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The League Two fixture at Stadium MK on Saturday sees home team MK Dons locking horns with Mansfield Town.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for MK Dons v Mansfield Town can be seen below - as well as the best betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
MK Dons
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MK Dons will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 0-2 League Two success vs Forest Green Rovers.
For MK Dons, the scorers were Max Dean (40') and Alex Gilbey (51').
Matches featuring MK Dons have often been engaging affairs lately with a lot of goalmouth action anticipated. Over their past 6 clashes, a grand total of 23 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 13 of them belonging to MK Dons.
Looking at their past form shows that MK Dons:
- haven't been beaten in the league by Mansfield Town in their previous 6 games.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 8 league matches at home. They have been so resilient here.
Mansfield Town
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Mansfield Town will go into this meeting following a 1-0 League Two win with the downing of Forest Green Rovers in their previous fixture.
The only name on the scoresheet from Mansfield Town was Tom Nichols (20').
Mansfield Town have seen success in front of goal in their most recent fixtures, having scored 11 times in their previous 6 matches. This doesnโt mask the fact that Mansfield Town have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same games. That being said, weโll just have to find out whether such a trend might continue on in this next match.
๐ฅ Head to head
An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 20/02/2007 reveals that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Mansfield Town. Theyโve not managed to get any victories whatsoever whereas MK Dons have simply been better than them, running out winners in 67% of those matches.
A sum of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 of them from The Dons and 4 for The Stags. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.
The previous league encounter between these sides was League Two match day 21 on 05/03/2024 when it ended Mansfield Town 1-2 MK Dons.
The match was refereed by Lee Swabey.
๐ฐ Team News: MK Dons
The MK Dons manager Mike Williamson will be grateful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this game with a fully healthy group to pick from.
๐๏ธ Team News: Mansfield Town
Out of a mainly full-strength squad, there is only the sole fitness issue for the Mansfield Town gaffer Nigel Clough to be concerned with. Alfie Kilgour (Achilles tendon rupture) wonโt be in action.
โก Prediction
In our view, Mansfield Town and MK Dons could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. Therefore, we predict a very even match with a 1-1 score draw after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 13:01 13/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
MK Dons
Formed: 2004
Stadium: Stadium MK (30,500)
Captain: Dean Lewington
Chairman: Pete Winkelman
Manager: Mike Williamson
Competitions: League Two position 3
โญ Key Man: Alex Gilbey
Normally deployed in the Centre Midfield position, Alex Gilbey was born in Dagenham, England. Having made a first senior appearance for Colchester United in the 2012 - 2013 season, the dangerous Midfielder has managed to score 11 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 43 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 83 | WWWWW |
2 |
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43 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 79 | WWLWW |
3 |
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42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 38 | 76 | WDLLW |
4 |
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43 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 74 | WLWDW |
5 |
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43 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 70 | DDLDW |
6 |
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41 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 67 | DWWLL |
7 |
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42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 65 | WLWWL |
8 |
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43 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 62 | LDDLW |
9 |
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42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 62 | DLWWL |
10 |
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42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 61 | WWWWW |
11 |
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43 | 17 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 61 | WDWLW |
12 |
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43 | 17 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 60 | LWWLL |
13 |
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43 | 17 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 60 | DWDLL |
14 |
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42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 57 | LLWDW |
15 |
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42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 55 | WLLDW |
16 |
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43 | 16 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 55 | LLLLL |
17 |
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42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | -4 | 54 | DLLDW |
18 |
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43 | 15 | 6 | 22 | -2 | 51 | WLLDL |
19 |
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42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 50 | LLWLW |
20 |
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43 | 12 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 47 | WWLLL |
21 |
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42 | 9 | 16 | 17 | -18 | 43 | LLDWL |
22 |
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43 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -25 | 39 | WWWWL |
23 |
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41 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -20 | 38 | DWDLL |
24 |
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43 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -30 | 36 | LLWLL |
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Notts County |
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Gillingham |
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Accrington Stanley |
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Salford City |
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Newport County |
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Accrington Stanley |
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Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 0.9 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 42 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.6 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 5-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Max Dean | 15 |
Alex Gilbey | 13 |
Ellis Harrison | 8 |
Joe Tomlinson | 7 |
Jack Payne | 6 |
Davis Keillor-Dunn | 22 |
Lucas Akins | 12 |
George Maris | 10 |
Will Swan | 9 |
Hiram Boateng | 5 |
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