Nigel Clough says the club is hoping to bounce back from their first setback by beating Wrexham in the FA Cup.
Smarting from seeing their 19 game unbeaten start to the season halted, Mansfield Town must quickly go again on Saturday as they welcome promotion rivals Wrexham to the One Call Stadium for a live televised evening kick-off in the FA Cup first round (7.45).
Stags tasted defeat for the first time on Tuesday as Port Vale beat them 1-0 in the Carabao Cup fourth round.
It meant they had at least equalled a club record of 20 games unbeaten when added to the win in last season’s final game.Wrexham drew 0-0 with Stags at the One Call a month ago and have been unbeaten since then and sit one place and one point above Mansfield, who have a game in hand.
“I am expecting a good game between two of the top sides in League Two,” said boss Nigel Clough.
“Wrexham will be rested after the full seven days or whatever and I am sure they will have loved the endeavour we put in on Tuesday night.
“For us, it would be nice to not lose back to back games, so we will give it a good go and get ready for it.
