Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Mansfield Town 3rd with 86 points, Sutton United 23rd with 42, 44 apart. Sutton United had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 23rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Mansfield Town 1.96 scored and 1.02 conceded per game, Sutton United 1.28 and 1.83, with the league averaging 1.49.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Mansfield Town have 1 win to Sutton United's 3, with 1 draw, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture.
One Call Stadium in Mansfield staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.




