League Two Preview: Saturday 6th February 2016

This week's fixture list has thrown up some very interesting games and every one is important for all the teams, whether trying to avoid relegation or aiming for promotion. So this week I'm going through each game individually and the importance of each game will become apparent. I've made Notts County v Hartlepool my key game.

*Important Game ** Key Game

Saturday 6^th February 2016

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

The first game on Saturday sees 4^th placed Bristol Rovers striving to strengthen their place in the playoffs playing Wimbledon at 10^th who are trying to join them.

Next comes 11^th placed Cambridge on 41 points aiming to keep their own promotion hopes going while further damaging 23^rd placed Dagenham & Redbridge's survival hopes.

Carlisle at 13^th and Accrington at 6th have games to catch up having both only played 25 games, so this game is obviously important for these two teams.

Exeter at 12^th and with 41 points will be trying to stay in touch with the chasing pack while denting 3^rd placed Oxfords automatic promotion hopes.

Mansfield at 7^th with 44 points are another team trying to stay in the playoff mix playing Morecambe at 14^th with 36 points.

Newport at 20^th with 27 points take on Barnet in 18^th place with 33 points with these two teams trying to distance themselves from the relegation places.

Next comes top of the table Northampton at home to bottom club York.

Skip to 5^th placed Portsmouth in the playoff places on 45 points playing Leyton Orient at 9^th and with 43 points only one point outside the playoffs.

Stevenage at 19^th with 28 points playing Crawley at 17^th with 34 points sees another game with both teams hoping to pull away from the lower reaches of League Two.

Wycombe at 8^th with 43 points are yet another team well in the promotion race playing Luton at 16^th with 35 points.

Yeovil at 21^st with 24 points have a difficult game at home to 2^nd placed Plymouth who have 56 points.

Tuesday 9^th February 2016

Dagenham & Redbridge v Wycombe – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-2)
Hartlepool v Stevenage – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
*Oxford United v Mansfield – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-1)

Tuesdays fixtures continue the important game trend with currently 23^rd placed Dagenham & Redbridge playing currently 8^th placed Wycombe.

Notts' Saturday opponents Hartlepool take on 19^th placed Stevenage at the bottom end of the table while at the other end 3^rd placed Oxford entertain 7^th placed Mansfield.

My thoughts on the Notts game.

Notts with 36 points and placed 15^th from 27 games host 22^nd placed Hartlepool whose 25 games have yielded 24 points.

Notts haven't played Hartlepool yet this season and the return fixture takes place later this month on Tuesday the 16^th.

The last time the teams played each other was in the FA Cup on 9/11/2013 when pools won at their place 3–2. The last league meetings between the two teams were in 2012/13 in League One when Hartlepool won 2–1 at their place with Notts winning 2–0 at Meadow Lane.

Notts are only 8 points off the playoff places but need to return to winning ways at home to back up the two recent away wins under Jamie Fullarton.

I got my forecast hopelessly wrong a fortnight ago and the Notts performance was hopeless too. I hope my 2–0 prediction doesn't put a jinx on the result this time and that all Pie fans are happy come Saturday teatime.

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