League Two Preview: Saturday 27th February 2016

Northampton continue their seemingly inevitable march to League One but who will join them and what about the teams fighting to hold on to their Football League status?

Once again the fixture list for Saturday and Tuesday has thrown up some interesting games, the results of which will help clarify how the final League Two table will look.

This week I've highlighted five games from another busy week and probably for the last time this season I've made Notts' the key games.

*Important Game ** Key Game

Saturday 27th February 2016

Accrington v Barnet – Kick Off 1:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
*Wimbledon v Oxford United – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (0-0)
*Dagenham & Redbridge v Yeovil – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
Hartlepool v Northampton – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (0-3)
Leyton Orient v Crawley – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
Morecambe v Carlisle – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-2)
*Newport v Mansfield – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-3)
**Plymouth v Notts County – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
*Portsmouth v Cambridge – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-1)
Stevenage v Exeter – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-2)
*Wycombe v Bristol Rovers – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-2)
York v Luton – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (0-2)

Tuesday 1st March 2016

Barnet v Plymouth – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (0-1)
Bristol Rovers v Hartlepool – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (2-2)
Cambridge v Wycombe – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (1-2)
Carlisle v Leyton Orient – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (0-0)
Crawley v Newport – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
Exeter v Portsmouth – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (1-2)
Luton v Morecambe – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
Northampton v Wimbledon – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (3-1)
**Notts County v Dagenham & Redbridge – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
Oxford United v York – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (3-1)
Yeovil v Accrington – Kick Off 7:45pm – Score Prediction (0-2)

My first game sees 5^th placed Wimbledon trying to follow up their 1–0 victory over Carlisle. They host 3^rd placed Oxford on 58 points and who also won 4–1 away at 14^th placed Exeter on Tuesday.

My second game is a basement battle between bottom club Dagenham and Redbridge playing 3^rd from bottom Yeovil who are only just outside a relegation place on goal difference, having changed places with York who lost 1–2 at home to tabletoppers Northampton last Tuesday.

Next I've got 20^th placed Newport hoping to pull away from the lower end of League Two hosting 6^th placed Mansfield who in turn are trying to keep in the play off places.

Then I've got 8^th placed Portsmouth on 49 points up against 11^th placed Cambridge who are only two points behind on 47 points.

Lastly I've picked another clash between two more playoff hopefuls featuring 9^th placed Wycombe on 49 points playing Bristol Rovers who are two places higher at 7^th and with 50 points, only one point better off.

My Key Games

On Saturday Notts, who have now slipped down to 16^th with 39 points are away at 2^nd placed Plymouth who have 61 points. Argyle beat Notts 2–0 at Meadow Lane back in October.

On Tuesday Notts are at home to Dagenham and Redbridge. The Daggers are at 24^th and bottom of League Two. They have lost 5, drawn 1 and only won 2 of their last ten matches. The reverse fixture was a 1–1 draw last September.

I don't hold out much hope for Notts on Saturday and have predicted a 2–0 defeat. However Tuesday's game gives Notts another chance to climb the table but I think It's already too late and Magpie fans may be looking anxiously at the wrong end of the table after these next round of games. I really hope I'm wrong.