League One: Exeter vs Mansfield – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 3 match between Exeter and Mansfield and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

As the early season favourites, Exeter will look to justify their title credentials on Saturday when they take on Mansfield for a round 3 match in the League One.

Exeter enter this round three of the League One with three points in the bag, and they will be hoping to double that in the coming match.

Team form: Exeter vs Mansfield

Exeter Form

Showing inconsistent form, Exeter lost two of their past three matches, going down 1-0 against Doncaster, before beating Blackpool 4-1. The joy was short-lived, as Cheltenham proved too strong in a 2-0 defeat. Exeter only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent League One matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded seven goals.

Mansfield Form

Mansfield suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Burton in a 2-1 defeat. Doncaster also proved too hard to handle as they won 1-2, before Mansfield were able to strike back in a 0-2 win against Chesterfield. Mansfield managed to win just once in their past six away games in the League One. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring 14 time and letting in seven.

Betting stats for Exeter and Mansfield

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Exeter and Mansfield played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Exeter vs Mansfield

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

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Full-time result

Exeter 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 two of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost four of the games in this run. Exeter have not lost to Mansfield in 4 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

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

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Exeter’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in eight of the last ten matches that Mansfield played across all tournaments. They scored 1.8 times on average in the process.