League One: Blackpool vs Mansfield – Betting preview

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

Mid-placed Mansfield travel to Bloomfield Road to face struggling Blackpool in a round 13 game, which kicks-off this coming Saturday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.

Blackpool are placed 17th with 11 points after ten matches. Mansfield occupy a position as 11th in the league on 15 points.

Team form: Blackpool vs Mansfield

Blackpool Form

Blackpool suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Cambridge U in a 1-0 defeat. Leyton Orient also proved too hard to handle, as they won 2-0, before Blackpool were able to strike back last time out in a 2-0 win against Milton Keynes Dons. Blackpool won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the League One, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored 12 and conceded seven goals.

Mansfield Form

In their last three matches, Mansfield beat Bromley 2-1, drew 1-1 with Oxford and beat AFC Wimbledon by 0-3. Mansfield managed to win just once in their past six away games in the League One. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring ten time and letting in six.

Betting stats and facts for Blackpool and Mansfield

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

In-form players: Blackpool vs Mansfield

Having scored just once lately in the League One, Jerry Yates will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Mansfield hope Michael Smith can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of four League One goals in his last six League One games.

Popular betting markets: Blackpool vs Mansfield

Full-time result

Blackpool claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing two. Mansfield won three of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost four of the games in this run. Mansfield didn’t lose any of their 5 most recent games. Blackpool have not lost to Mansfield in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Blackpool scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Curiously, Mansfield only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Blackpool managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Blackpool have scored in 3 consecutive home meetings with Mansfield.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Blackpool’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.6 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Mansfield, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves.