About Match
4 points for Mansfield Town U18 (13th), 7 for Lincoln City U18 (8th): a 3-point gap. Recent form tells a different story for Mansfield Town U18: only 24th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 13th. Scoring rates set the scale: Mansfield Town U18 1.75 scored and 1.75 conceded per game, Lincoln City U18 2 and 2, with the league averaging 2.06. A win here leaves Mansfield Town U18 on 7 points and up to 11th, overtaking Lincoln City U18, other results permitting.
Mansfield Town U18 have banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Lincoln City U18, 12.
8 meetings are on record — 4 won by Mansfield Town U18, 2 by Lincoln City U18, 2 drawn, at 4.63 goals per meeting. 88% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 88%. The recent editions have closed up — 3.6 goals per game over the last five against 4.63 all-time.