This will be a good test of Mansfield’s character. They lost at Crawley last weekend which snapped a really good unbeaten stretch of form that they were on in League Two. Can they bounce back immediately? Yeovil are having a rough time of things at the moment with only one point in their last five games having been earned and they have the joint-worst defensive record in the division to boot. Mansfield are 6/11 odds on to pick up the home win with Yeovil at a big 5 price.
Football League Two – Field Mill, Mansfield – Saturday 16th December – 15:00 UK Time
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Mansfield Town FC
Yeovil TownMansfield Form
The Stags have been a really good home side this season in League Two as they have quietly gone about their business. They are W5 D4 L1 at Field Mill this season and are unbeaten in their last three there. So will they get back to winning ways after their upset last weekend? The Stags have netted an average of 1.8 goals per game at home so far and have earned three clean sheets. That’s probably good enough to at least avoid defeat against the Glovers. Mansfield have won four of their five home games this season against sides currently 11th or lower in the table so are a decent option to win this. With three clean sheets in their last five, they are a decent option to win the game to nil as well on home soil.
Yeovil Form
The Glovers are in that cluster of teams hovering just around the drop zone on twenty points. They have collected one point from their last fifteen available which is poor and they have conceded at least two goals in four of their last five games as well. Out on the road, they have taken one point from their last five away games since taking their only away win of the season at Chesterfield back in September. Overall they have gone W1 D1 L8 on the road but they have still managed to get up over a goal per game out on their away days. They don’t have a single clean sheet to their name though on their travels this season. That gives them the worst away record in League Two and they have the joint worst defence as well alongside Forest Green so they are probably going to struggle again.
Head to Head News
Mansfield won this corresponding fixture 1-0 last season and earned a 0-0 draw out at Yeovil. From the six previous League Two fixtures, the Stags are just ahead with a 3-2 lead and the one draw. There has just been the three goals in total scored between them in the last four meetings.
Top Betting Tips
Back Mansfield to get back to winning ways in this one and the 1-0 correct score option isn’t going to be a bad option considering the recent history between the two of them. Yeovil have been terrible on the road and the Stags can just pick them off.