Stockport County vs Bromley - prediction, team news, lineups

High-flying Stockport County invited struggling Bromley to Edgeley Park connected Saturday afternoon, with the Hatters looking to support their awesome commencement to the League One campaign.

The Hatters made it 2 consecutive wins with a objective second-half show against Barnsley, portion the Ravens returned to third-tier enactment aft the planetary interruption with a constrictive decision distant to Mansfield Town.

Match preview

After narrowly missing retired connected promotion to the Championship past season, losing to Bolton Wanderers successful the playoff last successful May, Stockport County parted ways with Dave Challinor and replaced their long-serving manager with Rochdale caput manager Jimmy McNulty.

With large shoes to capable aft Challinor guided the Hatters to 2 promotions during his tenure, McNulty has nevertheless made an encouraging commencement to beingness astatine Edgeley Park, winning 7 of his opening 12 matches.

A triumph complaint of 58.3%, including victories successful respective cupful competitions, has helped Stockport ascent to 3rd successful the League One table, with 16 points from their opening 9 matches and a crippled successful manus connected league leaders Plymouth Argyle.

With a superior extremity quality and conscionable 3 points separating them from the Pilgrims, the Hatters could leapfrog the existent leaders if they marque the astir of their crippled successful hand.

Their goalscoring signifier has been a cardinal origin down their affirmative start, with lone 1 broadside scoring much than their 20 goals, portion Kyle Wootton has netted 7 times successful 9 appearances, a tally bettered by conscionable 1 subordinate successful the division.

As for the visitors, Bromley person enjoyed a singular emergence done the shot pyramid successful caller years but person recovered the measurement up to the 3rd tier their toughest situation yet.

Andy Woodman guided the Ravens to League One for the archetypal clip successful their past during the 2025-26 campaign, securing the League Two rubric by a azygous constituent and continuing a singular emergence that saw them scope the English Football League conscionable implicit a decennary aft competing successful the National League South.

However, aft 8 league matches successful the 2026-27 campaign, Bromley find themselves successful the relegation zone, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats leaving the Greater London-based broadside connected 8 points.

A large interest for Woodman volition beryllium his team's antiaircraft record, with lone 1 broadside successful the part conceding much than their 20 goals, 35% of which came successful a heavy 7-2 decision to Sheffield Wednesday astatine the extremity of August.

Although the league array makes hard speechmaking for Ravens supporters, Bromley person a crippled successful manus connected the broadside instantly supra them and each 3 teams below, meaning a triumph this play could yet supply immoderate breathing country from the relegation zone.

Both clubs person enjoyed aggregate promotions successful caller seasons, and Saturday's contention volition beryllium their archetypal gathering successful much than 4 years, erstwhile Stockport claimed a 3-1 triumph implicit Bromley successful a National League brushwood astatine Hayes Lane.

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Team News

Looking to marque it 3 consecutive wins, Stockport County would person been keen to sanction an unchanged broadside aft their second-half comeback against Barnsley past weekend, but they are apt to beryllium forced into astatine slightest 1 alteration.

Harry Wood was substituted with conscionable implicit 20 minutes remaining and is expected to miss out, with Jason Adigun the astir apt campaigner to regenerate him aft coming disconnected the seat past clip retired and providing 2 assists.

Club apical scorer Wootton is expected to pb the line, with Jack Diamond operating retired wide and erstwhile Premier League midfielder Oliver Norwood anchoring the midfield portion wearing the captain's armband.

However, McNulty volition stay without attacker Adama Sidibeh, who is yet to diagnostic this season, portion defender Brad Hills continues to retrieve from a semipermanent injury.

As for Woodman's Bromley, they could sanction an unchanged starting XI aft avoiding immoderate caller wounded concerns successful their latest outing.

However, 5 second-half substitutions successful attacking areas, including 4 made simultaneously with astir 15 minutes remaining, suggest that changes could beryllium connected the cards.

JJ McKiernan scored for the 3rd consecutive crippled past clip retired and is expected to commencement successful onslaught erstwhile again aft making an awesome commencement to beingness astatine Hayes Lane pursuing his determination from Lincoln City.

Stockport County imaginable starting lineup:

Whatmuff; Gordon, O'Connell, Pye; Glover, Bate, Norwood, Osborn; Diamond, Wootton, Wood

Bromley imaginable starting lineup:

Mason; Ifill, Sowunmi, Grant, Mendy; Conteh, Saville; Jones, McKiernan, Pinnock; Cheek

We say: Stockport County 3-1 Bromley

Currently sat astatine opposing ends of the table, Stockport County participate Saturday's clash arsenic steadfast favourites and we expect them to marque it 3 wins successful a row. 

We spot the Hatters exploiting Bromley's mediocre signifier astatine the backmost and securing a consecutive 3-1 triumph astatine Edgeley Park. 

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