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SCENARIOS FOR CHECKATRADE TROPHY QUALIFICATION
30th October 2017 19:15


Checkatrade Trophy Group Stage

Current table
Lincoln Pl 2 Pts 6 GD +3
Notts Co Pl 2 Pts 3 GD 0
Mansfield Pl 2 Pts 3 GD -1
Everton U23 Pl 2 Pts 0 GD -2

This articles discusses scenarios by which Mansfield DEFINITELY go through tomorrow night (WITHOUT WAITING for the Lincoln vs Notts Co game which is 7 days later).

by Martin Shaw

And the answer is Mansfield need to win by 3 clear goals against Everton U23 to go through tomorrow.

(Of course, Mansfield could go through with a draw (with or without penalty shootout win) if Notts Co were then to lose at Lincoln.

The reason is as follows:

Let’s assume Mansfield win and Notts Co then go and win.
Then Mansfield, Notts Co and Lincoln will all have 6 points.

So it will come down to goal difference.

If Mansfield win by 1 goal, Mansfield goal difference will be 0
But if Notts Co win by 1 goal, Notts Co GD will be +1 and Lincoln GD +2
So that is not enough to ensure Mansfield going through tomorrow.

If Mansfield win by 2 goals, Mansfield goal difference will be +1
But if Notts Co win by 1 goal, Notts Co GD will be +1 and Lincoln GD +2
So that is not enough to ensure Mansfield going through tomorrow as it comes down to goals scored and Notts Co may have scored more goals so might be ahead of Mansfield.

If Mansfield win by 3 goals, Mansfield goal difference will be +2
If Notts Co win by 1 goal, Notts Co GD will be +1 and Lincoln GD +2
If Notts Co win by 2 goals, Notts Co GD will be +2 and Lincoln GD +1
So either way, Mansfield would be ahead of EITHER Notts Co OR Lincoln, and hence will definitely go through.

Martin

 

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