Nigel Clough has no fresh injury concerns ahead of this first leg meeting. With first choice goalkeeper Liam Roberts suspended after his red card at Barrow, Jon Maxted is in line to make his first league appearance of the season.
Despite ending the campaign with eight points from a possible 12 available, it wasn't enough to secure a place in the top-three for Mansfield, who have to settle for the play-offs. The Stags' successful season was built on a strong home record, though, with only Tranmere (51) collecting more points, which should give them hope of taking some sort of lead to Sixfields. Northampton rounded off their season with a string of fine results, and will consider themselves extremely unfortunate not to already be a League One club. The Cobblers won 3-1 at Barrow last Saturday, which appeared to be enough to secure third place, only for Bristol Rovers to pip them on goals scored following an incredible 7-0 win over Scunthorpe. Jon Brady's side have won their last three away games, although their most recent defeat was a 1-0 loss here less than six weeks ago. 0:0
Despite ending the campaign with eight points from a possible 12 available, it wasn't enough to secure a place in the top-three for Mansfield, who have to settle for the play-offs. The Stags' successful season was built on a strong home record, though, with only Tranmere (51) collecting more points, which should give them hope of taking some sort of lead to Sixfields. Northampton rounded off their season with a string of fine results, and will consider themselves extremely unfortunate not to already be a League One club. The Cobblers won 3-1 at Barrow last Saturday, which appeared to be enough to secure third place, only for Bristol Rovers to pip them on goals scored following an incredible 7-0 win over Scunthorpe. Jon Brady's side have won their last three away games, although their most recent defeat was a 1-0 loss here less than six weeks ago. 0:0
Nigel Clough has no fresh injury concerns ahead of this first leg meeting. With first choice goalkeeper Liam Roberts suspended after his red card at Barrow, Jon Maxted is in line to make his first league appearance of the season.
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