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Mansfield face a trip to Torquay United at Plainmoor on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. It couldn't be much closer,Stags having 9 wins against 10 losses.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2002, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Mar | Torquay | 0 - 0 | Mansfield | LD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 23 Oct | Mansfield | 2 - 0 | Torquay | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Apr | Mansfield | 0 - 0 | Torquay | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 24 Oct | Torquay | 2 - 2 | Mansfield | LD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Apr | Torquay | 4 - 0 | Mansfield | LD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 03 Jan | Mansfield | 4 - 3 | Torquay | LD3 |
| 1998/1999 | Mon 05 Apr | Torquay | 0 - 0 | Mansfield | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Torquay United have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Gulls in those games, with 8 conceded.
The Stags have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Stags's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.
Torquay lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division Three, picking up 22 points from their 14 games so far. Mansfield are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 26 points from 14 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Torquay | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| Mansfield | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This promises to be an excellent test for the in-form Stags, but one which I believe will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Torquay | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Mansfield | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |