League One: Birmingham vs Mansfield – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One game between Birmingham and Mansfield who meet up on Sunday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Round 45 of the League One serves up an encounter between Birmingham and Mansfield taking place at St Andrew’s Knighthead Park on Sunday.

Birmingham have taken the lead in the League One after collecting 102 points from their initial 43 encounters. Mansfield trail by 54 points after 43 rounds, leaving them as number 19 in the table on 48 points.

Form: Birmingham vs Mansfield

Birmingham Form

Their last three matches saw Birmingham drawing 0-0 with Crawley, before taking out Burton by 1-2, and Stevenage by 0-1. Birmingham showed little mercy in their past six matches at the St Andrew’s Knighthead Park, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 14 times, while letting in four themselves.

Mansfield Form

Mansfield were only able to take a single draw from their past three games. They came up short in a 2-3 defeat against Leyton Orient before drawing 3-3 with Rotherham. They were defeated once again, when Reading ran out 1-5 winners. Mansfield managed to win just once in their past six away games in the League One. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring ten time and letting in eight.

Betting facts for Birmingham and Mansfield

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Birmingham and Mansfield. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players on top: Birmingham vs Mansfield

It has been a superb season for Jay Stansfield so far as he managed to score impressive 19 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target three times in his last six games, and Birmingham rely on his abilities against Mansfield. Siding with him to find the back of the net on Sunday seems like a decent punt.

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Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at St Andrew’s Knighthead Park across all tournaments Birmingham won eight times, drew one and lost one times. Mansfield claimed one wins, four draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Birmingham are on a fine streak of 10 matches without defeat. Birmingham are on an amazing streak of now 22 games at home in a row without defeat. Amazingly, Mansfield failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 9 matches.

Both teams to score

Birmingham scored the first goal in seven out of their last ten games. Mansfield scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in last 7 consecutive Mansfield games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Birmingham managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Mansfield kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Birmingham saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of two goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Mansfield, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.3 times goals per game. Mansfields last three matches had over 4.5 goals.