 11 2 12 23
2 Harrogate Town 10 5 4 1 17 12 5 2 3 0 8 6 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 19
3 Port Vale 10 5 3 2 13 8 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 18
4 Leyton Orient 10 4 4 2 18 10 5 3 1 1 9 2 5 1 3 1 9 8 8 16
5 Swindon Town 10 4 4 2 12 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 3 2 0 9 4 4 16
6 Exeter City 10 3 6 1 14 8 5 2 3 0 8 3 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 15
7 Barrow 10 4 3 3 14 11 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 15
8 Bradford City 10 4 3 3 14 11 5 3 2 0 10 4 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 15
9 Tranmere Rovers 10 4 3 3 6 4 5 4 0 1 6 2 5 0 3 2 0 2 2 15
10 Northampton Town 10 4 3 3 9 9 5 2 1 2 5 6 5 2 2 1 4 3 0 15
11 Sutton United 9 4 2 3 12 8 4 3 0 1 8 3 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 14
12 Newport County 10 4 2 4 13 13 4 2 1 1 7 4 6 2 1 3 6 9 0 14
13 Hartlepool United 10 4 2 4 9 9 5 4 1 0 7 2 5 0 1 4 2 7 0 14
14 Crawley Town 10 4 2 4 13 15 5 3 2 0 8 5 5 1 0 4 5 10 -2 14
15 Salford City 10 3 3 4 11 10 6 2 3 1 7 4 4 1 0 3 4 6 1 12
16 Rochdale 10 3 3 4 12 13 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 9 9 -1 12
17 Stevenage 10 3 3 4 9 13 5 2 2 1 5 6 5 1 1 3 4 7 -4 12
18 Colchester United 9 2 4 3 7 9 4 0 1 3 1 5 5 2 3 0 6 4 -2 10
19 Carlisle United 10 2 4 4 9 15 5 1 3 1 5 6 5 1 1 3 4 9 -6 10
20 Bristol Rovers 10 3 1 6 9 17 5 2 0 3 4 8 5 1 1 3 5 9 -8 10
21 Walsall 10 2 3 5 11 15 5 2 1 2 7 7 5 0 2 3 4 8 -4 9
22 Mansfield Town 10 2 3 5 10 15 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 0 2 2 2 5 -5 9
23 Oldham Athletic 10 2 1 7 6 16 5 0 1 4 2 8 5 2 0 3 4 8 -10 7
24 Scunthorpe United 10 1 4 5 6 17 5 1 1 3 3 9 5 0 3 2 3 8 -11 7

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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.