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Mansfield Town travel to take on Newport County at Newport Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 10 games played, Stags have recorded 3 wins, and Newport Co. have come away with 5 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Newport Co. was amazingly over twenty years ago, in March 1987, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1986/1987 | Tue 17 Mar | Newport Co. | 0 - 3 | Mansfield Town | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Tue 25 Nov | Mansfield Town | 1 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE1 |
| 1974/1975 | Mon 31 Mar | Newport Co. | 2 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 28 Dec | Mansfield Town | 3 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
| 1973/1974 | Sun 24 Feb | Mansfield Town | 2 - 1 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
| 1973/1974 | Tue 09 Oct | Newport Co. | 2 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 1972/1973 | Mon 26 Mar | Mansfield Town | 0 - 0 | Newport Co. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Newport County are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Exiles, with 5 goals against.
Mansfield Town have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Stags's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 10 against.
Newport Co.'s 11 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Mansfield Town are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 16 points from 8 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newport Co. | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 |
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 Newport Co.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newport Co. | Unbeaten in the last 29 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| Mansfield Town | 3 successive away victories. 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |