PREVIEW | Notts County vs AFC Wimbledon - team news, lineups, predictions

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·8 May 2025

PREVIEW | Notts County vs AFC Wimbledon - team news, lineups, predictions

Notts County and AFC Wimbledon face each other this Saturday at the Meadow Lane of the EFL League Two.

In their last encounter, Notts County were beaten 1-2 by Doncaster Rovers (EFL League Two 2024/2025). In their last match, AFC Wimbledon prevailed 0-1 against Grimsby Town (EFL League Two 2024/2025).

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The last meeting between the two teams ended with AFC Wimbledon winning 2-0.

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K-Ci Rennicks : Another play-off campaign at Meadow Lane, our sixth in our past eight seasons but this one feels quite significant to the others as it is our opportunity to return back to the Sky Bet League One for the first time since 2015.

A season where we have been impacted by some very key injuries to key players throughout such as Alassana Jatta to concussion at the beginning, David McGoldrick throughout during stages and Jodi Jones for the majority. Not to mention our number of "contact injuries" which seem to occur whenever we have a big game, which is why though Nick Tsaroulla, Lucas Ness and Scott Robertson are the only notable absentees, you honestly never know what is going to come up on match-day.

However, weirdly I am confident. That feels strange due to the fact that we have only won one of our six meetings with the play-off teams this season, yet the one and only came over our opponents AFC Wimbledon in which we won 1-0, which may explain my score prediction...

Do we have the quality? Undoubtedly.

Do we have the big game know-how? That does leave me with doubts.

Yet, the play-offs is a big shootout to me. It does not matter about any results elsewhere, nor any league tables. What truly matters is outscoring your opponent across two legs and outscoring your eventual opponent in the final. Sounds simple, sometimes football can be, but it certainly will not be simple as that is not the Notts County way to do things.

It is BIG and I believe that we can be the eventual winners of the Sky Bet League Two play-offs, but it has to begin with belief which sometimes I feel we have lacked at times this season.

A packed-out Meadow Lane knows how to make a lot of noise however, and properly get behind the team and I know this Saturday will be no different.

So...

COYP!!

Prediction: 1-0

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Prediction: 0-0

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Notts County

Nick Tsaroulla - Injury
Scott Robertson - Injury
Lucas Ness - Injury

AFC Wimbledon

Last starting XIs

Notts County ( vs Doncaster Rovers 2025-05-03): Alex Bass, Rod McDonald, Matthew Platt, Jacob Bedeau, Kellan Gordon, Matt Palmer, George Abbott, Jodi Jones, Conor Grant, Alassana Jatta, Charlie Whitaker

AFC Wimbledon ( vs Grimsby Town 2025-05-03): Owen Goodman, Ryan Johnson, Riley Harbottle, Joe Lewis, Sam Hutchinson, James Tilley, Marcus Browne, Jake Reeves, Alistair Smith, Josh Neufville, Matty Stevens

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MANAGERS

Stuart Maynard has faced Johnnie Jackson on three occasions, recording one win and two losses
Johnnie Jackson has faced Notts County on four occasions, recording three wins and one loss
Stuart Maynard has faced AFC Wimbledon on three occasions, recording one win and two losses

TEAMS

Away from home, AFC Wimbledon currently has three losses in the last 13 games.
Away from home, AFC Wimbledon currently has two wins in the last 12 games.
At home, Notts County currently has one win in the last seven games.
At home, Notts County has been scoring in four consecutive games.
At home, Notts County has been conceding goals in three consecutive games.
At home, Notts County has gone three consecutive games without winning.
At home, Notts County has suffered three consecutive defeats.
Notts County currently has one win in the last six games.
Notts County has been scoring in five consecutive games.
Notts County has been conceding goals in six consecutive games.

HEAD TO HEAD

Notts County and AFC Wimbledon have faced each other six times, with AFC Wimbledon having the advantage: five wins, against one victory for Notts County.
At Meadow Lane, AFC Wimbledon has the advantage in clashes against Notts County: two wins in three games. Notts County has one victory.
In EFL League Two, there were six matches between the two teams, with Notts County winning one and AFC Wimbledon winning five.