The Stags will be eying up a good three points at home before Christmas in this fixture. They are doing well and holding their own just outside of the top seven but can make a nice move in this one. Morecambe are scrapping with all of their might for points to keep themselves above the drop zone.
Football League Two – Mansfield v Morecambe – Field Mill, Mansfield – Saturday 23th December 2017 – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 13/5 at Ladbrokes |
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Mansfield Town FC
Morecambe FC
Mansfield Form
It has been good stuff from the Stags recently who have just one loss in their last nine league games (W3 D5). So they have been really difficult to get the better of and they are carrying very strong home form as well. The Stags are W5 D5 L1 this season on home soil and are unbeaten in their last four there. So they are likely strong enough to avoid defeat in the game. Mansfield have scored 18 goals in their eleven home games and have bagged three clean sheets along the way. Morecambe are not a prolific side at all and therefore Mansfield to win to nil is worth considering for the game. Mansfield have taken four clean sheets in their last six games as well and can hold off the visitors.
Morecambe Form
No-one has scored fewer goals than Morecambe have done this season in League Two and their current form is a bit all over the place. They are W2 D2 L2 in their last six games played now and away from home they are on a four-match winless streak, picking up the two points in that sequence of games. They have only managed the one away win all season as well which was out at Chesterfield in mid-October. Six of their nine away goals this season have come in the second half of matches and they have only opened the scoring in two road games so far. They do have a much better defence than anyone else in the bottom six currently, but they are just struggling to find the goals.
Head to Head News
There was an away win earned by both of these in last season’s League Two but Mansfield have won three of their last four against the Shrimps now in league contests. There have only been the ten previous games between the pair of them and things are even at five wins each.
Mansfield v Morecambe – Odds and Predictions
They are in that position, but only two points from safety and they are going as big 5/1 underdogs for an away win in this one, with Mansfield at 7/10 odds on.
Top Betting Tips Mansfield v Morecambe
Mansfield are more than strong enough to beat out the visiting Morecambe in this one. There is a reasonable chance that they can get it do to nil as well in the game because the Shrimps don’t carry a great offensive threat with them by any stretch of the imagination.