FootyMAD's Mansfield Town match preview

History of the Mansfield Town v Lincoln City fixture

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.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

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.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

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.