Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Mansfield Town 3rd with 86 points, Crewe Alexandra 6th with 71, 15 apart. Crewe Alexandra's recent output lagged their position: 16th on form over five rounds while 6th in the table. Per game in the league, Mansfield Town were scoring 1.96 and conceding 1.02, Crewe Alexandra 1.5 and 1.41, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Mansfield Town's unbeaten run stood at 6, having scored in 10 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Mansfield Town held 13 points of 15 and Crewe Alexandra 5.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 3 for Mansfield Town, 2 for Crewe Alexandra and 5 drawn, at 3.3 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 10% of the wins in this fixture. History points to goals: 70% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match was played at One Call Stadium in Mansfield (capacity 10,000). On the scoreboard, Crewe Alexandra led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.