Blackpool vs Mansfield Town Prediction & Preview - League One

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Blackpool vs Mansfield Town preview and prediction for Saturday's League One game at Bloomfield Road, with form, team news and our score call.

League One puts Blackpool and Mansfield Town together at Bloomfield Road on Saturday 24 October 2026, kick-off 15:00 BST, with both clubs arriving on the back of a win on 20 October. Blackpool beat Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 at home that day. Mansfield won 3-0 at AFC Wimbledon.

What time is kick-off for Blackpool vs Mansfield Town?

Blackpool vs Mansfield Town kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday 24 October 2026 at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool, in League One.

Blackpool form: one win in their last six

Blackpool have won one, drawn one and lost four of their last six League One matches, taking 4 points and scoring 7 while conceding 12.

The win was the 2-0 against Milton Keynes Dons on 20 October, four days before this match, and it was the only time in those six games they kept the opposition out. The two before it were both blanks on the road: 0-2 at Leyton Orient, 7 days before this match, and 0-1 at Cambridge United, 14 days before.

What keeps undoing them is the other end. They have conceded two or more in 4 of their 6, and their three home games in the run read 2-0, 2-4 and 2-2. Scoring has not been the issue at Bloomfield Road. Keeping the score down has.

Away from home they have won 0 of 3.

Mansfield Town form: nine points from six

Mansfield Town have won two, drawn three and lost one of their last six League One matches, collecting 9 points, scoring 8 and conceding 5.

The 3-0 at AFC Wimbledon on 20 October, four days before this match, was their most convincing afternoon of the run. Before that came a 1-1 draw at home to Oxford United, 9 days before this match, and a 2-1 home win over Bromley, 14 days before. Their only defeat in the six was a 0-1 at Bradford City, 49 days before this match.

Two clean sheets, and only 1 of the 6 in which they shipped two or more. That is the number Blackpool have to solve.

Team news

Ahead of the Milton Keynes Dons game, Blackpool were reported to be without Josh Earl, Niall Ennis, Fraser Horsfall and Michael Ihiekwe, with Ian Evatt facing no fresh concerns at that point (Sports Mole, 18 October 2026).

How Blackpool and Mansfield Town compare

Both have played Bromley inside this run. Blackpool drew 2-2 with them at home. Mansfield beat them 2-1.

The split is in the goals columns: 8 scored and 5 conceded for Mansfield, 7 and 12 for Blackpool. Each side has scored two or more in 3 of 6 and failed to score in 2 of 6, so the attacking returns are close. The defensive ones are not.

One mark in Blackpool's favour: Mansfield have won just 1 of their 3 away games in the run, and Blackpool's only win came at Bloomfield Road.

Blackpool vs Mansfield Town prediction

Our prediction for Blackpool vs Mansfield Town in League One is a narrow away win, 1-2 to Mansfield Town at Bloomfield Road. Mansfield have taken 9 points from their last six to Blackpool's 4, and they have conceded two or more only once in that time while Blackpool have done it four times. Blackpool have scored in each of their three home games in the run, which is why this is not a shutout call, but the side arriving with the tighter defence should edge it.

Our prediction: Blackpool 1-2 Mansfield Town

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