Plymouth v Mansfield Town prediction

League One · Sat, 19 Dec 2026 15:00 GMT · Home Park

Updated 8 Nov 2026, 16:03 UK · refreshed continuously

TACTIX’s free model pick for Plymouth v Mansfield Town, League One on Sat, 19 Dec 2026 15:00 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

Plymouth host Mansfield Town in League One on Saturday 19 December (kick-off 15:00 UK).

Form and the table

Eight of Plymouth’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (53%). Both teams scored in six of Plymouth’s last 15 results in all competitions (40%). At home, Plymouth have four wins, one draw and three defeats in their last 8 home matches in all competitions — 1.63 points per game, scoring 1.63 and conceding 1.00. Plymouth have scored 21 goals, the 11th-most (shared) of the 24 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 14 games, ranked per game). Plymouth have conceded 19 goals, the 10th-fewest of the 24 clubs.

10 of Mansfield Town’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (67%). Both teams scored in seven of Mansfield Town’s last 15 results in all competitions (47%). Away from home, Mansfield Town have two wins, two draws and three defeats in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 1.14 points per game, scoring 1.43 and conceding 1.57. Mansfield Town have scored 20 goals, the 10th-most of the 24 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 13 games, ranked per game). Mansfield Town have conceded 18 goals, the 11th-fewest of the 24 clubs.

Plymouth are unbeaten in their last three matches in all competitions. Plymouth (fifth) and Mansfield Town (11th) are four points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Plymouth the stronger side, 31 rating points above Mansfield Town (Plymouth 1574, Mansfield Town 1543, after at least 105 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 27 January 2026, finished Plymouth 1–1 Mansfield Town.

Team news

Predicted Plymouth XI (4-4-2): M. Mahoney, A. Mitchell, W. Harding, J. Pleguezuelo, A. Hartridge, H. White, T. Bakinson, R. Curtis, B. Ibrahim, W. Evans, A. Pepple — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Harvey White (3.9 per match over 16 appearances, two goals and four assists) and Ronan Curtis (3.5 per match over 13 appearances, one goal and two assists) have been Plymouth’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Plymouth (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Harvey White averages 1.6 key passes per 90 over 1414 minutes, with a key pass in nine of the last 10 appearances. Ronan Curtis averages 1.2 key passes per 90 over 990 minutes, with a key pass in six of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted Mansfield Town XI (3-1-4-2): L. Roberts, A. Oshilaja, R. Sweeney, J. Bowery, L. Reed, N. Moriah-Welsh, S. McLaughlin, J. Russell, R. Hendry, M. Smith, R. Oates — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Jonathan Russell (5.6 per match over 10 appearances, three goals and three assists) and Michael Smith (4.7 per match over 13 appearances, six goals and two assists) have been Mansfield Town’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Mansfield Town (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Jonathan Russell averages 1.9 key passes per 90 over 1127 minutes, with a key pass in eight of the last 10 appearances. Michael Smith averages 2.6 shots per 90 over 998 minutes, with a shot in 10 of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 19 Dec 2026 15:00 GMT · League One · Home Park
Head-to-head (last 4): Plymouth 2 · draws 1 · Mansfield Town 1 · 2.25 goals/game
Recent form: Plymouth 2W 1D 2L · Mansfield Town 3W 1D 1L

Plymouth v Mansfield Town (League One): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 8 November 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.38 / 1.88

Goals

against 1.13 / 0.88 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.13 / 7

Corners

against 6.75 / 4.5 · 5 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

4.63 / 4.88

Shots on target

against 4.75 / 3.25 · 2 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

1.38 / 2.38

Cards

against 1.75 / 2.25 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 7 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 7 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Plymouth for / against	Line	Mansfield Town for / against
Goals scored	1.38 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.88 for · 0.88 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.13 for · 6.75 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	7 for · 4.5 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	14.75 for · 13 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	16.38 for · 12.13 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	4.63 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	4.88 for · 3.25 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	13 for · 11.25 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	12.38 for · 10.5 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	1.38 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.38 for · 2.25 against n 8 Last 5

Plymouth

Plymouth Goalkeeper

Plymouth — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded
M. Mahoney	14	901266 min	342.4 /90	100.7 /90
M. Cooper	3	90270 min	41.3 /90	00 /90
James Storer	2	90180 min	52.5 /90	42 /90

Plymouth — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Mahoney n 8	90	3.1 7/5
M. Cooper n 3	90	1.3 1/1

Plymouth Defensive

Plymouth — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
W. Harding	16	891428 min	251.6 /90	181.1 /90	40.3 /90	664.2 /90	130.8 /90	20.1 /90
A. Mitchell	15	811214 min	151.1 /90	120.9 /90	30.2 /90	755.6 /90	50.4 /90	10.1 /90
M. Sorinola	12	59706 min	162 /90	101.3 /90	10.1 /90	486.1 /90	202.5 /90	10.1 /90
Julio Pleguezuelo	11	71778 min	111.3 /90	121.4 /90	10.1 /90	455.2 /90	60.7 /90	10.1 /90
M. Ross	9	66594 min	132 /90	71.1 /90	10.2 /90	558.3 /90	152.3 /90	30.5 /90
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Plymouth — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
W. Harding n 8	88.5	0.4 2/1	0.8 5/1	—
H. White n 8	90	0.9 7/0	1.8 8/2	—
W. Evans n 8	85.6	1.4 7/4	0.9 4/2	—
A. Mitchell n 8	90	0.4 2/1	0.4 3/0	—
A. Pepple n 8	86.4	1.8 7/5	1.4 7/3	—
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Plymouth — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
W. Harding n 8	88.5	2.3 7/4
H. White n 8	90	0.9 4/2
W. Evans n 8	85.6	1.3 5/3
A. Mitchell n 8	90	0.9 5/2
A. Pepple n 8	86.4	0.5 3/1
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Plymouth Attacking

Plymouth — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
W. Evans	16	841347 min	30.2 /90	00 /90	291.9 /90	110.7 /90	120.8 /90	60.4 /90
A. Pepple	15	801201 min	60.4 /90	00 /90	332.5 /90	120.9 /90	131 /90	90.7 /90
X. Amaechi	12	45539 min	40.7 /90	00 /90	101.7 /90	50.8 /90	101.7 /90	40.7 /90
Owen Oseni	2	2345 min	00 /90	00 /90	12 /90	00 /90	12 /90	00 /90
A. Pepple	1	8484 min	00 /90	00 /90	22.1 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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Plymouth — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
W. Harding n 8	88.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
H. White n 8	90	2.1 6/5	0.8 4/2
W. Evans n 8	85.6	2.2 8/6	0.7 5/0
A. Mitchell n 8	90	0.5 3/1	0 0/0
A. Pepple n 8	86.4	2.6 8/6	0.8 5/1
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Plymouth — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
W. Harding n 8	88.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
H. White n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
W. Evans n 8	85.6	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
A. Mitchell n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
A. Pepple n 8	86.4	0.5 4/0	0 0/0
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Mansfield Town

Mansfield Town Goalkeeper

Mansfield Town — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
L. Roberts	11	90990 min	262.4 /90	90.8 /90	00 /90
H. Lewis	3	90270 min	82.7 /90	82.7 /90	00 /90

Mansfield Town — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Mansfield Town before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
L. Roberts n 8	90	2.3 7/2
H. Lewis n 6	90	2 2/1

Mansfield Town Defensive

Mansfield Town — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. Oshilaja	14	901259 min	171.2 /90	201.4 /90	60.4 /90	705 /90	161.1 /90	10.1 /90
R. Sweeney	14	841172 min	292.2 /90	201.5 /90	80.6 /90	1078.2 /90	171.3 /90	40.3 /90
E. Hewitt	11	58641 min	142 /90	71 /90	30.4 /90	385.3 /90	121.7 /90	40.6 /90
F. Blake-Tracy	11	48526 min	50.9 /90	61 /90	61 /90	264.4 /90	61 /90	40.7 /90
K. Knoyle	6	53320 min	51.4 /90	20.6 /90	00 /90	164.5 /90	82.3 /90	10.3 /90
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Mansfield Town — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Mansfield Town before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Oshilaja n 8	89.9	1 5/3	0.9 5/2	—
R. Sweeney n 8	87.4	1.2 5/3	1.2 4/3	—
L. Reed n 8	85	1.5 6/2	1.1 4/2	—
R. Oates n 8	54	1.3 4/1	0.8 4/0	—
M. Smith n 8	84.5	2 6/5	1.3 5/2	—
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Mansfield Town — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Mansfield Town before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. Oshilaja n 8	89.9	1.3 7/3
R. Sweeney n 8	87.4	2.8 8/6
L. Reed n 8	85	2.6 7/6
R. Oates n 8	54	2.9 7/4
M. Smith n 8	84.5	0.5 3/1
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Mansfield Town Attacking

Mansfield Town — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
R. Oates	14	57799 min	20.2 /90	20.2 /90	202.3 /90	101.1 /90	80.9 /90	50.6 /90
M. Smith	13	77998 min	60.5 /90	20.2 /90	292.6 /90	141.3 /90	80.7 /90	80.7 /90
D. McGoldrick	6	59353 min	00 /90	00 /90	82 /90	20.5 /90	10.3 /90	20.5 /90
T. Roberts	6	30182 min	10.5 /90	00 /90	52.5 /90	31.5 /90	73.5 /90	42 /90
L. Reed	14	811137 min	20.2 /90	00 /90	120.9 /90	30.2 /90	80.6 /90	70.6 /90
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Mansfield Town — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Mansfield Town before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
A. Oshilaja n 8	89.9	0.5 4/0	0 0/0
R. Sweeney n 8	87.4	0.4 2/1	0.1 1/0
L. Reed n 8	85	0.5 4/0	0 0/0
R. Oates n 8	54	3.1 6/4	1.5 5/2
M. Smith n 8	84.5	3.1 8/6	1.5 7/4
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Mansfield Town — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Mansfield Town before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
A. Oshilaja n 8	89.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
R. Sweeney n 8	87.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Reed n 8	85	0 0/0	0 0/0
R. Oates n 8	54	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
M. Smith n 8	84.5	0.7 4/1	0.3 2/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Plymouth v Mansfield Town — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

PlymouthLLWDW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 1.4 scored / 1.4 conceded per game

Mansfield TownWWLDW

Last 5: 3W 1D 1L · 2 scored / 0.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 4

Plymouth 2 · 1 draw · Mansfield Town 1 · 2.25 goals/game

2026-01-27 Plymouth 1–1 Mansfield Town
2025-10-28 Mansfield Town 2–0 Plymouth
2020-01-18 Plymouth 3–1 Mansfield Town
2019-09-28 Mansfield Town 0–1 Plymouth

League standing · 2026/27

Plymouth#5 pos23 pts14 pl+2 GD

Mansfield Town#11 pos19 pts13 pl+2 GD

Goals per game

Plymouth scored1.5

Mansfield Town scored1.54

Plymouth conceded1.36

Mansfield Town conceded1.38

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What is the head-to-head record between Plymouth and Mansfield Town?: In their last 4 meetings, Plymouth won 2, Mansfield Town won 1 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.25 goals per game.
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