Preview: Cheltenham Town vs. Notts County - prediction, team news, lineups

Notts County tin extremity the twelvemonth successful a League Two playoff presumption with a triumph astatine Whaddon Road connected Sunday versus Cheltenham Town.

The Robins did Notts a favour this week by defeating Crewe Alexandra 2-1, moving them up to 14th successful the table, portion the Nottingham broadside beryllium seventh pursuing 2-0 triumph against MK Dons.

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Cheltenham are ending 2024 successful bully form, riding a six-match unbeaten tally crossed each competitions into this weekend.

Their past 3 competitory games astatine Whaddon Road person ended successful triumph for the Robins who person points successful six consecutive League Two location matches.

If they tin debar decision this weekend, it volition people the archetypal clip that Cheltenham volition person claimed astatine slightest a constituent successful each of their December league fixtures since 2018.

Michael Flynn's men person collected six points this play erstwhile conceding the opening goal, 4 of which were successful their past 2 home affairs.

The Robins person won their last shot league crippled of a calendar twelvemonth conscionable erstwhile successful their erstwhile 10 attempts, though they person not mislaid the past two.

Not since the 2018-19 play person they faced Notts County successful an EFL fixture, with Cheltenham winning some League Two contests connected that juncture by a combined borderline of 7-1.

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Another coagulated antiaircraft outing kept the Magpies successful the hunt for a promotion, claiming consecutive home victories connected Thursday for the archetypal clip since September.

Stuart Maynard's broadside are a specified 2 points beneath Doncaster Rovers astatine the infinitesimal and a 2nd promotion successful 3 seasons.

Notts person been among the champion distant teams successful League Two this season, claiming 17 points arsenic the visitors frankincense acold portion averaging 1.42 points per crippled connected the road.

Finding the backmost of the nett extracurricular of Meadow Lane has not been a problem, with this broadside scoring the second-most distant goals successful League Two this play (17).

On Sunday, they person a accidental to triumph their last EFL fixture of the twelvemonth connected consecutive occasions for the archetypal clip since 1991, having trounced Morecambe 5-0 astatine the extremity of 2023.

The Magpies person won conscionable 1 of their erstwhile 5 distant contests versus Cheltenham, with the past 1 coming successful September 2016 (3-2).

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Team News

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On Boxing Day, Cheltenham were missing Ryan Haynes owed to a knock, portion Ryan Bowman and Tom Pett were the lone newcomers who did not diagnostic against Gillingham that saw the tract the past clip out, with some players coming connected arsenic substitutes.

Joel Colwill netted a brace successful the last 20 minutes to bring his broadside back, portion starring goalscorer George Miller saw his two-match scoring tally end.

The Magpies were missing Jodi Jones earlier this week done injury, with Lewis Macari being the lone caller summation to the starting 11, replacing Lucas Ness astatine the back.

We say: Cheltenham Town 2-1 Notts County

Cheltenham are getting their enactment together, and we person assurance they volition proceed to thrust their beardown location signifier to different 3 points connected Sunday.

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