FM Preview: Mansfield Town v Wrexham 20 Apr 2012

Last updated : 19 April 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Mansfield Town v Wrexham fixture

Wrexham face a trip to Mansfield Town at Field Mill on Friday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Dragons will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 22 and win only 9 of the 41 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Field Mill was just last season, in January 2011, with Wrexham inflicting a narrow 2-3 defeat upon the Stags in a (Conference) Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Tue 27 Sep Wrexham 1 - 3 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 29 Jan Mansfield Town 2-3 Wrexham (Conference) Premier
2010/2011 Sat 27 Nov Wrexham 1 - 1 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Sat 03 Apr Mansfield Town 0 - 1 Wrexham (Conference) Premier
2009/2010 Tue 02 Feb Wrexham 2 - 1 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 04 Apr Wrexham 2 - 0 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier
2008/2009 Sat 13 Dec Wrexham 2 - 1 Mansfield Town Trophy

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Recent respective form guides

Mansfield Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Stags have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 4.

The Dragons have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Those games have seen the Dragons pummel 12 goals, and let in 5.

Mansfield Town are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 83 points from 44 games.

Wrexham are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 92 points from 43 games.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Mansfield Town 6 5 0 1 15 7 15
Wrexham 6 1 3 2 9 9 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Mansfield Town is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Mansfield Town Won 3 successive home games.
4 games since last home draw.
Won their latest 4 matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 7 .
Wrexham Previous 2 away games have finished all-square.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 4 most recent games.

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