Morecambe vs Mansfield Town Prediction & Betting Tips

Morecambe will be hosting the visiting Mansfield Town at Mazuma Stadium in the League Two clash on Tuesday.

For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Morecambe v Mansfield Town, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.

📏 Form Guide

Morecambe

LWLWWL

Morecambe will be hoping for a better result following the 4-0 League Two losing effort in their last game against Crawley Town.

George Francomb (52') and Tyler Frost (77') scored for Crawley Town.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Morecambe have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, The Shrimps have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 16 goals along the way.

Leading up to this clash, Morecambe:

• have not lost a league tie with Mansfield Town in their last 2 games.
• haven't beaten Mansfield Town in their previous 7 matches in the league.

Mansfield Town

DLLLDL ⚠

Since tasting defeat last time out to Bradford City in League Two action, Mansfield Town and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

For Mansfield Town, the scorers were Marek Štěch (8' Own goal) and Andy Cook (85'). Connor Wood (14') and Clayton Donaldson (69') scored for Bradford City.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games involving Mansfield Town, at least three goals have been struck. The overall average goals scored per game during that time is 3, with the number of goals averaged by The Stags coming out as 1. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Taking a look at their past results, Mansfield Town:

• have not lost to Morecambe in away games against them for the last 5 league matches. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings dating back to 27/01/2018 shows that Morecambe have won 0 of these and Mansfield Town 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

In all, 18 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for The Shrimps and 12 belonging to The Stags. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

ℹ️ Team News: Morecambe

Morecambe boss Derek Adams has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this clash owing to a fully injury-free group available to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Mansfield Town

Out of a mainly healthy group of players, there is only a single fitness problem for the Mansfield Town boss Graham Coughlan to contend with. Joe Riley (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be in action.

💭 Prediction

It’s looking like Mansfield Town and Morecambe may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.

Let’s see how this one goes, but it looks this could be a draw. We therefore think that it’s going to be a close game with a 1-1 score at the conclusion of the game.

Peter Guest, 23:19 17/10/2020