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Predictions and Tips
The League One clash at One Call Stadium on Monday sees home side Mansfield Town taking on opponents Reading.
All Mansfield Town v Reading match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - plus the latest betting odds.
📊 Form Guide

Mansfield Town
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Mansfield Town will play in this game coming off the back of a 3-3 League One drawn match vs Rotherham United.
For Mansfield Town, the scorers were George Maris (8'), Aden Flint (77') and Jordan Bowery (86'). Mallik Wilks (17', 66') and Sam Nombe (36') scored for Rotherham United.
It has been seldom in recent games where Mansfield Town have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Mansfield Town have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 11 goals during that time.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Mansfield Town:
- have not registered a win against Reading in their previous 3 league matches.
- are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.
Reading
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Lincoln City in League One action, Reading will be hoping to turn things around here.
James Collins (65') scored for Lincoln City.
In the course of their 6 latest matches, Noel Hunt's Reading have found the back of the net a total of 8 times - yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.
Coming into this clash, Reading are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.
↔️ Head to head
The previous league fixture featuring the two was League One match day 23 on 29/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Reading 2-1 Mansfield Town.
The match was refereed by Martin Woods.
🧠 Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Reading should get enough chances to get a goal against this Mansfield Town lineup, although that is unlikely to be as many as they’ll concede.
We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Mansfield Town by the conclusion of the game. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Lucas Pereira, 13:02 21/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Mansfield Town
Formed: 1897
Stadium: One Call Stadium (9,186)
Captain: Aden Flint
Chairman: John Radford
Manager: Nigel Clough
Competitions: League One position 18
⭐ Key Man: Deji Oshilaja
Normally playing in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Deji Oshilaja was born in Bermondsey, England. Having played his first senior match for Newport County in the 2013 - 2014 season, the skilful Midfielder has managed 4 league goals in this League One 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 35 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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41 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 96 | WWWWD |
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43 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 84 | DLWWW |
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43 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 83 | WDWDD |
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43 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 79 | WWDWW |
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43 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 78 | WWWWD |
6 |
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43 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 69 | LDWWW |
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43 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 69 | LWWDL |
8 |
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43 | 20 | 6 | 17 | -1 | 66 | WWLLL |
9 |
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43 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 64 | LWLLL |
10 |
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42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 63 | WWWLW |
11 |
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43 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 58 | LWDDW |
12 |
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43 | 16 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 57 | DLLWL |
13 |
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43 | 15 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 55 | WWWLD |
14 |
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43 | 14 | 11 | 18 | -13 | 53 | WLDWD |
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42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 52 | LLWLL |
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42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 50 | LDDDW |
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42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 49 | LWLLD |
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42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 48 | WLLLD |
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43 | 11 | 14 | 18 | -18 | 47 | DLWDL |
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42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | -15 | 43 | LWLWD |
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43 | 12 | 7 | 24 | -26 | 43 | LLLLD |
22 |
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43 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -25 | 38 | DDWLW |
23 |
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43 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -32 | 37 | WLLLD |
24 |
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43 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -35 | 30 | DLLDL |
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Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.8 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.7 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-2 |
Will Evans | 13 |
Lee Gregory | 10 |
Keanu Baccus | 4 |
George Maris | 4 |
Deji Oshilaja | 4 |
Harvey Knibbs | 14 |
Sam Smith | 11 |
Lewis Wing | 8 |
Chem Campbell | 5 |
Charlie Savage | 5 |
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