League One: Mansfield vs Doncaster – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 2 match between Mansfield and Doncaster and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Mansfield hope to live up to their early billing as the League One title favourites this coming Saturday when they welcome Doncaster over to the One Call Stadium for a round 2 match.

Mansfield endured a disappointing opening game in the new League One season which left them stunned without points.

Team form: Mansfield vs Doncaster

Mansfield Form

Mansfield are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Peterborough by 4-2, before beating Exeter by 3-0. The winning streak came to an end against Burton, who ran out 2-1 winners. Mansfield won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the League One, while also drawing zero. They suffered three defeats, while they scored 13 and conceded 13 goals.

Doncaster Form

Doncaster are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Bradford got left behind in a 2-1 win, before Notts Co. got hammered in a 1-2 victory. Exeter was the most recent victim in a 1-0 win for Doncaster. Doncaster came through their last six away games in the League One without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew four and lost two in which, they were outscored by 12 goals to six.

Betting stats and facts for Mansfield and Doncaster

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Mansfield and Doncaster. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Mansfield vs Doncaster

With another League One season only just beginning to take form, we are still a bit in the dark as to who will dominate the scoring charts for both Mansfield and Doncaster. Accordingly, we have listed some of the players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Popular betting markets: Mansfield vs Doncaster

Full-time result

Mansfield claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing five. Doncaster won six of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost two of the games in this run. Mansfield have not lost to Doncaster in 4 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Mansfield scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Impressively, Doncaster scored the first goal in nine out of previous ten games. Doncaster were able to win five of these matches without conceding a goal. Perhaps a number worth keeping in mind for an accumulator, depending on your betting strategy. Mansfield have scored in 6 consecutive league meetings with Doncaster.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out nine times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Mansfield, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Doncaster, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of two times goals per game themselves. Mansfield’s last 11 matches had more than three goals.