FootyMAD's Mansfield Town match preview

Last updated : 08 February 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Stevenage Borough v Mansfield Town fixture

Stevenage B. prepare to entertain Mansfield Town at Broadhall Way on Tuesday evening, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Boro won the only previous game contested between the two.

The only previous meeting between Stevenage B. and Mansfield Town at was just last season, in October 2008, as the Boro squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a (Conference) Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010Sat 12 SepMansfield Town2 - 3Stevenage B.CONF
2008/2009Sun 26 AprMansfield Town2 - 1Stevenage B.CONF
2008/2009Tue 07 OctStevenage B.3-2Mansfield TownCONF

Recent respective form guides

Stevenage Borough are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Boro have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded 2.

Mansfield Town have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. The Stags's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.

Stevenage B. are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 60 points from 29 games. Mansfield Town's total of 50 points from their 30 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Stevenage B.641116313
Mansfield Town63031189

FootyMad's prediction ...

Stevenage B. may be coming up against a decent side in Mansfield Town, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Boro. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Stevenage B. Won 4 successive home games.
5 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 5 .
Mansfield Town 8 games since last away draw.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.