New Year's Day's League Two predictions including Notts County vs. Walsall

Accrington vs. Grimsby Town (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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Relegation-threatened Accrington Stanley are acceptable to big promotion-chasing Grimsby Town astatine Wham Stadium connected New Year's Day successful League Two.

The hosts are without a league triumph since aboriginal November, portion the visitors volition beryllium afloat of assurance and looking to marque it 3 victories successful a enactment connected Wednesday.

We say: Accrington Stanley 0-2 Grimsby Town

Accrington person been struggling since their nonaccomplishment successful the reverse fixture, and are not apt to fare immoderate amended connected Wednesday.

Grimsby volition beryllium keen to support up with the battalion of clubs warring for the automatic promotion spot down Walsall, and it is hard to representation thing different than a regular triumph for the visitors connected New Year's Day.

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Barrow vs. Bradford (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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Stephen Clemence's Barrow are acceptable to big Graham Alexander's promotion hopefuls Bradford City astatine SO Legal Stadium connected New Year's Day successful League Two.

The Bluebirds travel into the crippled without a triumph successful their past two, portion the Bantams volition beryllium looking to grounds their 3rd consecutive triumph connected Wednesday.

We say: Barrow 1-1 Bradford City

Barrow's mediocre winning grounds makes it hard to ideate the hosts earning triumph connected Wednesday, and their goalscoring grounds means it is improbable they volition people much than once.

However, the Bluebirds person proven themselves susceptible of grinding retired draws successful the league, including against the Bantams successful aboriginal December, truthful expect different low-scoring stalemate connected New Year's Day.

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Chesterfield vs. MK Dons (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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Aiming to enactment consecutive League Two distant defeats down them, Chesterfield instrumentality to the Technique Stadium connected New Year's Day, keen to get the amended of chap promotion hopefuls MK Dons successful gameweek 24.

Paul Cook's broadside mislaid back-to-back fixtures to adjacent retired 2024 and are motivated to instrumentality to winning ways to perchance instrumentality to the league's apical 7 places aft Wednesday's encounter, astatine the disbursal of an hostile winless successful 4 matches.

We say: Chesterfield 2-1 MK Dons

Having failed to support an distant cleanable expanse each season, that signifier should proceed for MK Dons connected Wednesday, with Chesterfield backed to notch a 4th consecutive League Two occurrence successful beforehand of their supporters.

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Crewe vs. Carlisle (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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Although separated by 16 places successful the League Two table, Crewe Alexandra and Carlisle United caput into Wednesday's gameweek 24 fixture astatine the Mornflake Stadium with 2 wins combined successful 14 games.

The promotion-chasing side's past triumph came successful mid-December, portion second-bottom Carlisle ended 2024 with a 2-1 occurrence implicit Accrington Stanley to drawback a six-match winless streak.

We say: Crewe Alexandra 1-0 Carlisle United

Crewe person stayed undefeated connected location ungraded since losing 5-0 to Chesterfield connected August 17, though they person been held to 4 draws successful the consequent 9 matches, including the erstwhile 2 against Bradford City (1-1) and Colchester United (0-0).

Despite their propensity for the unusual stalemate, Bell's broadside should eke retired a marginal triumph implicit second-bottom Carlisle.

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Doncaster vs. Fleetwood (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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Out-of-form Doncaster Rovers instrumentality to League Two enactment connected New Year's Day, keen to get the amended of Fleetwood Town successful the gameweek 24 clash astatine the Eco-Power Stadium.

Rovers, 3rd successful the standings astatine the clip of writing, could beryllium displaced from the apical 7 spots altogether if they lose, but they anticipation to debar that result against an hostile that finished 2024 powerfully — claiming 4 points from six to adjacent retired the twelvemonth nether caller brag Pete Wild.

We say: Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Fleetwood Town

Doncaster person won conscionable 1 of their erstwhile 7 matches connected location soil, portion Fleetwood person failed to triumph connected the roadworthy since October 1.

Given that precedent and the seeming bounce aft Wild's assignment successful Lancashire, the spoils could beryllium shared successful South Yorkshire connected New Year's Day.

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Harrogate vs. Salford City (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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Harrogate Town are successful freefall heading into gameweek 24's New Year's Day League Two brushwood with in-form Salford City astatine the EnviroVent Stadium.

Both sides are astatine other ends of the signifier table, with Harrogate bottommost and Salford second, highlighting their respective patterns earlier Wednesday's fixture.

We say: Harrogate Town 0-2 Salford City

Salford participate January 1 successful good form, and they should expect to unafraid a 5th consecutive league triumph against out-of-form Harrogate, who person failed to people successful consecutive fixtures successful beforehand of their supporters.

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Morecambe vs. Tranmere (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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League Two's bottommost side, Morecambe, volition big Tranmere Rovers, a squad aiming to enactment much region betwixt themselves and the relegation zone, astatine Globe Arena connected New Year's Day.

The hosts person amassed 17 points from 23 matches, leaving them 2 points adrift of safety, portion the visitors clasp 22 points from 21 matches, sitting 3 points wide of the driblet zone.

We say: Morecambe 1-1 Tranmere Rovers

This is simply a contention betwixt the league's poorest location broadside and the worst distant squad successful the part – however, Tranmere person demonstrated an quality to grind retired results connected the road, which is wherefore we are predicting they volition unafraid astatine slightest a constituent successful this encounter.

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Notts County vs. Walsall (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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The apical 2 teams successful League Two volition look disconnected connected New Year's Day erstwhile Notts County invited Walsall to Meadow Lane connected Wednesday evening.

The visitors, who are apical of the summit, are 12 points up of the hosts, who presently beryllium successful 2nd spot with 37 points acknowledgment to a superior extremity quality implicit Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale and Grimsby Town who inhabit the adjacent 3 spots.

We say: Notts County 1-2 Walsall

Two coagulated defences volition collide, but we judge Notts County's backline is much apt to beryllium breached aggregate times, fixed Walsall boast the league's champion attack, starring america to foretell a constrictive triumph for the visitors.

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Port Vale vs. Cheltenham (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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Port Vale tin extremity a lengthy League Two winless tally connected Wednesday arsenic they statesman 2025 by welcoming Cheltenham Town to Vale Park.

A 3-0 decision to Grimsby Town past play dropped the Valiants down to 4th successful the table, portion Cheltenham are 14th pursuing a 5-3 nonaccomplishment versus Notts County.

We say: Port Vale 3-2 Cheltenham Town

A caller twelvemonth is approaching, and we expect to spot Port Vale crook implicit a caller leafage and find their goalscoring signifier connected Wednesday against a broadside that conceded aggregate goals 3 times past month.

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Swindon vs. Colchester (Wednesday, 3.00pm)

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Swindon Town volition effort to enactment immoderate region betwixt themselves and the League Two relegation portion arsenic they statesman 2025 by hosting Colchester United astatine The Nigel Eady County Ground connected Wednesday.

Both sides earned come-from-behind 1-1 draws implicit the weekend, with the Robins claiming a constituent astatine Bromley and Colchester doing the aforesaid versus Doncaster Rovers.

We say: Swindon Town 2-2 Colchester United

At slightest 3 oregon much goals person been scored the past 4 times these teams person met successful a competitory fixture, and we expect different beardown attacking show for each connected Wednesday, but nary 1 uncovering that decisive advantage.

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