Stat Attack: Notts County v Accrington Stanley

Notts County have only played Accrington Stanley 11 times in their history. The first fixtures were in August and December 1958, when both sides played in Division Three. The Magpies drew 1-1 in the first match, before losing 3-0 in the second.

A hiatus of 48 years followed before the teams met again in the fourth tier, now called League Two, on 9 September 2006. The result was a 3-2 win to Notts.

The last fixture between the two was in the FA Cup, with Notts thrashing Stanley 4-1 at Meadow Lane in November 2011.

The original town's team, Accrington, were amongst the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888, before resigning from the league after just five years.

A team called Stanley Villa already existed at the time, named as such because they were based at the Stanley Arms on Stanley Street in Accrington. With the demise of Accrington, Stanley Villa took the town name to become Accrington Stanley.

The club re-formed after World War I and entered the League in 1921 with the formation of the old Third Division North, along with the other top northern non-League clubs.

This original incarnation was dissolved in 1966, before re-emerging two years later. In 2005–06, Stanley won the Football Conference and were promoted to League Two.

Ironically, Oxford United, the team they switched places with, was the team that had been elected to replace the former Accrington Stanley as members of the Football League in 1962 when they were struggling with debt.

Accrington Stanley is perhaps most well known for being discussed in a late 1980s advert by the Milk Marketing Board (for all you younger viewers, Ian Rush was one of the greatest strikers of his day, and Liverpool's all-time leading goalscorer).

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Famous people from Accrington include Vicky Entwhistle and Julie Hesmondhalgh from Coronation Street, Yes singer Jon Anderson, cricketer Mike Atherton, Diana Vickers from X Factor, and Mystic Meg.

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Mike Edwards is expected to continue to deputise for defender Louis Laing, who is out with a dead leg.

Laing's fellow Nottingham Forest loanee Stephen McLaughlin is unavailable as the Reds do not want him cup-tied.

Midfielder Craig Roddan and goalkeeper Jack Rose are in the Accrington squad after signing on Friday.

Winger Kai Naismith returns after a spell on compassionate leave, while defender Nicky Hunt is suspended and midfielder Anthony Barry injured.