Field Mill hosts Mansfield Town and Crewe Alexandra in a big weekend in the top half of the table. Both sides are sat within the top six, with Mansfield in contention for automatic promotion and Crewe in contention for a Play-off place.
Mansfield Town currently sit second in League Two after 24 games. The Stags have 13 wins, ten draws and just one loss, leaving them on 49 points, equal with third-place Wrexham and two points behind top of the league Stockport, but with at least one game in hand on both.
In their last five games in all competitions, Mansfield have four wins and one draw.
A penalty from Danilo Orsi was not enough for ten-man Crawley Town, who had Jay WIlliams sent off, as Baily Cargill, KD Davis and George Maris all scored in the 3 - 1 win for Mansfield. Next time out saw Mansfield take on a struggling Sutton United side. With only one shot on target, Sutton was brushed aside as Stephen Quinn and Lucas Akins scored in the 2 - 0 win for Mansfield.
Davis and Maris were on the scoresheet again for Mansfield in the 2 - 0 win over Grimsby Town in a game that saw Mansfield register an impressive 39 shots with 16 of those on target. The one draw came next time out against Doncaster Rovers. Callum Johnson opened the scoring for Mansfield, but a goal from Joe Ironside grabbed a 1 - 1 draw for Doncaster.
The last time out for Mansfield was against Stockport. Maris and Davis once again combined for a 2 - 0 win for Mansfield despite having just 37% of the possession.
Crewe Alexandra, on the other hand, sit sixth in League Two. In 25 games, Crewe have 11 wins, eight draws and six losses which leaves them on 41 points, two points within the Play-offs and eight points from automatic promotion.
In their last five games in all competitions, Crewe have one win, two draws and two losses.
Aaron Rowe opened the scoring in the fourth minute for Crewe but Jack Nolan equalised just two minutes later for Accrington Stanley. Mickey Demetriou regained the lead for Crewe, but two late goals following Luke Offord’s red card gave Stanley the 3 - 2 lead in the dying minutes. However, Elliott Nevitt scored in the 98th minute to grab a 3 - 3 draw for ten-man Crewe. Nevitt scored again against Barrow, but a brace from Ben Whitfield and a penalty from Gerard Garner gave Barrow the 3 - 1 win.
Freddie Draper and Oisin McEntee both scored in the 2 - 0 win for Walsall over Crewe, despite Crewe having more of the possession. Chris Long gave Crewe the lead just minutes into the second half, but a goal from Will Evans just 16 minutes later gave Newport the 1 - 1 draw.
The most recent outing for Crewe was against Bradford City. A penalty from Long in the 13th minute gave Crewe a 1 - 0 win over Bradford City, despite having just one shot on target.
Mansfield and Crewe have met 85 times in their histories, with the first meeting coming back in 1932. Not much separates the two sides, with Crewe having 32 wins and Mansfield having 31 wins, with the other 22 games ending in a share of the points.