FM Preview: Mansfield Town v Ebbsfleet United 31 Mar 2012

Last updated : 30 March 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Mansfield Town v Ebbsfleet United fixture

Mansfield Town are ready to welcome Ebbsfleet United to Field Mill on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Stags have drawn both of the previous games against their opponents, however.

The previous match played between the two at Field Mill was within the last three years, in August 2009, with Mansfield Town running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 28 Jan Ebbsfleet Utd. 0 - 3 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 28 Nov Ebbsfleet Utd. 2 - 1 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 22 Aug Mansfield Town 3-0 Ebbsfleet Utd. (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Tue 07 Apr Mansfield Town 2 - 0 Ebbsfleet Utd. (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 09 Aug Ebbsfleet Utd. 2 - 2 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Mansfield Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Stags have rattled up an impressive 20 goals, and conceded 7.

Ebbsfleet United have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Fleet's have scored 12 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 14.

Mansfield Town are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 71 points from 40 games.

Ebbsfleet United see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 49 points from their 39 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Mansfield Town 6 4 1 1 17 7 13
Ebbsfleet United 6 3 0 3 8 11 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Mansfield Town may be coming up against a decent side in Ebbsfleet United, but we do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Stags. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Mansfield Town Unbeaten in the last 10 home games.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Ebbsfleet United 10 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 18 outings ago.

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