Mansfield Town hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 22nd position in the League Two table. Visiting Walsall holds 14th place with 12 pts.
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 and Walsall.
Mansfield Town form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Mansfield Town at their home stadium (One Call Stadium) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Mansfield are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at One Call Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Mansfield's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Barrow (placed 18th). Before that, Mansfield played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Cheltenham Town.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Marek Štech had a busy but productive day in the Barrow match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mansfield Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost six.
Mansfield Town are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Bolton Wanderers awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mansfield here at One Call Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Mansfield have conceded 9 from these games.
Walsall form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Walsall have produced an overall stat of 0-4-0 so far. The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.
Walsall might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Cambridge United proved too strong as Walsall slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at The Banks's Stadium. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Barrow.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Walsall, five draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crawley Town in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Walsall's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Walsall's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Mansfield victories, zero draws and one Walsall win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Lavery 3 goals | E. Adebayo 3 goals |   H. Charsley 2 goals |
Mansfield Town missing players
Walsall missing players
| Mansfield Town | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 56% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 112 | 64 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 30 | 99 |
| 42 | 26 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 12 | 35 |
| 19% | 15% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 50% | 29% |
- All of Walsall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mansfield Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Mansfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mansfield Town have yet to win a game.
- Walsall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Walsall have not yet lost a game away.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Walsall have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Walsall have yet to win a game away.
- Walsall 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 | Newport County | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Salford City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | Morecambe | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Walsall | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Barrow | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -15 | 2 |
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