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Mansfield Town face a trip to Grimsby Town at Blundell Park on Friday evening, 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 most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2006, the Mariners carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 14 Feb | Mansfield Town | 2 - 1 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Grimsby Town | 2 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Apr | Mansfield Town | 2 - 0 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 28 Aug | Grimsby Town | 2 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 02 Mar | Mansfield Town | 1 - 1 | Grimsby Town | LGE1 |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 01 Dec | Grimsby Town | 2 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 02 Jan | Mansfield Town | 1 - 0 | Grimsby Town | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Grimsby Town are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Mariners in those games, with 5 conceded.
In complete contrast to Grimsby Town, Mansfield Town are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Stags have hit 5 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Grimsby Town find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 3 points from their 3 matches. Mansfield Town's 5 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Grimsby Town | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Mariners, as the Stags have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Grimsby Town | 4 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Mansfield Town | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 6 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |