Soccer betting preview: Stevenage welcomes Mansfield Town in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Lamex Stadium (6722 seats)

Mansfield Town have rested after their 6-3-fixture versus Newcastle United U21 and are keen to face Stevenage. Here's all the information!

Insights:
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mansfield Town have the fewest points (2) away in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Stevenage form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Stevenage at their home stadium (The Lamex Stadium) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Stevenage have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 391 minutes without scoring a league goal. E. List was the last player to find the net.

Stevenage's last game was hosting Cambridge United and winning 1-0.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Milton Keynes Dons that finished 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Stevenage perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stevenage as a small favourite), we find ten games. Stevenage has won four of these, drawn six and lost zero.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the FA Cup game versus Milton Keynes Dons in only three days. This game is also played here at The Lamex Stadium.

Stevenage are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 games. Stevenage's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mansfield Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mansfield Town so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Mansfield Town are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Mansfield had fun at their own home (The Lamex Stadium) last time out, beating Newcastle United U21 6-3. J. O'Toole, T. Sinclair, D. Johnson (3) and N. Caine scored. An insane match with heaps of goals last time out for Mansfield Town, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that entertaining match, will this match be as much fun? It's hard not to mention D. Johnson's lethal finishing against Newcastle United U21. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Prior to that result Mansfield won their away game at Sunderland in the FA Cup. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Mansfield Town in our archives, and the results are: one win for Mansfield, two draws and five defeats.

Mansfield Town are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. In the opposite end, Mansfield have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Stevenage, three draws and five wins for Mansfield Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

StevenageE. List
E. List
5 goals
Mansfield TownO. Hawkins
O. Hawkins
4 goals
Mansfield TownD. Johnson
D. Johnson
4 goals

Stevenage missing players

Mansfield Town missing players

Stevenage Mansfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 1 6 15
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 3
5 4 0 Drew D 1 2 5
7 1 0 Lost L 0 4 7
11 7 0 Scored S 1 3 14
26 8 0 Conceded C 1 9 20
87% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 87%
73% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 73%
47% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 40%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 20%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
33% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 60%
33% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 20%
47% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
4.6 4.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.8 4.3
4.9 4.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.3 5
1.4 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10.2 11.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 18 10.5 12.1
3.5 4.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3 2.7
21% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 34%
 
13 14.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11 10.3
4.1 4.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Mansfield Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mansfield Town have the fewest points (2) away in League Two
  • Mansfield Town have yet to win a game away.
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Stevenage have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mansfield Town 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 15 9 4 2 27 13 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 5 3 0 15 4 14 31
2 Port Vale 15 8 4 3 27 15 7 4 2 1 13 6 8 4 2 2 14 9 12 28
3 Northampton Town 15 8 3 4 20 11 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 3 2 2 7 5 9 27
4 Exeter City 15 6 8 1 25 15 7 3 4 0 12 6 8 3 4 1 13 9 10 26
5 Swindon Town 15 7 5 3 22 15 7 1 3 3 6 9 8 6 2 0 16 6 7 26
6 Leyton Orient 15 5 8 2 25 12 8 4 3 1 15 3 7 1 5 1 10 9 13 23
7 Harrogate Town 15 6 5 4 27 20 8 3 4 1 16 10 7 3 1 3 11 10 7 23
8 Newport County 15 6 5 4 25 18 7 3 3 1 14 6 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 23
9 Sutton United 15 7 2 6 23 18 7 4 0 3 13 9 8 3 2 3 10 9 5 23
10 Hartlepool United 15 7 2 6 17 20 7 6 1 0 12 5 8 1 1 6 5 15 -3 23
11 Tranmere Rovers 15 6 4 5 11 10 7 5 0 2 8 4 8 1 4 3 3 6 1 22
12 Bradford City 15 5 6 4 21 18 8 3 4 1 14 10 7 2 2 3 7 8 3 21
13 Rochdale 15 5 5 5 19 19 7 2 2 3 6 7 8 3 3 2 13 12 0 20
14 Walsall 15 5 5 5 19 19 7 3 2 2 11 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 0 20
15 Barrow 15 4 6 5 20 20 8 2 4 2 11 11 7 2 2 3 9 9 0 18
16 Bristol Rovers 15 5 3 7 17 23 7 3 0 4 8 11 8 2 3 3 9 12 -6 18
17 Colchester United 15 4 5 6 12 19 8 2 2 4 6 10 7 2 3 2 6 9 -7 17
18 Crawley Town 15 5 2 8 17 25 8 3 2 3 10 13 7 2 0 5 7 12 -8 17
19 Salford City 15 4 4 7 16 17 9 3 4 2 10 6 6 1 0 5 6 11 -1 16
20 Mansfield Town 15 3 5 7 14 20 9 3 3 3 11 11 6 0 2 4 3 9 -6 14
21 Stevenage 15 3 5 7 11 26 7 2 4 1 7 8 8 1 1 6 4 18 -15 14
22 Oldham Athletic 15 3 3 9 11 22 8 1 1 6 7 14 7 2 2 3 4 8 -11 12
23 Carlisle United 15 2 6 7 11 24 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 1 2 5 6 17 -13 12
24 Scunthorpe United 15 2 5 8 11 29 7 2 1 4 5 12 8 0 4 4 6 17 -18 11

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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.