Notts County vs Grimsby Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Notts County volition statesman their EFL Trophy run connected Tuesday, erstwhile they invited Grimsby Town to Meadow Lane.

The League One hosts volition instrumentality a interruption from enactment successful the 3rd tier to play successful the EFL Trophy, portion the League Two visitors volition anticipation to marque it retired of their radical this clip around.

Match preview

Notts County volition beryllium hopeless to bounce backmost from the 2-0 decision they suffered astatine the hands of Reading connected Saturday.

That effect successful left Martin Paterson's broadside 20th successful League One with conscionable 7 points from their archetypal 7 fixtures, and they are lone 1 constituent and 1 spot supra the relegation zone.

The Magpies ended their 2025-26 EFL Trophy run past successful 4th with 3 points successful their group, losing 3-0 successful their opening crippled of the contention to Lincoln City successful September 2025.

County are not lone winless successful their past 4 games - 2 draws, 2 losses - but they person lone won 1 of their 8 matches successful 2026-27.

Meadow Lane has not been a fortress this play considering they person triumphed successful 1 of their 3 clashes astatine the crushed portion losing once, scoring 3 goals and conceding 3 times.

Grimsby's fortunes successful League Two person improved successful caller weeks, and their 2-0 triumph against Crawley Town connected Saturday volition person boosted optimism further fixed the nine are present 3rd with 13 points.

The visitors finished 3rd successful their four-team radical successful past season's EFL Trophy with conscionable 3 points from a imaginable nine, with Bradford City and Doncaster Rovers finishing up of them.

A triumph for the Mariners would correspond their 2nd successful a enactment against their hosts, though a nonaccomplishment would beryllium their 4th successful 5 meetings with Notts County.

Head coach David Artell's lone decision this word came erstwhile his broadside mislaid against Blackpool successful their opening crippled of the run successful the EFL Cup successful aboriginal August, but they person since won 3 times and drawn connected 4 occasions.

Grimsby person settled for stalemates successful each 3 of their distant fixtures in2026-27, games successful which they scored 4 goals but conceded 4 times.

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Team News

Notts County are definite to sanction a weaker XI fixed the contention volition not beryllium seen arsenic a priority, truthful perhaps Rodney McDonald, Matty Platt and Luke Browne volition play successful a backmost three.

Matthew Palmer and Max Sanders could beryllium thrown unneurotic successful midfield alongside youngster Kameron Muir.

Forwards Callum Roberts and Lee Ndlovu are apt to beryllium replaced by Emile Acquah and Daniel Kanu.

Grimsby are besides acceptable to remainder a fig of starters, though that could mean determination are opportunities for the likes of Geza David Turi, Jamie Walker and Kieran Green imaginable inclusions successful the mediate of the pitch.

In the frontline, expect to spot Andy Cook supported by wide attackers Justin Amaluzor and Charles Vernam.

Notts County imaginable starting lineup:

Belshaw; McDonald, Platt, Browne; Tsaroulla, Palmer, Sanders, Muir, Lipsiuc; Ndlovu, Roberts

Grimsby Town imaginable starting lineup:

Pym; Rodgers, Kacurri, McJannett, Sweeney; Walker, Turi, Green; Amaluzor, Cook, Vernam

We say: Notts County 0-1 Grimsby Town

It would not beryllium astonishing if Tuesday's lucifer was a comparatively uneventful game, particularly if aggregate changes are made to the lineups.

Grimsby person been hard to bushed recently, portion Notts County person struggled, truthful possibly the visitors volition beryllium capable to assertion 3 points.

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