League Two: Two participants in decent shape get together for this fixture. Mansfield Town with a tiny advantage with their 5th place in the league table?
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Mansfield are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
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.
Salford City form and stats
10 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Salford City have to build on here at The Peninsula Stadium in the League Two.
Happy days for Salford City in their previous game, a fixture away at Oldham Athletic (placed 23rd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The versatile forward Smith bettered all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Smith scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Barrow that ended 2-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Salford City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Salford City as a small favourite), we find seven games. Salford City has won one of these, drawn three and lost three.
Salford City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 31 goals in 22 games. Salford are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Peninsula Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 19 from 22 matches.
Mansfield Town form and stats
The visitors are W7-D6-L9 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Mansfield Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Nathan Bishop. It's been 214 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.
Impressive finishing from Lapslie and Longstaff secured the home win 2-0 against Stevenage in their previous game. Defender O'Toole was the best team player with a rating of 8.4. O'Toole won 13 of 14 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Crawley Town.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mansfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four Mansfield wins, two draws and three defeats.
Mansfield Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 25 away goals from 22 games (in the league). Mansfield have conceded 26 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H encounter ended Mansfield Town - Salford City 2-1, played this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior four meetings): Salford City won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Mansfield Town have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / oneTop Goalscorers
  B. Thomas-Asante 11 goals |  R. Oates 9 goals |  M. Smith 7 goals |
Salford City missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Salford City | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 44 | 22 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 22 | 44 |
| 19 | 10 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 56 | 31 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | 63 |
| 40 | 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | 48 |
| 91% | 91% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 86% | 91% |
| 75% | 73% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 68% | 75% |
| 39% | 41% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 45% | 48% |
| 9% | 14% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 27% | 27% |
| 2% | 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 5% | 11% |
| 48% | 50% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 50% | 55% |
| 39% | 36% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 27% | 32% |
| 23% | 23% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 36% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11.7 | 13 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 31% | 31% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 46% | 56% |
| 12.2 | 11.5 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.9 | 9.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 72 | 39 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 33 | 83 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 44 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 64 | 39 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 83 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 44 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 56 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 76 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 65 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 75 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 75 |
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 44 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 74 |
| 7 | Sutton United | 44 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 66 | 49 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 17 | 73 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 44 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 72 | 53 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 19 | 71 |
| 9 | Salford City | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 56 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 69 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 40 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 69 |
| 11 | Newport County | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 65 | 55 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 66 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 61 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 34 | -8 | 60 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 44 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 60 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 55 |
| 14 | Walsall | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 55 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 29 | -10 | 53 |
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 43 | 61 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 53 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 44 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 47 | 54 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 52 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 58 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 32 | -14 | 51 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 44 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 55 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 36 | -9 | 50 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 61 | 72 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 38 | -11 | 50 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 59 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 37 | -22 | 50 |
| 21 | Barrow | 44 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 42 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 27 | -10 | 44 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 44 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 64 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 36 | -24 | 44 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 70 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 31 | -27 | 37 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 44 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 28 | 82 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 47 | -54 | 25 |
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