Notts County vs Sheffield Wednesday - prediction, team news, lineups

Two sides warring astatine other ends of the League One table volition quadrate disconnected astatine Meadow Lane connected Tuesday, arsenic Notts County invited Sheffield Wednesday.

The visitors beryllium sixth aft extending an unbeaten streak with a ascendant triumph astatine the weekend, portion their hosts find themselves 23rd aft a 4th consecutive league defeat.

Match preview

Notts County instrumentality to enactment connected Tuesday aiming to extremity a mediocre tally of signifier successful League One and ascent retired of the relegation zone.

After winning promotion backmost to England's 3rd tier successful 2025-26, ending a hold of 11 years, they are yet to get going connected their return, picking up conscionable 7 points from their archetypal 9 matches portion lone winning 1 of those.

It is successful onslaught that Martin Paterson's broadside person struggled, with lone 2 sides scoring less than their 8 goals with conscionable 4 coming successful 4 location games portion scoring conscionable erstwhile successful their past 4 league outings since mid-September.

After losing to Bradford City, Reading and Oxford United, and beating Nottingham Forest Under-21s successful the EFL Trophy, the Magpies visited Wycombe Wanderers connected Saturday and again came distant empty-handed without scoring, arsenic Fred Onyedinma scored alongside a Max Sanders ain extremity successful a 2-0 location triumph.

Now sitting 23rd and lone supra basement broadside Wigan Athletic connected extremity difference, but lone trailing 3 teams by 1 constituent and 3 teams by 2 points with the array inactive congested astatine this aboriginal stage, Notts County volition anticipation to reverse their fortunes with a large location effect connected Tuesday.

They look a pugnacious test, though, arsenic the visitors get with the apical 2 successful their sights aft winning by much than 4 goals for the 2nd clip successful the league this play past clip out.

Also successful their archetypal play backmost successful League One, aft relegation past clip out, and enjoying a caller commencement nether caller ownership and retired of medication and fiscal trouble that defined erstwhile years, Sheffield Wednesday presently beryllium sixth successful the 3rd tier connected 18 points from their archetypal 9 games.

Only 2 teams, some of whom person played a crippled more, person scored much than the Owls' tally of 20 goals, portion lone conceding 8 astatine the different end, having besides gone unbeaten connected the roadworthy frankincense far, winning 3 and drafting 1 of their 4 distant league games.

After snatching that gully successful melodramatic manner distant astatine Huddersfield Town, levelling done an ain extremity and a Jamal Lowe punishment successful the dying embers of a 2-2 draw, Henrik Pedersen's broadside hosted AFC Wimbledon connected Saturday and made it 9 games unbeaten successful each competitions and 7 successful the 3rd tier successful style, dishing retired a 5-0 beating arsenic Barry Bannan, Harry Gray and Callum Slattery scored alongside Davis Keillor-Dunn's brace.

With momentum growing, and conscionable a one-point spread to 2nd spot and a two-point spread to the acme of the array with a crippled successful manus connected each squad supra them, Sheffield Wednesday volition purpose to physique connected Saturday's memorable show and proceed their blistery streak with a 2nd consecutive win.

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Team News

Notts County stay incapable to telephone connected Matty Platt, Lewis Macari, Dean Campbell and Emile Acquah connected Tuesday owed to ongoing injuries.

Joint-top-scorer Oli Cooper has besides missed the past 2 matches and could beryllium absent again successful midweek, arsenic could Luka Smyth who was besides absent for the decision to Wycombe.

Paterson does inactive person options successful attack, though, with Daniel Kanu hoping to pb the enactment successful spot of Lee Ndlovu, portion Callum Roberts volition proceed successful a beforehand 3 having scored 4 goals since his summertime arrival.

Sheffield Wednesday are inactive without Sil Swinkels, Tyler Onyango, Jordi Liongola and Louie Barry, portion Ricardo Santos has missed the past 2 games successful his phased betterment from an injury.

Di'Shon Bernard has started the past 2 league matches, though, aft missing the entirety of 2025-26, and helium whitethorn again enactment up successful an unchanged starting XI alongside Liam Cooper astatine the back, portion Ashley Maynard-Brewer volition again commencement successful nett aft making a league debut successful Joe Lumley's lack past clip out.

Jaden Heskey volition anticipation to proceed successful midfield alongside Barry Bannan contempt contention from Billy Mitchell, portion Callum Slattery, Davis Keillor-Dunn and Harry Gray volition again enactment up down a lone striker aft each getting connected the scoresheet astatine the play with Keillor-Dunn netting his archetypal 2 league goals for the club.

Notts County imaginable starting lineup:

Belshaw; Ness, McDonald, Bedeau; Gibbons, Finneran, Sanders, Tsaroulla; Roberts, Kanu, Evans

Sheffield Wednesday imaginable starting lineup:

Maynard-Brewer; Valery, Bernard, Cooper, James; Heskey, Bannan; Slattery, Keillor-Dunn, Gray; Lowe

We say: Notts County 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday were backmost to their ascendant champion astatine the play aft a frustrating tally of draws and should person the prime and momentum to get the amended of a struggling Notts County squad lacking confidence.

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