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Mansfield Town play host to Hartlepool United at Field Mill on Monday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 31 wins out of 40 previous matches.
The last time the two teams met at Mansfield Town was just over four years ago, in January 2002, with Mansfield Town running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a League Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Tue 12 Sep | Hartlepool U. | 2 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 19 Jan | Mansfield Town | 3-0 | Hartlepool U. | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 11 Aug | Hartlepool U. | 1 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 24 Feb | Hartlepool U. | 1 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Mansfield Town | 4 - 3 | Hartlepool U. | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Apr | Hartlepool U. | 1 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 16 Oct | Mansfield Town | 2 - 3 | Hartlepool U. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Mansfield Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
The Pools have had a decent run of form away from home recently, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Pools, and 1 goals against.
Mansfield Town are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola League Two having mustered a points tally of 27 from their 23 matches played. Hartlepool U. are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 44 points from 25 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Hartlepool U. | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Mansfield Town are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Hartlepool U. running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Mansfield Town | Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Hartlepool U. | 3 successive away victories. 6 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 6 matches. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |