Meadow Lane hosts Notts County and Stockport this Saturday. Both sides sit in the top half of the table, with Stockport looking to hold on to the top spot whereas Notts County will be aiming to stay within the Play-offs.
Notts County, on the other hand, currently sit sixth in League Two. In 27 games, Notts County have 13 wins, four draws and ten losses which leaves them on 43 points, just one point above MK Dons and four points from fifth-place Crewe Alexandra.
In their last five games in all competitions, Notts County have two wins, one draw and two losses.
After an early goal from Kyle Wootton and a late penalty from Paddy Madden meant it was all but impossible for Notts County to find their way back into this game. David McGoldrick did score in the 93rd minute, but had to settle for a 2 - 1 loss to Stockport. Notts County bounced back next time out against Doncaster Rovers. Daniel Crowley and Macaulay Langstaff gave Notts County the 2 - 0 lead at halftime and a goal from Aaron Nemane gave Notts County the 3 - 0 win.
Langstaff was the main man for Notts County against Morecambe with his first half hat-trick. He was then joined on the scoresheet by Crowley and Jodi Jones for a 5 - 0 win over The Shrimps. However, next time out was a shock defeat for Notts County. It was 2 - 2 at halftime with goals from Nemane and Langstaff for Notts County and Kieron Morris and Connor Jennings on the scoresheet for Tranmere. In the second half, Jennings completed his brace and Harvey Read Saunders scored to give Tranmere the 4 - 2 win.
The last time out for Notts County was a ten goal thriller against Grimsby. David McGoldrick and Nemane both grabbed a brace along with a goal from Langstaff to lead 5 - 4 going into the last minutes of extra time, but a 95th minute goal from Harry Wood meant the game ended 5 - 5.
Stockport currently sit top of League Two after 27 games. The Hatters have 16 wins, six draws and five losses, leaving them on 54 points, two points ahead of Wrexham.
In their last five games in all competitions, Stockport have two wins, two draws and one loss.
The meeting between these two sides back in December ended in Stockport’s favour. The seventh minute goal from Wootton and the 86th minute penalty from Madden gave Stockport a big enough lead that McGoldrick’s late goal didn’t steal any points as Stockport held on for a 2 - 1 win. Ben Whitfield opened the scoring for Barrow in the second minute and Kian Spence doubled the lead 20 minutes later. Nick Powell got Stockport on the scoresheet in the added time of the first half and Akil Wright grabbed a goal in the second half for a 2 - 2 draw.
The trip to Bradford City saw both sides have to play out a 0 - 0 draw, with both sides only managing a single shot on target. The one loss came from a challenging Mansfield Town, George Maris and KD Davis both scored in the 2 - 0 win for Mansfield.
The most recent outing for Stockport was against Walsall. Wright opened the scoring in the added time of the first half but Douglas James-Taylor also equalised within the added time. Isaac Olaofe and Madden both scored in the second half to grab the 3 - 1 win.
Notts County and Stockport have met 34 times in their histories, with the first meeting coming back in 1913. Notts County have the better record in the fixture with 15 wins in comparison to Stockport’s ten wins, with the other nine games ending in a draw.