FM Preview: Mansfield Town v Braintree Town 03 Dec 2011

Last updated : 02 December 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Mansfield Town v Braintree Town fixture

Braintree Town face a trip to Mansfield Town at Field Mill on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 20 Aug Braintree Tn. 1 - 1 Mansfield Town (Conference) Premier

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Recent respective form guides

Mansfield Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Stags's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.

The away form of Braintree Town is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Iron have hit 12 goals, 20 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Mansfield Town's 33 points from 21 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Braintree Town see themselves just below half way in the Blue Square (Conference) Premier, showing a record of 31 points from their 22 games played so far,

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Mansfield Town 6 0 4 2 4 10 4
Braintree Town 6 1 2 3 9 13 5

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Stags, as the Iron have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Mansfield Town Failed to win in previous 3 home matches.
Drawn each of their last 3 games.
Not won in the 6 most recent games.
Braintree Town Not won in previous 6 away matches.
No win in the 5 most recent games.

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