Mansfield vs Peterborough prediction 30.04.2025 | League One

• Competition: League One
• Date: Wednesday, 30th April, 2025
• Kickoff: 19:45 UK / 20:45 CEST
• Venue: One Call Stadium (Mansfield)

Mansfield managed to achieve promotion last year, finishing third. This year, they only looked to survive in League One, and they are very close to doing so. Throughout the season, it seemed they would secure it pretty easily, but after winning just one point in the last six matches, they complicated their lives. Now, they sit in 19th place with 48 points, five points away from 21st Crawley and the danger zone. Also, the Stags have played one game less, and considering there are only two rounds left, we can safely say that survival is very close.

Peterborough suffered relegation in the 2021/22 season and failed to reach an instant promotion in the following two years despite reaching the Playoffs. While we expected they would once again battle for the Playoffs, the Posh played an absolutely disastrous season for their standards. Right now, two rounds before the end of the season, they are sitting in 17th place with 51 points and will probably not move significantly up or down. The Posh have already secured survival and will not have too much of a motive in this game.

Mansfield vs Peterborough pick: Both teams to score

Lately, Mansfield have been fantastic for this bet, as seven of their last eight games finished with both teams scoring. Their defense totally collapsed recently, allowing three or more goals in the last four and two or more over the previous six matches. So, keeping a clean sheet against Peterborough seems very unlikely. On the other hand, they did fairly well offensively and should be able to score at home against Peterborough, which had just one clean sheet in the last eight matches.

Meanwhile, Peterborough scored at least once in the last five and also in ten out of the previous 11 - 91%. Considering how Mansfield looked defensively, we expect at least one goal in this match as well.

In the previous h2h game at One Call Stadium, we saw a 3:2 win for Mansfield. Considering all the above, but especially both teams' poor defensive performances, we believe both teams will score at least once in this League One tie.