Match Report
Mansfield Town, 3rd with 86 points, sat 32 points above Swindon Town (19th, 54). On the form table Swindon Town stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 19th overall. Per game in the league, Mansfield Town were scoring 1.96 and conceding 1.02, Swindon Town 1.67 and 1.8, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 2 Mansfield Town wins, 6 for Swindon Town, 2 draws, at 2.8 goals per meeting. The recent trend is more open — 4.4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.8 all-time.
The match was played at One Call Stadium in Mansfield (capacity 10,000). On the scoreboard, Mansfield Town led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 3-2.