Peterborough United 2–1 Mansfield Town — Match Stats & Analysis

League One · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC

Peterborough United

2–1Full-time analysis

Mansfield Town

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Peterborough United won 2–1.

Shots: 1510
Shots on target: 54
Expected goals: 1.491.37
Possession: 65%35%

Full time

What the match recorded

Peterborough United beat Mansfield Town 2–1. Recorded in this match (Peterborough United – Mansfield Town): shots 15–10, shots on target 5–4, expected goals 1.49–1.37, possession 65%–35%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots15 shots10 shotsPeterborough United 15 shots, Mansfield Town 10 shots
Shots on target5 shots4 shotsPeterborough United 5 shots, Mansfield Town 4 shots
Expected goals1.49 xG1.37 xGPeterborough United 1.49 xG, Mansfield Town 1.37 xG
Possession65%35%Peterborough United 65%, Mansfield Town 35%
Corners6 corners3 cornersPeterborough United 6 corners, Mansfield Town 3 corners
Fouls9 fouls18 foulsPeterborough United 9 fouls, Mansfield Town 18 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards2 cardsPeterborough United 2 cards, Mansfield Town 2 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Peterborough United: 15 shots, 5 on target, 1.43 xG. Mansfield Town: 10 shots, 4 on target, 1.34 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Peterborough United 1.43 xG · Mansfield Town 1.34 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Peterborough United

1Draws

2Mansfield Town

28 Apr 2026Peterborough United — Mansfield Town · League One0–0

10 Feb 2026Mansfield Town — Peterborough United · League One1–2

30 Apr 2025Mansfield Town — Peterborough United · League One4–2

26 Dec 2024Peterborough United — Mansfield Town · League One0–3

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Rest before fixture · Both teams: 7 days
Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4