League Two prediction and preview: Mansfield Town modest favorites to beat Stevenage

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: One Call Stadium (8186 seats)

The Mansfield Town manager J. Dempster attacks this game with the team placed 13th so far. In the visitors dressing room Stevenage and their manager D. Maamria are in 22nd place before this match.

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 Stevenage.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

Two home games so far for Mansfield Town, who are yet to win here at One Call Stadium, having collected only 1 point so far.

The Mansfield Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Leyton Orient here at One Call Stadium in a League Two match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Carlisle United and winning 2-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Mansfield Town's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Everton U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at One Call Stadium.

At One Call Stadium, Mansfield Town has the goal stats of 4-5 (for/against) from 2 fixtures.

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Stevenage form and stats

Still no away game victory for Stevenage, who have the fewest scored goals (0) in League Two, with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

The manager D. Maamria was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground One Call Stadium. Stevenage suffered a 0-1 loss to Bradford City. A 0-0 draw at Leyton Orient's stadium before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Stevenage when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Stevenage has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 1 - 3 (Mansfield Town wins - draws - Stevenage wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Rose
5 goals / 1 assists
N. Maynard
2 goals
K. Pearce
1 goals

Mansfield Town missing players

Stevenage missing players

Mansfield Town Stevenage
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played 2 2 4
1 0 0 Won 0 0 0
2 1 1 Drew 1 1 1
1 1 0 Lost 1 1 3
8 4 2 Scored 0 0 0
7 5 2 Conceded 2 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 50% 50% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 50% 50% 25%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 100% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 100% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 100% 100% 100%
 
3.8 4.5 7 Corners For (avg) 7 7 5.8
6.8 7 7 Corners Against (avg) 6 6 5
2.8 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0.5
2 1 1 Red Cards 0 0 0
Mansfield Town Last season Stevenage
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
48 24 8 Played 8 23 46
20 14 3 Won 2 8 20
18 6 2 Drew 3 7 10
10 4 3 Lost 3 8 16
70 38 12 Scored 8 31 59
42 15 8 Conceded 13 32 55
88% 88% 75% Over 0.5 88% 96% 96%
65% 62% 62% Over 1.5 88% 83% 70%
44% 46% 62% Over 2.5 62% 48% 43%
25% 17% 25% Over 3.5 25% 30% 26%
10% 4% 12% Over 4.5 0% 13% 11%
52% 42% 50% BTTS 62% 57% 46%
40% 54% 50% Clean Sheets 12% 17% 28%
21% 17% 25% Failed To Score 38% 30% 30%
 
6.3 7.3 8.4 Corners For (avg) 2.8 3.7 4.6
4.7 4.4 4 Corners Against (avg) 8.9 6.5 5.7
1.9 1.7 1.9 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.4 2 1.4
4 2 0 Red Cards 3 6 9
Key stats last season:
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mansfield Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Stevenage have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stevenage have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Mansfield Town
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 LT Newport County 2 - 2 Mansfield Town
10-08-19 LT Mansfield Town 2 - 2 Morecambe
13-08-19 CC Mansfield Town 2 - 2 Morecambe
17-08-19 LT Carlisle United 0 - 2 Mansfield Town
20-08-19 LT Mansfield Town 2 - 3 Leyton Orient
24-08-19 LT Mansfield Town 14:00 Stevenage
27-08-19 EFL Mansfield Town 18:45 Everton U21
31-08-19 LT Exeter City 14:00 Mansfield Town
07-09-19 LT Mansfield Town 14:00 Scunthorpe United
14-09-19 LT Crawley Town 14:00 Mansfield Town
Stevenage
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 LT Salford City 2 - 0 Stevenage
10-08-19 LT Stevenage 0 - 1 Exeter City
13-08-19 CC Stevenage 1 - 2 Southend United
17-08-19 LT Leyton Orient 0 - 0 Stevenage
20-08-19 LT Stevenage 0 - 1 Bradford City
24-08-19 LT Mansfield Town 14:00 Stevenage
31-08-19 LT Stevenage 14:00 Macclesfield Town
03-09-19 EFL Stevenage 18:45 Milton Keynes Dons
07-09-19 LT Cheltenham Town 14:00 Stevenage
14-09-19 LT Stevenage 14:00 Carlisle United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Crewe Alexandra 4 3 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 9
2 Bradford City 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 8
3 Cambridge United 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
4 Exeter City 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
5 Cheltenham Town 4 2 1 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 7
6 Plymouth Argyle 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 7
7 Swindon Town 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 7
8 Forest Green Rovers 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 7
9 Leyton Orient 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 5 -1 7
10 Macclesfield Town 4 2 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
11 Port Vale 4 1 3 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
12 Newport County 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
13 Mansfield Town 4 1 2 1 8 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 5
14 Grimsby Town 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 5
15 Salford City 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 5
16 Walsall 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
17 Morecambe 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 5
18 Crawley Town 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 4
19 Northampton Town 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 4
20 Carlisle United 4 1 0 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 5 -4 3
21 Colchester United 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 2
22 Stevenage 4 0 1 3 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -4 1
23 Oldham Athletic 4 0 1 3 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 1
24 Scunthorpe United 4 0 1 3 5 11 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 7 -6 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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