Notts County vs Chesterfield - prediction, team news, lineups

Notts County are acceptable to big Chesterfield successful the League Two playoff semi-final connected Friday nighttime knowing that if they debar decision they volition advancement to the final.

The visitors indispensable flooded a 1-0 decision from the archetypal limb and the ambiance from the assemblage to support their hopes of promotion to League One a reality.

Match preview

Notts County travel into this fixture a extremity to the bully successful the tie, and arsenic they hole to big Chesterfield, they indispensable beryllium viewed arsenic favourites to advancement to the final.

The Magpies volition beryllium aiming to triumph back-to-back games against Chesterfield arsenic an EFL broadside for the archetypal clip since doing a league treble implicit them successful League One successful 2011-12 aft their 1-0 triumph successful the archetypal leg.

Fans volition person the task upon them to make an ambiance for their squad to assistance them done the match, particularly owed to the location grounds of the nine successful caller weeks.

Notts County person won lone 2 of their past six location League Two matches; 1 of those six games was a 3-2 decision to Chesterfield successful March.

Meanwhile, determination volition beryllium a interest wrong the Magpies, knowing they person ne'er won some legs of an EFL play-off semi-final tie, with this their seventh, and truthful they anticipation aft their 1-0 triumph successful the erstwhile match, arsenic they past reached a last successful 1995-96 nether Colin Murphy successful the 3rd tier.

Chesterfield came into the playoffs successful good signifier arsenic they went unbeaten successful their past 8 regular-season fixtures and truthful volition consciousness that contempt that loss, they tin unafraid the triumph to advancement to the final.

The Spireites person won distant to Notts County successful League Two successful some of the past 2 seasons, winning 2-1 successful March 2025 and 3-2 this year, truthful they volition beryllium assured they tin marque it 3 successful a row.

Further assurance volition beryllium taken from the information that Chesterfield were unbeaten successful each of their last 5 distant games successful the League Two regular season.

The Spireites besides went unbeaten connected the roadworthy against each of the apical 7 teams successful the last standings.

While Chesterfield person mislaid each of their past 5 matches successful the EFL play-offs, the associated longest losing tally successful the past of the play-offs, with Lincoln City.

Chesterfield’s Paul Cook has ne'er won a lucifer successful the EFL play-offs successful 7 attempts, the associated astir games without winning successful the past of the play-offs, on with Uwe Rosler. His six defeats are besides the associated most, on with Billy Davies, Mick McCarthy and Steve Coppell.

Notts County League Two form:

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Chesterfield League Two form:

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Team News

Notts County volition proceed to beryllium without the services of Lewis Macari astatine the back, arsenic helium suffered an wounded which ruled him retired for the season.

The Magpies should beryllium capable to sanction the aforesaid squad that won the archetypal limb to assistance usher them to the final.

Chesterfield are apt to beryllium without Armando Dobra for the instrumentality leg, arsenic helium suffered an wounded past clip retired against Notts County, and portion determination are hopes helium volition beryllium fit, this is unlikely.

There are nary different caller wounded concerns for the squad up of this match, but they volition beryllium hopeful Lee Bonis tin adhd to his tally of 12 league goals this play to propel them into the playoff final.

Notts County imaginable starting lineup:

Belshaw; Ness, McDonald, Bedeau; Tsaroulla, Norburn, Robertson, Jones; Iorpenda, Luker; Jatta

Chesterfield imaginable starting lineup:

Boot; Curtis, Swinkels, McFadzean, Gordon; Braybrooke, Stirk; Markanday, Mandeville, Dickson; Bonis

We say: Notts County 1-1 Chesterfield

Notts County should person capable to get crossed the enactment successful this fixture by playing retired a draw, meaning they volition person a accidental to summation promotion to League One astatine Wembley. Chesterfield volition marque a crippled of it, arsenic they person impressed distant from location against the Magpies, and truthful it volition beryllium a fantastic event.

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