Soccer betting preview: Mansfield Town welcomes Swindon Town in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 11.January
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: One Call Stadium (9186 seats)

One Call Stadium: Blow the trumpet for a football party when Mansfield Town host Swindon Town. Read up on the match at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swindon Town have the most points from losing position (12) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

Mansfield Town have collected 24 points from their League Two home games so far after 7-3-3. After failing to beat Port Vale here at One Call Stadium, Mansfield Town has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The Mansfield Town fans got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup game also here at One Call Stadium: A 2-3 defeat against Middlesbrough. The defeat against Middlesbrough was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by O'Toole (own goal)).

Ahead of that match, Mansfield Town won a home game hosting Hartlepool United (3-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Mansfield Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mansfield Town as a small favourite), we find 19 games. Mansfield Town has won seven of these, drawn six and lost six.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Walsall in only four days. This game is also played here at One Call Stadium.

Mansfield have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at One Call Stadium with 20 goals in 13 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Swindon Town form and stats

Swindon Town's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Swindon Town collect 23 points from their 11 away matches in the League Two. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Swindon has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Home advantage was not enough for Swindon in their previous game, as they lost their FA Cup-match, hosting Manchester City, 1-4. McKirdy, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.33. McKirdy scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 5-2 against Northampton Town in the League Two.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swindon Town playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Swindon Town wins, two draws and two defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Port Vale.

Swindon are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Swindon in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played previously this season: Swindon Town - Mansfield Town 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Mansfield one win, two draws and Swindon Town five victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownJ. Payne
J. Payne
8 goals
Swindon TownT. Simpson
T. Simpson
8 goals
Swindon TownH. McKirdy
H. McKirdy
8 goals

Mansfield Town missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Mansfield Town Swindon Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 13 3 Played P 2 11 22
9 7 2 Won W 1 7 10
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 7
8 3 0 Lost L 1 2 5
27 20 5 Scored S 2 19 34
28 15 2 Conceded C 4 13 26
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
77% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 91% 77%
50% 54% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 55%
23% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 36%
9% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 9% 9%
64% 69% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 73% 68%
18% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 27%
27% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 18%
 
4.8 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 5 5
4.5 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 5.3
2 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 1.9
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.5 13.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.8 12.8
2.9 2.9 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.2 4.3
42% 53% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 41% 36%
 
9.7 9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.5 11.3
3.7 3.7 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 4.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swindon Town have the most points from losing position (12) in League Two
  • Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in League Two
  • Swindon Town 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 Forest Green Rovers 22 14 6 2 45 20 11 7 2 2 18 9 11 7 4 0 27 11 25 48
2 Tranmere Rovers 23 12 5 6 24 14 12 9 0 3 17 6 11 3 5 3 7 8 10 41
3 Northampton Town 23 12 4 7 31 23 11 7 1 3 16 8 12 5 3 4 15 15 8 40
4 Sutton United 23 12 3 8 35 28 11 8 0 3 19 10 12 4 3 5 16 18 7 39
5 Swindon Town 22 10 7 5 34 26 11 3 5 3 15 13 11 7 2 2 19 13 8 37
6 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 5 2 4 19 15 12 35
7 Newport County 24 9 8 7 38 34 11 5 3 3 20 13 13 4 5 4 18 21 4 35
8 Exeter City 23 8 10 5 33 26 11 5 4 2 17 11 12 3 6 3 16 15 7 34
9 Mansfield Town 22 9 5 8 27 28 13 7 3 3 20 15 9 2 2 5 7 13 -1 32
10 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 11 6 3 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 31
11 Crawley Town 22 9 4 9 27 31 11 4 3 4 15 17 11 5 1 5 12 14 -4 31
12 Salford City 22 8 6 8 26 21 12 5 5 2 14 7 10 3 1 6 12 14 5 30
13 Harrogate Town 22 8 6 8 35 31 11 3 4 4 18 18 11 5 2 4 17 13 4 30
14 Bradford City 23 6 11 6 29 28 11 3 7 1 17 13 12 3 4 5 12 15 1 29
15 Walsall 23 7 8 8 29 30 12 4 5 3 19 17 11 3 3 5 10 13 -1 29
16 Hartlepool United 23 8 4 11 24 34 12 7 3 2 16 11 11 1 1 9 8 23 -10 28
17 Rochdale 22 6 9 7 30 30 11 3 5 3 14 12 11 3 4 4 16 18 0 27
18 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33 11 5 1 5 17 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -6 26
19 Carlisle United 23 6 7 10 18 29 11 3 5 3 8 9 12 3 2 7 10 20 -11 25
20 Barrow 23 5 8 10 23 28 12 3 5 4 14 14 11 2 3 6 9 14 -5 23
21 Stevenage 24 5 8 11 19 37 12 4 5 3 13 14 12 1 3 8 6 23 -18 23
22 Colchester United 21 5 7 9 17 28 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 2 4 5 7 16 -11 22
23 Scunthorpe United 24 3 10 11 19 42 11 2 4 5 8 16 13 1 6 6 11 26 -23 19
24 Oldham Athletic 24 4 6 14 22 39 12 2 2 8 16 25 12 2 4 6 6 14 -17 18

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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.