Notts County vs Oxford United - prediction, team news, lineups

Notts County invited Oxford United to Meadow Lane connected Saturday day for their latest instalment of League One enactment successful the 2026-27 campaign.

In their erstwhile league outing, the Magpies conceded 2 2nd fractional strikes to autumn to decision distant astatine Reading, portion the U’s failed to marque it 3 consecutive victories arsenic they were held to a 1-1 gully by Cambridge United.

Match preview

Despite earning promotion from League Two past season, beating Chesterfield 1-0 connected aggregate earlier claiming a 3-0 triumph implicit Salford City successful the playoff final, Notts County person made a sluggish commencement to their 2026-27 league campaign.

Having posted 5 points from their opening 3 fixtures, holding some Leicester City and Luton Town to a gully successful the process, it looked arsenic though Martin Paterson’s men were acceptable to situation amongst the division’s apical teams this season, but with nary wins successful their erstwhile four, the Magpies’ progression has crushed to a halt. 

Although they person mislaid conscionable 2 of their 7 matches truthful far, Notts County presently beryllium 20th successful the table and are lone 1 constituent supra the driblet with hard fixtures against the likes of Sheffield Wednesday and Stockport County connected the horizon.

However, pursuing consecutive league defeats, Paterson volition beryllium relieved that his broadside were capable to instrumentality to winning ways successful their latest outing anterior to the planetary break, arsenic their 2-1 EFL Trophy triumph implicit Grimsby Town astatine Meadow Lane means that they beryllium atop Group 6 contempt playing conscionable 1 lucifer successful the contention this season.

Failing to triumph immoderate of their erstwhile six encounters with Oxford United, a tally stretching backmost to a 2-1 triumph successful May 2001, the Magpies volition surely beryllium looking to enactment an extremity to that torrid streak connected Saturday day and ascent distant from the League One relegation zone.

After an agonising relegation from the Championship past season, finishing 4 points from information to extremity their two-year stint successful the 2nd tier, Oxford United person made a promising commencement to their latest League One campaign.

Following conscionable 1 triumph from their opening 3 fixtures, dropping points to MK Dons and Huddersfield Town, the U’s person posted emphatic victories implicit some Leicester and Burton Albion to assertion 7 points from their erstwhile trio of matches and ignited their league endeavours successful the process.

While their efforts presently person them sat 10th successful the league table, Oxford United clasp the vantage of having games successful manus connected the teams astir them, with Aaron Ramsey’s men lone 5 points worse disconnected than part leaders Plymouth Argyle contempt having played 3 games less than the Pilgrims.

Returning to enactment aft a 2 week interruption by taking conscionable 1 constituent from their EFL Trophy opener against Exeter City astatine St James Park, the Yellows volition undoubtedly beryllium aiming to debar a 3 lucifer winless tally erstwhile they question to Meadow Lane to look Notts County this play though.

Claiming triumph successful 5 of their latest six meetings with the Magpies, including a 4-2 triumph connected their astir caller travel to Nottinghamshire successful January 2016, Ramsey volition beryllium wanting to support the club’s beardown grounds against Notts County connected Saturday and interruption into the League One playoff places with a 3rd distant triumph of the season.

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Team News

Although helium was expected to beryllium sidelined for 3 months with a calf wounded sustained successful pre-season, Notts County midfielder Max Sanders looks to beryllium nearing a instrumentality to competitory shot and featured successful a signifier lucifer for 30 minutes past weekend.

However, the Magpies are apt to beryllium without Emile Acquah and Beck-Ray Enoru for the foreseeable aboriginal arsenic they proceed their betterment from undisclosed problems suffered earlier successful the year.

Having undergone country connected a little limb fracture towards the extremity of past season, Paterson remains without Scottish defender Lewis Macari, portion it remains to beryllium seen whether 25-year-old striker Dean Campbell tin retrieve successful clip from an contented that has ruled him retired since August.

Matthew Platt rounds disconnected the hosts’ lengthy absentee database with an ACL wounded endured against Chesterfield successful March, though the 29-year-old defender is progressing good with his rehabilitation.

Arriving astatine the nine injured pursuing his declaration expiration astatine Hearts successful the summer, Frankie Kent is presently Oxford United’s biggest miss and looks acceptable to beryllium unavailable until the extremity of the season.

Despite being expected to instrumentality to matchday contention aft the planetary break, determination has been nary caller update connected Dutch defender Ruben Roosken, who is yet to diagnostic successful a competitory fixture for the U’s this season.

Jeon Jin-Woo and Aidomo Emakhu are apt to beryllium disposable for Ramsey to utilise successful the coming weeks though, arsenic they adjacent afloat recoveries from backmost and limb injuries respectively.

Contributing to 4 League One goals this season, including a brace against Leicester successful Oxford’s astir caller distant fixture, Mark Harris has been the visitors’ dangerman truthful acold this run and volition beryllium looking to people his instrumentality from planetary work by adding to that tally connected Saturday afternoon.

Notts County imaginable starting lineup:

Belshaw; Gibbons, Ness, Bedeau; Tsaroulia, Finneran, Evans, Lipsiuc; Cooper, Mustapha; Smyth

Oxford United imaginable starting lineup:

Eastwood; Kioso, Helik, Brown, Currie; Brannagan, McDonnell; Missanga, Andrews, Dembele, Harris

We say: Notts County 1-2 Oxford United

Having bounced backmost from a four-game winless streak with triumph successful the EFL Trophy during the week, Notts County volition undoubtedly beryllium looking astatine Saturday's clash with Oxford arsenic the cleanable accidental to get their league run backmost up and running.

However, we deliberation that contempt returning to enactment with a disappointing show astatine St James Park, the U's are dense favourites to instrumentality 3 points this play and are predicting the visitors to bash conscionable that.

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