Mansfield Town vs Cheltenham Predictions

• Cheltenham could move up to third with a win on Saturday.
• Mansfield are only two points better of than third from bottom Walsall.
• Both teams were knocked out of the FA Cup at the weekend.
• Cheltenham haven’t beaten Mansfield in any of the pairs’ last three meetings.

Mansfield have struggled at home this season

Mansfield have lost three of their last six matches in all competitions while Cheltenham are unbeaten in their last three league games and under 2.5 goals were produced in four of Mansfield’s and four of Cheltenham’s last five matches, so you can see why we’ve backed a 1-0 away win this weekend.

Mansfield average 0.89 points per home game and Cheltenham average 1.44 points per away game, and have lost five of their nine home games this season while the visitors have won three of their nine away games. Manfield average 1.67 goals scored per home game and concede an average of 1.78 goals while Cheltenham score an average of 0.78 goals per away game and concede an average of 0.44 goals, and we believe the visitors’ stats make a 1-0 final score in their favour look probable.

Cheltenham will be looking to keep things tight at the back

Mansfield have only kept clean sheets in 22% of their home games and Cheltenham have kept clean sheets in 56% of their away games, which adds weight to our prediction for a 1-0 away win on Saturday. Mansfield have also failed to score in 33% of their home games and have lost-to-nil in 22% of their home matches.

A majority of Mansfield’s defeats had a one-goal margin (7 defeats), while Cheltenham’s away games produce an average of 1.22 goals and both teams scored in just 22% of the visitor’s away games, which is another reason we have backed them to narrowly win this weekend.

We’re confident that under 2.5 goals will be produced in Saturday’s clash and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-0 in Cheltenham’s favour. The visitors have outperformed their hosts so far this season and many of their recent matches have produced under 2.5 goals. Cheltenham might not score many on the road but they don’t concede many either, which is why we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-0.