Open game expected at Wembley Stadium: Mansfield Town vs Port Vale preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 28.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wembley Stadium (90000 seats)

A lot of action is expected at Wembley Stadium when Mansfield Town face Port Vale in what looks to be a brilliant fixture. Here's the preview!

Insights:
  • Mansfield Town have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in League Two

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 are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Wembley Stadium. 15 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 23 games.

It's back home for Mansfield, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Northampton Town away with the result 1-0. McLaughlin found the net in that victory. Hewitt was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Hewitt served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.

Before that, Mansfield Town had a home game versus Northampton Town which ended with a victory 2-1.

The Mansfield Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 40 goals in 23 league matches. Mansfield have conceded 24 in these home matches.

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Port Vale form and stats

The visitors are W11-D6-L6 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Port Vale are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Swindon Town (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties). Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Wilson and that is impressive! Smith was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.23. The defender Smith hit the woodwork once and won 12 of 15 duels.

Prior to that match, the Port manager Clarke faced defeat when travelling to Swindon Town and losing 1-2.

The visiting Port Vale have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 32 goals from 23 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 24 goals have been conceded by Port Vale in these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other previously this season, with the match result Port Vale - Mansfield Town 3-1 logged in the official records. Last ten meetings involving these teams: Mansfield won three, Port Vale were winners in two and we saw five draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Port ValeB. Garrity
B. Garrity
12 goals
Port ValeJ. Proctor
J. Proctor
12 goals
Port ValeJ. Wilson
J. Wilson
11 goals

Mansfield Town missing players

Port Vale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mansfield Town Port Vale
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
48 24 7 Played P 7 24 48
24 16 5 Won W 4 11 23
11 4 1 Drew D 0 6 12
13 4 1 Lost L 3 7 13
70 42 14 Scored S 11 33 69
53 25 10 Conceded C 9 26 48
92% 96% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 96% 90%
75% 83% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 71% 69%
50% 54% 86% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 42% 42%
29% 29% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 17% 25%
10% 17% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 12% 15%
56% 62% 86% BTTS BTTS 57% 62% 54%
31% 33% 14% Clean Sheets C S 29% 25% 35%
21% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 14% 17% 21%
 
5.1 5.1 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 4.9
4.7 4.6 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.2 4.2
1.9 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2 1.6
7 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.6 13 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.1 11 11.1
2.5 2.6 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.5
58% 67% 88% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 38% 42%
 
10.2 9.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 10.8 10.2
3.5 3.6 4.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.3 3.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mansfield Town have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in League Two

  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.