League Two Preview: 12/12/2015

Once again PoN looks to the weekend fixtures in another League Two preview. There are several stand out fixtures this week, with table toppers Oxford playing host to 6^th placed Carlisle and 4^th placed Accrington at home to 9^th placed Wycombe. At the other end of the table, bottom club Yeovil are at home to 19^th placed Barnet. Another interesting fixture is 5^th placed Portsmouth playing 20^th placed Hartlepool.

*Important game **Key Games

Saturday 12^th December 2015
**Accrington Stanley v Wycombe Wanderers – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
Wimbledon v Stevenage – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
Bristol Rovers v York City – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (3-1)
Crawley v Dagenham & Redbridge – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-1)
Luton v Northampton – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-2)
Mansfield v Leyton Orient – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)
Morecambe v Exeter – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-2)
Notts County v Newport – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (3-1)
*Oxford v Carlisle – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
Plymouth v Cambridge – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (3-0)
**Portsmouth v Hartlepool – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (2-0)
**Yeovil v Barnet – Kick Off 3:00pm – Score Prediction (1-0)

My Stand-out Games

Oxford v Carlisle
Accrington v Wycombe
Portsmouth v Hartlepool
Yeovil v Barnet

We are now approaching the busy festive season and halfway stage of the fixture list with the league table clearly showing the favourites for promotion and relegation.

Oxford, Plymouth and Northampton head the table, each with 40 points, while Yeovil are bottom with 11 points, below York at 23^rd with 12 points and Dagenham at 22^nd on 13 points.

Oxford will be hoping to consolidate their position at number one, while denting Carlisle's play-off hopes.

Plymouth and Northampton will hope to win against their mid table opposition.

Barnet will be aiming to put another nail in Yeovil's relegation coffin and at the same time distance themselves from the bottom places.

Halfway and 12th placed, Wimbledon have 28 points and are only 4 points off a play off place.

21^st placed Newport have a 7 point cushion over 2^nd bottom York and are on 19 points, which shows that there is still plenty of time for teams to make a significant move in any direction, up or down the table.

Thoughts on Notts County v Newport

This weeks matches sees Notts County at home to Newport, a match that should be an easy win for Notts and I've predicted a 3 -1 score (I hope I haven't jinxed the result).

The last time they played was 3/3/1987 and Notts won 5-2 at Meadow Lane.

The overall record between Notts and Newport is: Notts won 23, Newport won 12 and 9 Draws.

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