Football match preview: Mansfield Town vs Scunthorpe United

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: One Call Stadium (9186 seats)

Mansfield Town are keen to get the points at their own ground in this game vs Scunthorpe United.

Insights:
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (30) in League Two

Mansfield Town and Scunthorpe United 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 complete League Two statistics playing at home this season for Mansfield Town are 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Mansfield Town in their previous game, a League Two match away at Stevenage (placed 21st) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Manager N. Clough felt very clever after Ryan Stirk scored the winning goal against Stevenage, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 54th minute. John-Joe O'Toole was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.61 out of 10. The defender O'Toole scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.

Previous to that game, a EFL Trophy home match hosting Newcastle United U21 in a game that was won 6-3.

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

Mansfield Town has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 11 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Scunthorpe United so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

Scunthorpe's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Salford City that finished 1-1. Mason O'Malley was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.81. The defender O'Malley served one assist, hit three key passes and won 9 of 10 duels.

Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Doncaster Rovers.

A quick return to home after this game, as Scunthorpe United are hosting Leyton Orient in the League Two only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Scunthorpe United as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Scunthorpe, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches. When Scunthorpe United is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Salford City, Scunthorpe, Colchester United, Carlisle United, Crawley Town, Stevenage and Oldham Athletic.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Mansfield Town five wins, zero draws and Scunthorpe United two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Mansfield TownO. Hawkins
O. Hawkins
4 goals
Mansfield TownD. Johnson
D. Johnson
4 goals
Mansfield TownR. Oates
R. Oates
2 goals

Mansfield Town missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Mansfield Town Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 9 1 Played P 2 8 16
4 3 0 Won W 0 0 2
5 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
7 3 0 Lost L 1 4 8
16 11 0 Scored S 3 6 12
21 11 0 Conceded C 4 17 30
88% 89% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
75% 78% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
44% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 44%
19% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 25%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
62% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 56%
19% 22% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
31% 22% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 38%
 
4.4 4.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.6 4.2
5 4.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 5.4
2.1 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2.1
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12 13.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.4 9.7
2.8 2.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.9 2.7
36% 48% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 40% 28%
 
10.4 9.8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 14 12.9
3.8 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 4.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Scunthorpe United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (30) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-18) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have yet to win a 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 15 9 4 2 27 13 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 5 3 0 15 4 14 31
2 Port Vale 16 8 5 3 28 16 8 4 3 1 14 7 8 4 2 2 14 9 12 29
3 Exeter City 16 7 8 1 27 16 8 4 4 0 14 7 8 3 4 1 13 9 11 29
4 Northampton Town 16 8 3 5 21 13 8 5 1 2 13 6 8 3 2 3 8 7 8 27
5 Harrogate Town 16 7 5 4 30 21 8 3 4 1 16 10 8 4 1 3 14 11 9 26
6 Newport County 16 7 5 4 27 19 7 3 3 1 14 6 9 4 2 3 13 13 8 26
7 Swindon Town 15 7 5 3 22 15 7 1 3 3 6 9 8 6 2 0 16 6 7 26
8 Sutton United 16 8 2 6 24 18 7 4 0 3 13 9 9 4 2 3 11 9 6 26
9 Leyton Orient 16 5 9 2 27 14 8 4 3 1 15 3 8 1 6 1 12 11 13 24
10 Hartlepool United 16 7 2 7 18 22 8 6 1 1 13 7 8 1 1 6 5 15 -4 23
11 Bradford City 16 5 7 4 22 19 8 3 4 1 14 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 3 22
12 Tranmere Rovers 16 6 4 6 11 11 8 5 0 3 8 5 8 1 4 3 3 6 0 22
13 Rochdale 16 5 6 5 21 21 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 3 3 2 13 12 0 21
14 Bristol Rovers 16 6 3 7 19 24 8 4 0 4 10 12 8 2 3 3 9 12 -5 21
15 Walsall 16 5 5 6 20 22 8 3 2 3 12 13 8 2 3 3 8 9 -2 20
16 Barrow 16 4 7 5 20 20 8 2 4 2 11 11 8 2 3 3 9 9 0 19
17 Salford City 16 4 5 7 17 18 9 3 4 2 10 6 7 1 1 5 7 12 -1 17
18 Mansfield Town 16 4 5 7 16 21 9 3 3 3 11 11 7 1 2 4 5 10 -5 17
19 Colchester United 15 4 5 6 12 19 8 2 2 4 6 10 7 2 3 2 6 9 -7 17
20 Crawley Town 15 5 2 8 17 25 8 3 2 3 10 13 7 2 0 5 7 12 -8 17
21 Stevenage 16 3 5 8 12 28 8 2 4 2 8 10 8 1 1 6 4 18 -16 14
22 Carlisle United 16 2 7 7 11 24 8 1 5 2 5 7 8 1 2 5 6 17 -13 13
23 Oldham Athletic 16 3 3 10 12 24 8 1 1 6 7 14 8 2 2 4 5 10 -12 12
24 Scunthorpe United 16 2 6 8 12 30 8 2 2 4 6 13 8 0 4 4 6 17 -18 12

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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.