Notts County are hoping to win again following a 1-3 League Two triumph versus Walsall.
For Notts County, the goalscorers were Macauley Langstaff (2\'), Aaron Nemane (28\') and Sam Austin (69\'). Modou Faal (68\') scored for Walsall.
Fixtures featuring Notts County have proved to be exciting encounters of late with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past 6 games alone, the sum total of 22 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 13 of these being chalked up by Notts County. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern shall be sustained in this next game.
Pre-game facts show that Notts County:
haven\'t beaten Stockport County in their previous 2 league matches.
are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
Stockport County go into this game following on from a 2-0 League Two win as they beat Morecambe in their last outing.
The only player to score from Stockport County was Fraser Horsfall (45\').
Over the course of their previous 6 outings, Stockport County have amassed a tally of 15 goals. Stockport County have also scored on each one of those occasions. Over that period, they’ve had 3 goals scored by their opponents.
Analysis of their past results shows that Stockport County:
have not registered a win against Notts County when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
are without a win away from home in their last 4 league games.
Head to head
If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 06/08/2019, there has been little to separate the clubs with Notts County winning 2 of those games, Stockport County 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.
A sum of 12 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them for The Magpies and 7 for The Hatters. That’s an average goals per game of 2.
The previous league encounter between these sides was League Two match day 23 on 22/12/2023 and the score finished Stockport County 2-1 Notts County.
The match was refereed by Seb Stockbridge.
Team News: Notts County
It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Notts County manager Stuart Maynard to be concerned about from a near full-strength set of players. Geraldo Bajrami (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t play.
Team News: Stockport County
Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Stockport County boss Dave Challinor has zero fitness worries to report before this match.
Prediction
We think that Notts County will need to apply a lot of pressure to be putting a goal past this Stockport County team who we reckon will get the vital goal that wins it.
That’s why our selection here is for a 0-1 win for Stockport County when the referee blows for full-time. Will be interesting to see how this one goes.