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Lincoln City face a trip to Mansfield Town at Field Mill on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 32 games played, The Red Imps have recorded 9 wins, and Mansfield Town have come away with 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2006, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 08 Apr | Lincoln City | 1 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Mansfield Town | 0 - 0 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 29 Jan | Lincoln City | 2 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Oct | Mansfield Town | 2 - 2 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Mar | Lincoln City | 4 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Mansfield Town | 1 - 2 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 12 Feb | Lincoln City | 1 - 4 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Mansfield Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. While Stags have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Lincoln City however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the The Red Imps, and 7 goals against.
Mansfield Town see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 6 points from their 4 games played so far, Lincoln City's total of 8 points from their 4 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League Two.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Lincoln City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Red Imps's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Mansfield Town, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Mansfield Town | Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Lincoln City | 10 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |