This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Mansfield Town holding 18th place and Scunthorpe United lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Mansfield Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mansfield Town and Scunthorpe United.
Mansfield are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Scunthorpe United are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Mansfield Town have collected 22 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-10-7.
A good away victory last time out for Mansfield, who won 1-0 against Stevenage (placed 15th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Newport County that ended 1-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Mansfield handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, six draws and seven defeats.
Mansfield are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Salford City awaits in four days.
Mansfield Town has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Mansfield's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 30 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Scunthorpe United form and stats
There's been little loot from Scunthorpe United's travels as they have only collected 20 points from 20 away games in the League Two. Scunthorpe United only have 6 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Scunthorpe United are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Scunthorpe, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Forest Green Rovers (placed 6th). Prior to that match, the Scunthorpe United manager P. Musselwhite faced defeat when travelling to Morecambe and losing 1-4.
Scunthorpe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Walsall in just four days.
The attacking power of Scunthorpe when travelling is not overwhelming with 19 goals scored from 20 league matches away. As opposed to that, Scunthorpe have seen the ball go into their own net 29 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Scunthorpe United - Mansfield 2-3, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Mansfield won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Scunthorpe United has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Bowery 10 goals |   A. Eisa 9 goals | R. Loft 8 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Scunthorpe United missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 42 | 21 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 20 | 41 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 47 | 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 52 | 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 29 | 54 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 76% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 66% |
| 38% | 48% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 30% | 29% |
| 26% | 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 12% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 57% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 40% | 39% |
| 24% | 24% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 27% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.1 | 14 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.3 |
| 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 43% | 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 32% | 32% |
- Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in League Two
- Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Scunthorpe United 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 | Cambridge United | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 21 | 74 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 41 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 72 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 70 |
| 4 | Morecambe | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 57 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 69 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 48 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 66 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 41 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 65 |
| 7 | Newport County | 41 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 62 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 41 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 65 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 61 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 48 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 61 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 41 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 46 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 60 |
| 11 | Salford City | 41 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 46 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 59 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 30 | -1 | 59 |
| 13 | Bradford City | 41 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 47 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 0 | 58 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 54 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 36 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -1 | 53 |
| 16 | Harrogate Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 49 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 27 | -4 | 53 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 67 | 72 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 37 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 35 | -5 | 51 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 47 | 52 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 22 | -5 | 49 |
| 19 | Walsall | 42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 26 | -6 | 49 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 41 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 54 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 29 | -13 | 47 |
| 21 | Barrow | 41 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 49 | 53 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 25 | -4 | 46 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 42 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 41 | 60 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 34 | -19 | 44 |
| 23 | Southend United | 42 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 53 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -29 | 38 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 59 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -27 | 37 |