League Two preview: Can Sutton United edge out victory against Mansfield Town?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 23.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Knights Community Stadium (7032 seats)

Sutton United have won 26 points running out as the hosting team. Mansfield Town have got 20 points being the away side. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Sutton United have the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
  • Sutton United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mansfield Town have scored away.

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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Sutton United form and stats

4 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Sutton United have to build on here at The Knights Community Stadium in the League Two. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sutton United, their manager M. Gray and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Sutton United lost their last game at Leyton Orient (placed 6th) after a 1-4 scoreline. The forward Isaac Olaofe bettered all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 6.92 out of 10. Olaofe scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Tranmere Rovers.

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 Sutton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won seven times, drawn zero and lost three.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sutton United as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Barrow are visiting.

Sutton United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Knights Community Stadium with 13 goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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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 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Ollie Clarke (2) and Jordan Bowery secured the home win 3-1 against Scunthorpe United in their previous game. Ollie Clarke got a match rating of 8.6 in that game, top player of the team. Clarke scored two goals.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stevenage at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Mansfield are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Mansfield manager N. Clough as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Crawley Town.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mansfield as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Mansfield have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

SuttonI. Olaofe
I. Olaofe
4 goals
Mansfield TownO. Hawkins
O. Hawkins
4 goals
Mansfield TownD. Johnson
D. Johnson
4 goals

Sutton United missing players

Mansfield Town missing players

Sutton United Mansfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 7 3 Played P 1 7 17
8 4 2 Won W 0 1 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 5
7 3 1 Lost L 1 4 7
25 13 7 Scored S 1 5 19
22 9 3 Conceded C 3 10 22
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 88%
71% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 76%
53% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 47%
29% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 14% 24%
18% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 65%
35% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 18%
18% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 29%
 
5.5 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.1 4.5
5.8 5.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.3 4.8
1.3 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13.9 14.1 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.7 12.2
4.5 4.7 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.1 3.1
33% 39% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 23% 37%
 
12.1 10.7 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.1 10.2
4.2 5 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Sutton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sutton United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mansfield Town have scored away.
  • Sutton United have the most points from losing position (10) in League Two
  • Sutton United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 16 10 4 2 30 14 7 4 1 2 12 9 9 6 3 0 18 5 16 34
2 Exeter City 17 8 8 1 29 17 9 5 4 0 16 8 8 3 4 1 13 9 12 32
3 Port Vale 17 8 5 4 30 19 8 4 3 1 14 7 9 4 2 3 16 12 11 29
4 Swindon Town 16 8 5 3 24 16 7 1 3 3 6 9 9 7 2 0 18 7 8 29
5 Northampton Town 17 8 4 5 22 14 8 5 1 2 13 6 9 3 3 3 9 8 8 28
6 Leyton Orient 17 6 9 2 31 15 9 5 3 1 19 4 8 1 6 1 12 11 16 27
7 Harrogate Town 17 7 5 5 30 23 9 3 4 2 16 12 8 4 1 3 14 11 7 26
8 Newport County 17 7 5 5 28 21 8 3 3 2 15 8 9 4 2 3 13 13 7 26
9 Sutton United 17 8 2 7 25 22 7 4 0 3 13 9 10 4 2 4 12 13 3 26
10 Bradford City 17 5 8 4 23 20 9 3 5 1 15 11 8 2 3 3 8 9 3 23
11 Tranmere Rovers 17 6 5 6 13 13 8 5 0 3 8 5 9 1 5 3 5 8 0 23
12 Hartlepool United 17 7 2 8 19 25 9 6 1 2 14 10 8 1 1 6 5 15 -6 23
13 Rochdale 17 5 7 5 21 21 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 3 4 2 13 12 0 22
14 Bristol Rovers 17 6 4 7 21 26 9 4 1 4 12 14 8 2 3 3 9 12 -5 22
15 Walsall 17 5 6 6 20 22 9 3 3 3 12 13 8 2 3 3 8 9 -2 21
16 Salford City 17 5 5 7 19 18 9 3 4 2 10 6 8 2 1 5 9 12 1 20
17 Mansfield Town 17 5 5 7 19 22 10 4 3 3 14 12 7 1 2 4 5 10 -3 20
18 Crawley Town 16 6 2 8 18 25 8 3 2 3 10 13 8 3 0 5 8 12 -7 20
19 Barrow 17 4 7 6 20 21 9 2 4 3 11 12 8 2 3 3 9 9 -1 19
20 Colchester United 16 4 5 7 12 20 8 2 2 4 6 10 8 2 3 3 6 10 -8 17
21 Stevenage 17 4 5 8 13 28 9 3 4 2 9 10 8 1 1 6 4 18 -15 17
22 Oldham Athletic 17 4 3 10 15 26 9 2 1 6 10 16 8 2 2 4 5 10 -11 15
23 Carlisle United 17 2 7 8 12 26 8 1 5 2 5 7 9 1 2 6 7 19 -14 13
24 Scunthorpe United 17 2 6 9 13 33 8 2 2 4 6 13 9 0 4 5 7 20 -20 12

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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.