MANSFIELD. Mansfield Town overcame Walsall to win 2-1. It was Mansfield Town to strike first with a goal of G. Lapslie at the 15′. Then it was a goal in the 35′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, W. Swan gave the win to Mansfield Town in the 82′ minute with a goal. Mansfield Town was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the One Call Stadium stadium in Mansfield on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Sam Purkiss who had the assistance of Lewis Raper and Wayne Grunnill. The 4th official was Anthony Backhouse. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.5 degrees Celsius or 58.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 13 Total 6
- 4 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 3
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 91 Attack 91
- 70 Dangerous attack 54
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Mansfield Town was in firm control of the ball 64% while Walsall was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Mansfield Town had a more offensive attitude with 70 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Mansfield Town won the match.
Mansfield Town shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Walsall shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Mansfield Town received 1 yellow card (W. Swan). Regarding the opposition, Walsall didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Mansfield Town will have 26 points to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Walsall will stay with 16 points to hold in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Mansfield Town will play away with Newport County on the 18th of April with a 11-7 head to head in favor of Mansfield Town (8 draws).
Walsall will play away agasint Harrogate Town on the 18th of April with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Harrogate Town (3 draws).
Mansfield Town – Formation
Mansfield Town
63'
15'
84'Mansfield Town started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
The manager Nigel Clough decided to play with the following team: Christy Pym, Elliott Hewitt, Riley Harbottle, Stephen Quinn, Stephen McLaughlin, Ollie Clarke, George Lapslie, Lukas Akins, Jordan Bowery, Oliver Hawkins and George Maris.
The home team had on the bench: Jason Law, Anthony Hartigan, Scott Flinders, Will Swan, James Perch, Hiram Boateng and John-Joe O’Toole.
Substitutions
Mansfield Town made 4 changes: J. Bowery for W. Swan (62′), O. Clarke for A. Hartigan (62′), S. Quinn for H. Boateng (63′) and G. Maris for J. Perch (90′).
Walsall – Formation
Walsall
Walsall started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Michael John Flynn played with: Owen Evans, Peter Clarke, Hayden White, Emmanuel Monthe, L. Bennett, Liam Kinsella, Brandon Comley, Isaac Hutchinson, Taylor Allen, Tom Knowles and Douglas James-Taylor.
These were the players on the bench: Andrew Williams, Ronan Maher, Timmy Abraham, Danny Cashman, Liam Gordon, Jonas Mukuna and Jacob Maddox.
Substitutions
Walsall made 5 changes: T. Knowles for A. Williams (68′), I. Hutchinson for J. Maddox (81′), D. James-Taylor for D. Cashman (85′), B. Comley for T. Abraham (86′) and P. Clarke for L. Gordon (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Swindon Town – Colchester United – 1-0
- Crawley Town – Newport County – 2-1
- Mansfield Town – Walsall – 2-1
- Stockport County – Grimsby Town – 1-3
- Salford City – Bradford City – 0-1
- Rochdale – Barrow – 2-1
- Leyton Orient – Northampton Town – 0-0
- Gillingham – Stevenage – 1-1
- Carlisle United – Doncaster Rovers – 3-0
- AFC Wimbledon – Sutton United – 0-1
- Harrogate Town – Hartlepool United – 2-1
