CITY relished their change of formation to notch an emphatic EFL Trophy win at Mansfield.

T&A chief sports writer SIMON PARKER was at an echoey One Call Stadium and provides the match stats and his player ratings.

MAN OF THE MATCH

There were plenty of strong performances in white but Alex Pattison was the stand-out. He had a hand in all three goals and was at the heart of everything from his central midfield role.

MOMENT OF THE MATCH

City came charging out the blocks and were rewarded with a goal after three minutes – and one that’s been a long time coming for scorer Vadaine Oliver as he buried Pattison’s cross.

MOAN OF THE MATCH

There was little to find fault with City’s performance, although maybe they could have scored more but for the efforts of veteran home keeper Scott Flinders.

TACTICS

City made eight changes from the side that started at Walsall. Only Richie Smallwood, Cheick Diabate and Olly Sanderson stayed in.

The big talking point was the switch to a 4-4-2 – through necessity with Diabate and Jack Shepherd the only fit centre-halves currently.

Vadaine Oliver got a start up front alongside Sanderson with Calum Kavanagh returning on the bench. Tyler Smith missed out completely.

REFEREE: James Westgate (Durham)

BOOKINGS: Lewis (Mansfield); Kavanagh (City)

ATTENDANCE: 1,594 (193 from City)

SHOTS ON TARGET: Mansfield 1 City 9

SHOTS OFF TARGET: Mansfield 2 City 2

CORNERS: Mansfield 4 City 10

FOULS: Mansfield 13 City 11

POSSESSION %: Mansfield 66 City 34

PLAYER RATINGS

MANSFIELD: Flinders 8, Lewis, Bowery 6 (Anderson 79min), McLaughlin 5 (Oshilaja 46min, 6), Wauchope 6, B Quinn 7, Boateng 6 (S Quinn 66min), Flanagan 6, Baccus 6 (Evans 66min), Waine 6 (Abdullah 79min), Nichols 6. Subs (not used): Gregory, Nunez.

CITY: Doyle 6, Benn 7, Diabate 7, Shepherd 7, Richards 7, Adams 8 (Wright 88min), Smallwood 8, Pattison 9, Pointon 7 (Oduor 81min), Sanderson 6 (Kavanagh 72min), Oliver 7 (Cook 72min). Subs (not used): Halliday, Wadsworth, S Walker.