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Mansfield Town face a trip to Darlington at George Reynolds Arena on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Stags will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 21 and win only 10 of the 41 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2004, the Quakers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 28 Sep | Mansfield Town | 0 - 0 | Darlington | AM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Apr | Darlington | 1 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 04 Oct | Mansfield Town | 3 - 1 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Feb | Mansfield Town | 4 - 2 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 13 Oct | Darlington | 0 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 01 May | Mansfield Town | 3 - 2 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 02 Dec | Darlington | 2 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Darlington are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.
The away form of Mansfield Town is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Stags have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Darlington lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 27 points from their 19 games so far. Mansfield Town find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 24 points from their 19 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Darlington | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Stags are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Darlington. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Darlington | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Mansfield Town | Not won in previous 9 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 9 most recent games. |