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Mansfield prepare to entertain Darlington at Field Mill on Saturday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 26 wins out of 38 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Field Mill was just last season, in February 2002, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4-2 thriller, in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Feb | Mansfield | 4-2 | Darlington | LD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Oct | Darlington | 0 - 1 | Mansfield | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 01 May | Mansfield | 3 - 2 | Darlington | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 02 Dec | Darlington | 2 - 1 | Mansfield | LD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 26 Feb | Mansfield | 1 - 2 | Darlington | LD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 18 Sep | Darlington | 0 - 0 | Mansfield | LD3 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 06 Feb | Darlington | 5 - 1 | Mansfield | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Mansfield Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 15 goals have been scored by the Stags in those games, with 9 conceded.
The away form of Darlington is pretty dire, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. While the Quakers have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Mansfield are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 20 points from 11 games. Darlington see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division Three, showing a record of 15 points from their 11 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Mansfield | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 13 |
| Darlington | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Stags's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Darlington. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Mansfield | 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Darlington | Not won in previous 10 away matches. |