Stat Attack: Notts County v Mansfield Town

Notts County and Mansfield Town have faced each other a total of 14 times over the years, with the first fixture taking place in October 1937.

This game, which took place in Division Three South, finished 2-0 to the Magpies.

Since then, the fixture has been on a knife-edge, with Notts winning 16 and Mansfield 14 (13 games have been drawn).

In recent times, the Stags have had the better of things, winning four of the last ten games.

During this run, which stretches back to 2002, the Magpies have only won once, a thrilling 3-2 victory on the 29th August 2005.

The club was formed under the name of Mansfield Wesleyans in 1897, the name of the club coming from the local Wesleyan church.

In the summer of 1910, the team changed its name to Mansfield Town.

In March 2008, it was reported that John Batchelor, a bidder for the club, planned to rename the club to Harchester United after the fictional squad from the TV series Dream Team to make the club "more promotable" if his bid were a success. This plan never came to fruition.

In September 2011, the Stags appointed Carolyn Still as the club's chief executive, the youngest in English football at the age of 29. Two weeks later, it was confirmed that she was to marry club owner John Radford.

Mansfield and Notts share a rivalry due to geographical proximity and similar standings in the league pyramid.

Most of the Stags' footballing hostility, however, goes the way of Chesterfield, given their respective towns' differing stances during the miners' strike of 1984-85.

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For Notts, Blair Adams is a doubt after suffering a groin injury, while Jimmy Spencer, Kyle Dixon and Garry Thompson remain sidelined.

Mansfield have Liam Hearn out with a long-term knee injury, while John Dempster and Luke Jones are doubts for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy first round clash.