This league season has been gruelling for Mansfield Town so far, while Tranmere Rovers have won many games. Will the visitors triumph again at One Call Stadium?
- Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (8) in League Two
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Mansfield Town have played 8 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts.
No payout for Mansfield in their previous match, an away game at Exeter City that ended in defeat 1-2. Oliver Hawkins was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Hawkins scored one goal and won 17 of 20 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Port Vale.Mansfield are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. 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 have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tranmere Rovers so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-2 (win-draw-lose).
The manager M. Mellon was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground Prenton Park. Tranmere Rovers suffered a 0-2 loss to Northampton Town (placed 3rd). Defender Josh Dacres-Cogley was the best team player with a rating of 7.05. Dacres-Cogley won 6 of 8 duels.
Before that, Tranmere travelled to Harrogate Town and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Tranmere Rovers are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tranmere are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - four - one (Mansfield wins - draws - Tranmere Rovers wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Hawkins 4 goals | D. Johnson 3 goals |  P. Clarke 3 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Mansfield Town | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 86% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 57% | 79% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 21% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 14% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 13.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.9 | 11.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 43% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 13% | 22% |
- Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tranmere Rovers have scored away.
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (8) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
- Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (11) in League Two
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Harrogate Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 12 | Newport County | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 13 | Barrow | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Walsall | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Rochdale | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 17 | Salford City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 19 | Colchester United | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 12 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 11 |