Mansfield vs Arsenal Prediction & Tips: Gyokeres Strikes, Early Goals…

Published on March 6th, 2026

Arsenal face a different sort of challenge in their pursuit of a trophy clean sweep this season when they go to League One side Mansfield in the FA Cup.

Along with Port Vale, Mansfield are the lowest-ranked team still left in a competition famous for its giant-killing acts and, having upset Sheffield United and Burnley away from home in the previous two rounds, the Stags are not to be underestimated.

Mansfield v Arsenal Match Result – FA Cup 25/26

Mansfield

Arsenal

Draw

Arsenal travel to Field Mill in good spirits, though, after moving seven points clear in the Premier League on Wednesday, and their strength in depth should mean Mikel Arteta can ring the changes for the cup without losing much firepower.

We’re backing the Gunners to come out on top in Saturday’s lunch-time kick-off, and our opening Mansfield vs Arsenal prediction is a four-part Featured Bet Builder - Arsenal to win, Viktor Gyokeres to score, more than 1.5 first-half goals and over 10.5 corners in total - at odds of 9/2.

Mansfield v Arsenal Betting Odds – FA Cup 2025/26

Team	Odds	Chance
Mansfield	18/1	5.3%
Arsenal	1/14	93.3%
Draw	11/1	8.3%

Mansfield are priced at odds of `18/1 for a shock victory. Arsenal can be backed at odds of 1/14, and the draw is a 11/1 shot.

*Odds are correct at the time of writing, but subject to change.

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How to watch Mansfield vs Arsenal

The FA Cup fifth-round tie is scheduled to begin at 12:15 on Saturday and will be shown live on TNT Sports 1.

Mansfield Form Guide

Mansfield are playing in the FA Cup fifth round for the first time since 1975 after dumping out Championship side Sheffield United 4-3 and Premier League Burnley 2-1. Their FA Cup exploits have been a welcome distraction to an increasingly concerning League One campaign for Nigel Clough’s team, who are being sucked into the relegation dogfight.

The Stags are without a win in nine league matches drawing six and are now 16th in the table and five points above the bottom four. However, they have generally proven a tough nut to crack this season their heaviest defeat is November’s 3-0 loss at Cardiff - and you can get 9/4 for an Arsenal win with BTTS from the Mansfield vs Arsenal odds.

Should Arteta reshuffle his usually watertight backline, then 8/1 for Mansfield to score more than 1.5 goals could also be worth considering.

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Arsenal Form Guide

Arsenal have made comfortable progress to this stage of the competition, beating Portsmouth 4-1 and Wigan 4-0, and if recent history is anything to go by, that usually spells good news for the Gunners. In all but one of the last 12 seasons, every time Arsenal have reached the FA Cup fifth round, they have gone on to win the whole thing lifting the cup in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2020.

This season, they are chasing honours on four fronts, but Arteta has an embarrassment of riches at his disposal and, providing they avoid injuries, should be able to go deep in all of them. For example, Arsenal’s bench for Wednesday's 1-0 win at Brighton included Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard, Kai Havertz, Noni Madueke and Riccardo Calafiori, and it seems likely many of them could now start in the FA Cup depending on Arteta’s plans for next week’s Champions League trip to Bayer Leverkusen.

Trossard is 21/20 to score at any time at Field Mill and, thanks to BOYLE Sports' Sub Swap feature, you could get another chance to win with his replacement if the Belgium winger is taken off without scoring. To further whet your appetite, the man likely to take Trossard’s place, Gabriel Martinelli , has contributed four of Arsenal’s eight FA Cup goals this term, and that completes our Mansfield vs Arsenal betting tips.