League Two Round-Up: Saturday 2 January 2016

The disappointing season continues for the Notts faithful with a heartbreaking finale to Saturday's game. Having given away a penalty right at the end of the first half, Notts recovered to take a 2 - 1 lead, only to concede 3 late goals, two of them coming in the 90th minute.

Notts slip to 17th, 9 points off a play-off place and 13 points above the relegation places.

League Two Results Saturday 2/1/2016

Bristol Rovers 2 – 0 Luton
Cambridge 1 - 4 Wimbledon
Carlisle 0 – 2 Plymouth
Exeter 1 – 2 Dagenham & Redbridge
Mansfield 2 - 3 Accrington
Newport -postponed-Hartlepool
Northampton 3 - 0 Barnet
Notts County 2 – 4 Oxford United
Portsmouth 3 – 0 Crawley
Stevenage 2 - 2 Leyton Orient
Wycombe 0 - 2 Morecambe
Yeovil 1 – 0 York

Today there were 4 home wins, 6 away wins, 1 draws and 1 postponement.

League Two update

There's no change with the top 4 places.

Plymouth remain top with 52 points from 25 games but their 2 -0 away victory over Carlisle has sent the Cumbrians down to 9th on 37 points having played 2 games less.

Northampton lie 2nd and 3 points adrift of Plymouth but with a game in hand.

Oxford's late win at Meadow Lane keeps them in the final automatic promotion place, and 3rd, with 48 points from 25 games.

Portsmouth's 3 – 0 drubbing of Crawley keeps them 4th with 44 points on 25 games but Crawley drop to 14th with 31 points from the same number of games.

Bristol Rovers move up to 5th on 43 points after beating Luton who fall to 15th with 30 points.

Wycombe slip to 6th on 40 points after losing 2 – 0 at home to Morecambe who climb to 13th on 31 points from 24 games.

7th and final play off place goes to Accrington, Notts' next opponents, on 39 points from only 22 games, thanks to their 3 -2 away win at Mansfield who consequently fall to 12th with 35 points from 24 games.

Leyton Orient move above Carlisle on goal difference, just outside the play off places, to 8th with 37 points from 25 games.

Wimbledon, at 10th, climb above Cambridge who fall to 11th, both on 36 points and from 25 games.

Mansfield drop to 12th with 35 points from 24 games.

Morecambe are 13th, above Crawley (14th) and with the same points total of 31,but from only 23 games, 2 less played than Crawley.

Luton, Exeter and Notts are 15th, 16th and 17th respectively; all with 30 points but Luton have played one game more, 25.

Barnet, with 28 points and Stevenage, with 27 points remain static at 18th and 19th both from 25 games.

Newport, 24 games played, and Hartlepool, 21 games played also stay put at 20th and 21st both wit 20 points.

Dagenham & Redbridge climb out of the relegation places with 19 points from 25 games.

Yeovil's 1 – 0 victory over York lifts them off bottom place to 23rd with 17 points from 25 games while the latter take their place at 24th with 16 points from 24 games.

Upcoming fixtures

Once again there are no midweek League Two fixtures this week.

Notts' next game is away at 7th placed Accrington on Saturday 9th January 2016 with a 3pm kick off and a curtailed league programme due to the FA cup.

Will a new manager be in place by next week? Will there be any movements in or out of Meadow Lane with the transfer window now open? Plenty to discuss - so come to our forum and join the conversation.