Walsall have some work to do from their 21st spot, and the first chance is vs Mansfield Town. Read more!
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mansfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in League Two
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.
Walsall form and stats
Walsall have collected 4 points from their League Two home games so far after 1-1-1.
The home team returns to The Banks's Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Bradford City (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Jack Earing (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. Earing scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Stevenage.This is expected to be a close game, with Walsall perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Walsall as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Walsall has won five of these, drawn three and lost five.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Brighton U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at The Banks's Stadium.
The Walsall fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Walsall's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mansfield Town form and stats
Still no away game victory in the League Two for Mansfield Town with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts. Recent form does not give Mansfield much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Walsall will be a tough nut to crack.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Harrogate Town with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Attacker Oliver Hawkins got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Hawkins hit two key passes.
It was a EFL Trophy defeat before that one as the away game against Harrogate Town wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Mansfield in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Mansfield Town, two draws and four defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Mansfield Town has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - two - two (Walsall wins - draws - Mansfield Town wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Hawkins 3 goals |  J. Earing 1 goals | B. Kiernan 1 goals |
Walsall missing players
Mansfield Town missing players
| Walsall | Mansfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 83% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 83% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 6.8 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 10.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 17.5 | 14.2 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 33% | 60% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 14% | 42% |
- Mansfield Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Mansfield Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in League Two
- Mansfield Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Mansfield Town have yet to win a game away.
- Mansfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Harrogate Town | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Bradford City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Barrow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Rochdale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Stevenage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Exeter City | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Newport County | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 18 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 20 | Salford City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Walsall | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
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