League Two preview with statistics: Scunthorpe United welcomes Mansfield Town to Sands Venue Stadium

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sands Venue Stadium (9088 seats)

Scunthorpe United will pray that their home comfort is enough to get at least a draw from this grim meeting, vs spirited Mansfield Town.

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (26) in League Two
  • Mansfield Town have scored more than double the goals of Scunthorpe United.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Forest Green Rovers. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Scunthorpe United have only managed 3 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses from their games here at Sands Venue Stadium. All in all it has been a very rough period for Scunthorpe who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Walsall, 59 days ago.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 209 minutes without scoring a league goal. Nuttall was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Scunthorpe United in their previous match, an away game at Forest Green Rovers that ended in defeat 0-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Harrogate Town (0-3).

Scunthorpe aren't scoring a lot here at Sands Venue Stadium in the league, with only 13 goals from 20 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. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Scunthorpe United defense is not exactly impregnable. 30 goals conceded from 20 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. 17 of these goals were conceded after the timer had passed one hour (more than 55 percent).

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Mansfield Town form and stats

6 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Mansfield Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

There might be some fixture complaints from Mansfield as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Forest Green Rovers. O'Toole, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. O'Toole won 5 of 9 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Northampton Town.

The visiting Mansfield Town have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 20 games. As opposed to that, Mansfield have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road. More than 50 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled earlier this season: Mansfield Town - Scunthorpe United 3-1. Head to head data (for the last eight meetings): Scunthorpe United won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Mansfield Town managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three

Top Goalscorers

Mansfield TownR. Oates
R. Oates
9 goals
Mansfield TownJ. Bowery
J. Bowery
7 goals
Mansfield TownO. Hawkins
O. Hawkins
7 goals

Scunthorpe United missing players

Mansfield Town missing players

Scunthorpe United Mansfield Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 6 20 39
4 3 1 Won W 4 6 19
12 5 1 Drew D 1 6 9
24 12 5 Lost L 1 8 11
26 13 3 Scored S 10 21 53
72 30 11 Conceded C 7 25 44
90% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 90%
68% 60% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 70% 74%
42% 35% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 49%
28% 20% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 26%
10% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 10%
48% 45% 14% BTTS BTTS 83% 55% 59%
15% 15% 29% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 28%
48% 45% 71% Failed to Score F T 0% 35% 23%
 
3.9 4.5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5 5.2
5.7 6 5.9 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.5 4.3
2 2.3 2.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
5 3 0 Red cards R C 1 4 7
 
9.4 9.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.9 12.6
2.9 2.9 3.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.4 2.5
23% 22% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 45% 55%
 
13.9 13.6 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 10.9 10.1
4.8 4.4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Mansfield Town have scored more than double the goals of Scunthorpe United.
  • Scunthorpe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest clean sheets (6) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest points (14) at home in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (13) at home in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals (26) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals (72) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the most conceded goals in the second half (46) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United have the the worst goal difference (-46) 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 39 22 12 5 68 32 20 13 3 4 30 14 19 9 9 1 38 18 36 78
2 Exeter City 39 19 14 6 57 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 20 8 8 4 26 19 21 71
3 Port Vale 40 19 12 9 60 37 20 10 6 4 30 15 20 9 6 5 30 22 23 69
4 Northampton Town 40 19 9 12 47 34 20 12 3 5 28 14 20 7 6 7 19 20 13 66
5 Bristol Rovers 40 19 9 12 55 44 20 12 3 5 30 20 20 7 6 7 25 24 11 66
6 Mansfield Town 39 19 9 11 53 44 19 13 3 3 32 19 20 6 6 8 21 25 9 66
7 Tranmere Rovers 40 18 10 12 46 36 20 14 2 4 31 15 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 64
8 Newport County 40 17 12 11 62 50 20 9 6 5 38 25 20 8 6 6 24 25 12 63
9 Swindon Town 39 17 11 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 20 10 4 6 32 28 14 62
10 Salford City 40 17 11 12 50 36 20 9 7 4 27 17 20 8 4 8 23 19 14 62
11 Sutton United 39 17 10 12 58 46 19 11 5 3 32 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 12 61
12 Hartlepool United 40 14 10 16 41 54 20 9 7 4 24 20 20 5 3 12 17 34 -13 52
13 Crawley Town 39 14 9 16 49 55 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 7 3 9 23 28 -6 51
14 Leyton Orient 40 11 16 13 53 40 20 8 5 7 31 17 20 3 11 6 22 23 13 49
15 Bradford City 40 11 14 15 44 49 20 4 9 7 24 27 20 7 5 8 20 22 -5 47
16 Harrogate Town 40 12 11 17 57 63 20 5 7 8 28 30 20 7 4 9 29 33 -6 47
17 Walsall 40 12 11 17 42 53 20 8 5 7 27 26 20 4 6 10 15 27 -11 47
18 Carlisle United 40 12 11 17 36 54 20 6 7 7 16 21 20 6 4 10 20 33 -18 47
19 Colchester United 40 11 12 17 39 53 20 5 8 7 20 24 20 6 4 10 19 29 -14 45
20 Rochdale 40 9 17 14 43 51 20 5 11 4 22 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -8 44
21 Barrow 39 8 13 18 34 47 20 3 9 8 19 25 19 5 4 10 15 22 -13 37
22 Oldham Athletic 40 9 10 21 40 61 20 5 3 12 25 35 20 4 7 9 15 26 -21 37
23 Stevenage 39 7 13 19 34 61 20 6 6 8 22 28 19 1 7 11 12 33 -27 34
24 Scunthorpe United 40 4 12 24 26 72 20 3 5 12 13 30 20 1 7 12 13 42 -46 24

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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.