Mansfield Town pack their bags to visit Grimsby Town at Blundell Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Stags will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Blundell Park was more than three years back, in December 2007, the Mighty Mariners carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Two match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2007/2008 | Sat 22 Mar | Mansfield Town | 1 - 2 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | Grimsby Town | 1 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
2006/2007 | Sat 17 Feb | Mansfield Town | 1 - 2 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
2006/2007 | Tue 31 Oct | Mansfield Town | 3 - 0 | Grimsby Town | ASSM |
2006/2007 | Fri 18 Aug | Grimsby Town | 1 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
2005/2006 | Tue 14 Feb | Mansfield Town | 2 - 1 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Grimsby Town | 2 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Grimsby Town have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Mighty Mariners in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Stags have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Stags, and 13 goals against.
Grimsby Town's 29 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Mansfield Town lie just outside the playoff positions in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, picking up 34 from their 22 games so far.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Grimsby Town | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
Mansfield Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Mansfield Town are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Grimsby Town. Away win
Sequence statistics: | |
Grimsby Town | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
Mansfield Town | 4 games since last defeat. |