Notts County 3-0 Salford City: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Jodi Jones guides the Magpies back into League One

Notts County volition play League One shot during the 2026-27 campaign, with the Magpies beating Salford City 3-0 successful the last of the League Two playoffs connected Sunday afternoon.

In scorching temperatures successful the English capital, Notts County were capable to instrumentality a two-goal pb into the half-time interruption courtesy of efforts from Alessana Jatta and Lucas Ness.

Martin Paterson's broadside past scored a 3rd successful the 70th infinitesimal done Jodi Jones, with the Malta planetary turning a transverse from Conor Grant into the backmost of the net.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

LEAGUE ONE, WE'RE ON OUR WAY! ? pic.twitter.com/tH5Ajd9IgK

Still promotion to League One evades Salford, with the Ammies facing different run successful League Two, having fallen abbreviated successful the playoff last astatine Wembley.

Karl Robinson's broadside were conscionable 1 constituent distant from automatic promotion, and they finished 1 constituent and 1 spot up of fifth-placed Notts County successful the regular season.

However, it was Notts County that comfortably won Sunday's all-important clash, with the Magpies backmost successful League One for the archetypal clip since the 2014-15 campaign.

Notts County were a National League outfit arsenic precocious arsenic 2022-23, and aft 2 seasons successful League Two, they volition present beryllium backmost successful the 3rd tier for 2026-27.

It was ever going to beryllium a pugnacious inquire for Salford to travel from 2 goals down astatine the interruption considering the conditions, which made it incredibly difficult.

It is backmost to the drafting committee for a Salford squad that are uncovering it hard to get retired of the 4th tier, and it is expected to beryllium different engaged summertime transportation marketplace for the Greater Manchester outfit.

NOTTS COUNTY VS. SALFORD CITY HIGHLIGHTS

Alessana Jatta extremity vs. Salford (32nd min, Notts County 1-0 Salford)

Notts County marque the breakthrough successful the 32nd infinitesimal of the match, and it is Jatta connected the scoresheet, with the 27-year-old breaking onto a walk from Jones earlier cautiously placing the shot into the bottommost country of the net.

Lucas Ness extremity vs. Salford (45th min, Notts County 2-0 Salford)

A towering header from Lucas Ness doubles Notts County’s pb ? pic.twitter.com/TjfuH7XF5K

Notts County treble their vantage successful the closing stages of the archetypal period, arsenic Ness heads a transverse from Rodney McDonald into the backmost of the net.

Jodi Jones extremity vs. Salford (70th min, Notts County 3-0 Salford)

And that is that for the playoff final! Notts County people a 3rd done Jones, who fires a cut-back from Grant into the backmost of the net.

MAN OF THE MATCH - JODI JONES

JODI MAKES IT THREEEEEE!!!!! pic.twitter.com/07BmB5dTjv

Jones was the prima of the amusement astatine Wembley, providing the assistance for the game's opening goal, earlier registering himself with a clever decorativeness precocious on.

The 28-year-old finished the crippled with 5 palmy dribbles and besides made 3 tackles, arsenic helium continued to enactment successful a antiaircraft displacement for Notts County earlier being substituted precocious on.

NOTTS COUNTY VS. SALFORD CITY MATCH STATS

Possession: Notts County 59%-41% Salford City

Shots: Notts County 7-7 Salford City

Shots connected target: Notts County 5-2 Salford City

Corners: Notts County 2-3 Salford City

Fouls: Notts County 13-19 Salford City

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WHAT NEXT?

Notts County are present preparing for beingness backmost successful League One, and it shaping up to beryllium a engaged summertime successful presumption of incomings and outgoings for the club.

Salford, meanwhile, volition proceed successful League Two, with the players present having a play of remainder earlier returning for pre-season grooming successful precocious June oregon aboriginal July.