mansfield town preview

 After another famous cup upset in mid week attentions turn back to the league as we travel to the one call stadium to take on Mansfield town. 

County and mansfield have recent history especially at the start of the season with county facing mansfield twice on the opening day 2 out of the past 4 seasons. We also faced off in the 2018-19 sky bet league 2 play off semi final in which County won via the dreaded penalty shootout. 

Mansfield have had the better of county recently with Mansfield winning 9 out of the past 18 games with county winning 3 and 6 draws. We have a rotten record at the One call stadium, we haven't won in 90 minutes since 2012. Mansfield have had a mixed start to the season. They won their opening league game 2-1 against Bristol Rovers but lost mid week 3-0 against Preston in the league cup. Conceding 4 goals in 2 games must fill county with optimism of a few goals tomorrow. Their manager is Nigel Clough, son of legendary manager Brian Clough. This was a huge surprise as Clough had always managed clubs at a higher level than league 2 and has vast experience coaching at championship level.  

 Newport have been good starters in the league. We've been in and around the top 3 at the start of the season in every season since Michael Flynn took over in 2017 and after opening back to back wins and clean sheets it looks like this season will be no different.

I fully expect Flynny to make a whole number of changes from the team the beat Ipswich in midweek with 11 changes made for that game. However I don't think that there will be 11 changed again with some impressive performances in that game with Timmy Abraham and Jordan Greenidge linking up well up top and Finn Azaz impressing just behind those 2. 

Overall I think county will win 2-0. This is my personal opinion let me know what you think in the comments below! Also don't forget to follow us on twitter @Absoutecounty and on Instagram @absolutely_county