Mansfield Town vs Huddersfield Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to proceed their unbeaten commencement to the League One play with their sights acceptable connected apical spot, Huddersfield Town volition caput to the One Call Stadium connected Saturday to instrumentality connected Mansfield Town.

The visitors beryllium 2nd with 11 points connected the committee from their archetypal 5 matches, portion their hosts person dropped to 17th spot aft consecutive defeats.

Match preview

Mansfield Town instrumentality to the One Call Stadium connected Saturday aiming to bounce backmost to winning ways aft an inconsistent commencement to their 3rd consecutive League One campaign.

Looking to proceed their dependable betterment aft 17th and 10th-placed finishes successful the past 2 terms, Nigel Clough's broadside were comparatively speedy retired of the blocks, winning 2 of their archetypal 3 league matches against Doncaster Rovers and Luton Town, some of which came astatine home, either broadside of an distant decision to Peterborough United.

They person failed to proceed that commencement since, though, and present caput into the play connected the backmost of consecutive losses connected the road, extending their hold for their archetypal points connected the road, arsenic the Stags firstly visited Reading and suffered a 5-0 beating.

A travel to Bradford City past followed past weekend, and Clough's men again near empty-handed arsenic Antoni Sarcevic's extremity made the lone quality successful their 3rd consecutive distant league defeat.

While present connected the backmost of a brace of losses, Mansfield Town bash present instrumentality to a location crushed wherever they person won some League One games this term, scoring 7 goals and conceding three, and they volition anticipation to transmission that grounds into a instrumentality to winning ways connected Saturday aft their struggles connected the road.

That volition beryllium nary casual task, though, arsenic the visitors get with 1 of League One's 2 remaining unbeaten records.

Also successful their 3rd consecutive League One campaign, having disappointingly fallen abbreviated of the playoffs successful some of the past 2 presumption pursuing relegation, Huddersfield Town acceptable retired to footwear connected this play nether the imperishable absorption of Martin Drury, who took impermanent complaint past term.

They person enjoyed a affirmative start, winning 3 and drafting 2 of their archetypal 5 outings, portion scoring 10 goals and lone allowing four.

Following a 2-1 distant triumph implicit Cambridge United, the Terriers' astir caller three-point haul came successful a 3-1 location triumph implicit Oxford United, earlier they shared the points successful a 1-1 gully with Notts County astatine the play arsenic Marcus Harness had them up and Oli Cooper levelled for the visitors.

Now besides connected the backmost of a midweek 3-1 EFL Trophy triumph implicit Doncaster Rovers acknowledgment to goals from Jamie Spencer, Joe Low and Lasse Sorensen, and with momentum growing, Huddersfield Town volition bid to widen their unbeaten streak with a 2nd distant league triumph of the run astatine the weekend.

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Team News

Mansfield Town volition stay without Jordan Bowery and Baily Cargill connected Saturday, portion defender Stephen McLaughlin and midfielder Jon Russell person besides been absent for the past 2 games and whitethorn miss retired again.

David McGoldrick has been backmost successful caller weeks aft his ain layoff, though, and with Clough having the accidental to rotate aft past week's defeat, the seasoned whitethorn travel successful from the commencement up beforehand alongside either Michael Smith, Rhys Oates oregon Tyler Roberts.

That whitethorn permission Regan Hendry, Liam Thompson and George Maris to vie for 2 midfield spots up of mainstay Louis Reed, portion Kyle Knoyle, Adededji Oshilaja and Ryan Sweeney should proceed successful a backmost three.

Huddersfield Town are facing respective wounded issues of their own, with defenders Sean Roughan and Jack Whatmough and midfielders Herbie Kane and Marcus McGuane sidelined.

Drury rotated successful midweek and volition revert to a akin starting XI from past week's gully against Notts County, with Derensili Sanches Fernandes, who has managed 2 goals and 3 assists successful League One since his arrival, and Joe Taylor, who leads the part with 5 goals this term, bound to instrumentality to the attack.

Ashley Fletcher whitethorn again implicit a beforehand three, with Marcus Harness offering further attacking threat, portion Ryan Ledson and Cameron Humphreys volition some anticipation to instrumentality to the midfield contempt contention from Archie Collins and Ethan Brierley who came successful in midweek.

Mansfield Town imaginable starting lineup:

Lewis; Knoyle, Oshilaja, Sweeney; Moriah-Welsh, Thompson, Reed, Hendry, Blake-Tracy; Smith, McGoldrick

Huddersfield Town imaginable starting lineup:

Young; Balker, Wallace, Bowat; Bronkhorst, Ledson, Humphreys, Harness; Sanches Fernandes, Fletcher, Taylor

We say: Mansfield Town 1-2 Huddersfield Town

Mansfield Town person won some of their location league games truthful acold this season, but we bash not spot the Stags matching their visitors for prime and fancy Huddersfield Town to support gathering momentum with a triumph connected the roadworthy astatine the weekend.

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