Lots to play for in this game, with Mansfield Town positioned 5th and Salford City in 7th. Here's our full preview!
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Mansfield Town and Salford City 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.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Mansfield Town have collected 26 points from their League Two home games so far after 7-5-3. Mansfield Town has recorded two wins in a row here at One Call Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Mansfield goalkeeper Christy Pym is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 331 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.
Mansfield Town enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tranmere Rovers's place. The match ended 2-0 with Harbottle and Keillor-Dunn scoring.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Carlisle United.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mansfield have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 6.
The Mansfield Town fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Mansfield Town have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Salford City form and stats
7-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Salford City in their League Two matches away. Salford has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Salford City's previous game was their home loss versus Swindon Town (1-2). Watt got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Watt hit six key passes.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Harrogate Town.We have checked recent matches where Salford City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Observe! Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's last 12 league matches.
Salford have another game that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a League Two match against Barrow. A demanding fixture list for the visiting team!
The visiting Salford City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 15 games. Salford City have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other before in this season, with the result Salford City - Mansfield 2-0 entered in the official records. Last six meetings between these sides: Mansfield Town won two, Salford City were winners in three and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
![]() W. Swan 9 goals | ![]() C. McAleny 8 goals | ![]() M. Smith 7 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Salford City missing players
| Mansfield Town | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 49 | 27 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 42 |
| 37 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 90% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 77% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 66% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 41% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 19% |
| 16% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 16% |
| 58% | 73% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 47% | 47% |
| 32% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 34% |
| 19% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 25% |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 11.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.8 | 12.2 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 39% | 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| 8.5 | 8.3 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 13.7 | 12.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
- Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in League Two
- Mansfield Town is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Leyton Orient | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 70 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 57 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 55 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 52 |
| 6 | Stockport County | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 51 |
| 7 | Salford City | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 49 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 48 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -4 | 47 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -6 | 46 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 45 |
| 12 | Barrow | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -5 | 44 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 42 |
| 14 | Walsall | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 41 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 36 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 36 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -8 | 35 |
| 19 | Newport County | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 34 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 30 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 29 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -25 | 27 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 32 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 49 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 21 |
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