Mansfield Town are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-4 League Two success vs MK Dons.
For Mansfield Town, the goalscorers were Elliott Hewitt (30\'), Davis Keillor-Dunn (51\', 90\') and James Gale (90\'). Max Dean (13\') scored for MK Dons.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Mansfield Town have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Mansfield Town have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 10 goals on the way. In any event, time will tell if such a trend will continue on in this upcoming match.
Coming into this fixture, Mansfield Town have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.
Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Doncaster Rovers in League Two action, Accrington Stanley will be hoping to turn things around here.
Hakeeb Adelakun (6\'), Joe Ironside (21\'), James Maxwell (60\') and Owen Bailey (71\') scored for Doncaster Rovers.
In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Accrington Stanley, three or more goals have been hit. The overall average goals scored per match in that spell is 3, with the average number of goals for Accrington Stanley standing at 1.5.
Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 27/09/2016, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Mansfield Town winning 2 of those games, Accrington Stanley 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.
Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in total which averages out at 4 goals per match.
The last league meeting between the two was League Two match day 7 on 09/09/2023 when it finished Accrington Stanley 0-3 Mansfield Town.
The referee was Ross Joyce.
Team News: Mansfield Town
There is just the sole fitness concern for the Mansfield Town manager Nigel Clough to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Alfie Kilgour (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t play.
Team News: Accrington Stanley
Owing to a completely healthy group ready to go, the Accrington Stanley boss John Doolan has zero fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game.
Prediction
We feel that Mansfield Town have it within them to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.
At the other end, Accrington Stanley are also probably going to find it difficult to score themselves although we do see them hitting back at some stage, too. We therefore think that it’s going to be a comfortable 3-1 margin for Mansfield Town at full-time.
