{"id":333851,"date":"2026-03-07T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/333851\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:50:08","slug":"mansfield-vs-arsenal-predictions-best-bets-and-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/333851\/","title":{"rendered":"Mansfield vs Arsenal, predictions, best bets and preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football betting tips: FA Cup<\/p>\n<p>2pts Noni Madueke to score anytime at 5\/4 (General)<\/p>\n<p>1pt Christian Norgaard to be shown a card at 11\/2 (Coral, Ladbrokes)<\/p>\n<p>*All bets settled in 90 mins<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skybet.com\/football\/s-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sky Bet odds<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.paddypower.com\/redirect.aspx?pid=17682833&amp;bid=1538&amp;redirectURL=https:\/\/www.paddypower.com\/football?tab=competitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paddy Power<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betfair.com\/betting\/football\/s-1&amp;host_url=ads.betfair.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Betfair<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kick-off: Saturday, 12:15 GMTTV: TNT Sports 1<\/p>\n<p>If one club deserved a plum draw in this season&#8217;s FA Cup it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/team\/mansfield-town\/914\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mansfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/league-tables\/sky-bet-league-one\/16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">League One<\/a> side battled their way past minnows Harrogate and Accrington to earn a tie at Championship club Sheffield United, who they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/live\/223175\/sheffield-united-vs-mansfield-town\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">promptly beat 4-3.<\/a> A trip to top-flight strugglers Burnley was next &#8211; the Stags fought back from a half-time deficit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/live\/225037\/burnley-vs-mansfield-town\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to knock them out 2-1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It will be quite an atmosphere at Field Mill come Saturday lunchtime, but the challenge posed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/league-tables\/english-premier-league\/1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League leaders Arsenal<\/a> will be like nothing Nigel Clough&#8217;s men have faced in the previous two rounds. <\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have lost only three of 45 fixtures in all competitions this season, with only Liverpool, Aston Villa and Manchester United managing to get the better of them &#8211; all three of those sides were in a prime moment, too. <\/p>\n<p>One of the key reasons for such consistency has been the depth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/team\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> have in their squad, allowing Mikel Arteta to fight on all fronts. <\/p>\n<p>Eight players have started in both their FA Cup fixtures: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/player\/kepa-arrizabalaga\/2601\/stats\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kepa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/player\/ben-white\/4436\/stats\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben White,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/player\/myles-lewis-skelly\/122850\/stats\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Myles Lewis-Skelly,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/player\/christian-nrgaard\/23692\/stats\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Norgaard,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/player\/noni-madueke\/83645\/stats\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noni Madueke,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/player\/gabriel-martinelli\/81842\/stats\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel Martinelli,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/player\/eberechi-eze\/9705\/stats\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eberechi Eze<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/player\/gabriel-jesus\/9715\/stats\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel Jesus.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having recently forced himself into the first-choice XI it&#8217;s unlikely Eze will start again, while White has missed the past few matches through injury &#8211; captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/player\/martin-degaard\/8226\/stats\/arsenal\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Odegaard<\/a> is another player doubtful for this game. <\/p>\n<p>Martinelli played 60 minutes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/football\/live\/209142\/brighton-and-hove-albion-vs-arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">win at Brighton on Wednesday<\/a> with Norgaard &#8211; an 80th-minute substitute &#8211; the only other aforementioned player to be involved at all.<\/p>\n<p>In a match where the bookies expect Arsenal to score at least three times, with Jesus a fair bit of odds-on and the degree of Martinelli&#8217;s involvement questionable, NONI MADUEKE TO SCORE ANYTIME at 5\/4 looks the most sensible way in.<\/p>\n<p>The England winger has scored in two of his last three starts, breaking the deadlock after just 11 minutes in the previous round against Wigan. <\/p>\n<p>CHRISTIAN NORGAARD is another player very likely to be in the XI. <\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has a career cards per 90 average of 0.25 which makes the 11\/2 for him TO BE SHOWN A CARD value &#8211; especially as that average jumps up to 0.34 this season.<\/p>\n<p>Odds correct at 14:15 GMT (5\/3\/26)<\/p>\n<p>More from Sporting LifeSafer gambling<\/p>\n<p>We are committed in our support of safer gambling. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose.<\/p>\n<p>If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamcare.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GamCare<\/a> on 0808 8020 133.<\/p>\n<p>Further support and information can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.begambleaware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">begambleaware.org<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamblingtherapy.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gamblingtherapy.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Football betting tips: FA Cup 2pts Noni Madueke to score anytime at 5\/4 (General) 1pt Christian Norgaard to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-333851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}