Exeter have the chance to move back up into the play off spots with a victory in this game. They will want to find a response to having only collected the one point in their last two league matches. Mansfield have suffered only the one loss in their last six league games and they are starting four points clear and three places above Exeter.
Football League Two – Exeter v Mansfield – St. James’ Park – Saturday 17th February 2018 – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 12/5 at Skybet |
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Exeter
MansfieldExeter Form
The Grecians did get a rest in midweek which should help them out in this one. At St James Park they are on a superb streak of league form having gone W6 D1 in their last seven there. It has been wonderfully efficient stuff from them and four of the wins in that sequence have been with a clean sheet. Even though they drew last weekend that was against the powerful Wycombe side, so it was a good point. Overall this season on home soil Exeter are W11 D1 L3. They have returned an average of 1.5 goals per game on home turf this season, and their defence has been superb, having only conceded an average of 0.8 per game and they have taken a clean sheet in 53% of their home fixtures. This is a big, important clash and therefore it is worth looking under 2.5 goals. This isn’t a game which either can afford to give up much in.
Mansfield Form
The Stags have put together a really good run, winning seven of their last ten league outings (D2 L1) and that has put them well into play off contention. They have four wins in their last five games and smashed Newport 5-0 in midweek which came after a loss out at Swindon last weekend. Mansfield are W2 D2 L2 in their last six away games and posted a W5 D6 L5 record overall on their travels this season in League Two. They haven’t been a high scoring side on the road, they have scored 17 away from home which is exactly half of the amount that they have managed on home soil. The Stags can boast one of the better defensive records in the league and Lincoln are only one of three teams to have conceded fewer than they have done. Only Accrington have collected more points in their last eight games of current form than Mansfield have.
Head to Head News
Mansfield have won three of their last four trips to Exeter in League two (L1) so they have a bit of form there. It was Exeter though who came out on top in this corresponding fixture last season 2-0. There was a 1-1 draw between the two of them earlier in the season and both teams have scored in five of the last seven meetings. It has left Exeter on a three-match undefeated streak of form against the Stags now.
Exeter v Mansfield – Betting Odds and Predictions
So this is going to be an important match for the play off hopes of both. The odds are: Draw is at 12/5 with Skybet, the home side can be backed with odds at 28/13 with Unibet and an away win is priced at 26/19 with Ladbrokes.
Top Betting Tip Exeter v Mansfield
Exeter are not a side who give much away on home soil and a repeat 1-1 scoreline from earlier in the season wouldn’t be a big surprise here. Mansfield are holding their own and a point would ensure that they stay up in the top seven and in a tough away game that wouldn’t be a bad result.