8th position in the League Two table for Mansfield Town so far, a great performance. The home team supporters pray for more excitement as 15th-placed Walsall visit One Call Stadium.
- 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 Walsall have scored away.
The hosts Mansfield saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Two. Thankfully the previous game, versus Swindon Town, was also a home game here at One Call Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Mansfield Town form and stats
8-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Mansfield Town so far this season. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
A nice win for Mansfield Town last time playing, versus Swindon Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Maris, McLaughlin and Bowery scoring for the victors. Midfielder Maris was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.22 (out of ten) in that game. Maris scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the home loss against Middlesbrough with the scoreline 2-3.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mansfield Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mansfield Town as they are travelling to their away game against Forest Green Rovers in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
The Mansfield fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 14 league matches. Mansfield Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Walsall form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Walsall playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Walsall seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Walsall play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Stevenage (placed 21st). Midfield player Earing was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.1/10. Earing served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 52 successful passes (of 62 total).
A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Newport County.We have checked recent matches where Walsall have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, five draws and four defeats.
The attacking power of Walsall when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Walsall have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Walsall - Mansfield Town 3-1 was the outcome when these two contenders previously played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Mansfield Town wins - draws - Walsall wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Miller 7 goals |   O. Hawkins 5 goals | R. Oates 4 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Walsall missing players
| Mansfield Town | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 30 | 23 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 30 | 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 91% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 78% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 55% | 70% |
| 52% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 52% |
| 26% | 36% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 13% | 21% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 65% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 61% |
| 17% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 26% |
| 26% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 22% |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 13.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.2 | 11.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 45% | 56% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 32% | 34% |
| 9.8 | 9.3 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
- 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 Walsall have scored 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 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 42 |
| 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 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 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 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 11 | Salford City | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 31 |
| 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 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 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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