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

Aiming to retrieve aft their New Year's Day nonaccomplishment to League Two leaders Walsall, Notts County invited in-form Swindon Town to Meadow Lane successful Saturday's gameweek 25 action.

The 2-1 decision saw the Nottingham outfit descent to seventh aft a three-match winning run, and they question a effect against an hostile without a nonaccomplishment successful 4 matches.

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Although Walsall are the high-flying favourites to triumph League Two, Notts County volition rue not making the astir of the January 1 brushwood contempt starring until the 65th minute.

The Magpies led done Alassana Jatta earlier concessions successful the 65th and 82nd minutes saw the table-toppers crook the crippled astir and contradict Stuart Maynard's men a 4th consecutive third-tier triumph.

Despite that nonaccomplishment seeing them descent to seventh, the last play-off spot, Notts County (37 points) could determination wrong touching region of 2nd this play if they triumph and second-placed Doncaster (40) driblet points against fifth-placed Port Vale.

Contrarily, a 4th location nonaccomplishment this word could spot the Magpies suffer their coveted top-seven place, fixed that Grimsby Town (37 points), Bradford City (35), and Chesterfield and MK Dons (34 each) are adjacent to the East Midlands nine successful the table.

Maynard's squad avoided losing connected location ungraded successful 4 consecutive League Two matches, winning 3 and keeping cleanable sheets successful each of them, and anticipation the New Year's Day reverse against Walsall turns retired to beryllium a one-off.

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Even though the Nottingham outfit are favourites against an hostile 12 places little successful the division, Ian Holloway's men participate their 2nd lucifer of 2025 unbeaten successful four, having won twice.

Although the Robins person relied connected outscoring their opponents nether the erstwhile Blackpool manager, Swindon recovered immoderate signifier earlier the crook of the year, with lone Colchester United and Bradford getting the amended of the 19th-placed club.

Having mislaid 4 of their erstwhile six games earlier beating Fleetwood Town connected December 7, the Robins' caller results person taken them retired of contiguous danger, albeit lone 4 points wide of second-bottom Morecambe.

Holloway's men fertile 4th successful the signifier array with 11 points from 16, a tally bettered by Walsall (18) and Salford City (15), highlighting their end-of-year resurgence and commendable commencement to the caller year.

Regardless, it volition beryllium fascinating to spot however sustainable their three-month tally without a cleanable expanse proves to be, with the distant broadside 14 matches without a shutout heading into circular 25.

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Although his 12th league extremity was not decisive, Jatta's 4 match-winning strikes are bettered lone by Walsall's Nathan Lowe (seven) and AFC Wimbledon's Matty Stevens (six), and the guardant aims to adhd to his tally this weekend.

Having returned to the seat arsenic an unused substitute against Cheltenham successful precocious December, Jodi Jones was backmost connected the transportation against Walsall for the archetypal clip since September, giving the Magpies different subordinate of match-winning prime — Jones has 7 nonstop extremity contributions successful 7 appearances (six starts).

Having gone disconnected injured aft 54 minutes connected New Year's Day, Harry Smith volition beryllium assessed earlier Saturday's sojourn to Meadow Lane.

Despite firing blanks successful Swindon's melodramatic comeback 3-2 triumph implicit Colchester to commencement 2025, Kabongo Tshimanga's 2 game-clinching goals from 3 strikes marque him a genuine game-changer for the distant side.

Notts County imaginable starting lineup:
Bass; McDonald, Platt, Bedeau; Austin, Abbot, Palmer, Martin; Crowley; Jatta, McGoldrick

We say: Notts County 2-2 Swindon Town

While Notts County and Swindon are astatine other ends of the table, the hosts person won conscionable 50% of their 10 fixtures connected location turf, portion the visitors person notched 1 triumph from 13 roadworthy matches, albeit playing a league-high 7 distant draws.

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