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Mansfield Town face a trip to York City at Bootham Crescent on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Stags will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 26 and win only 8 of the 43 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2008, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in an Shield (Conference Cup) match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 07 Feb | Mansfield Town | 1 - 0 | York City | CONF |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 04 Nov | York City | 1 - 1 | Mansfield Town | CNFC |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 02 Sep | York City | 1 - 1 | Mansfield Town | CONF |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 14 Feb | York City | 1 - 2 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 11 Oct | Mansfield Town | 2 - 0 | York City | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Apr | York City | 3 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Fri 23 Nov | Mansfield Town | 1 - 1 | York City | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
York City could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Minstermen, with 6 goals against.
Mansfield Town's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Stags, and 6 goals against.
York City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 46 points from 24 games. Mansfield Town's total of 41 points from their 23 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| York City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Mansfield Town are performing with pride on their travels, but the FootyMad panel believes it may not be enough to prevent the Minstermen coming away with a hard-fought home win. Home win.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| York City | Won 6 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 10 matches. |
| Mansfield Town | 4 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |