NOTTINGHAM. Notts County overcomes Altrincham 3-1. Notts County got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from (42′) and (45′). Altrincham tried to recover with a goal from M. Dinanga (47′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (60′) scored by M. Langstaff for Notts County. Notts County was truly superior in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Meadow Lane Stadium stadium in Nottingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Scott Jackson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17 degrees Celsius or 62.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
- 7 Total 6
- 4 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 142 Attack 77
- 83 Dangerous attack 46
- 135 Ball safe 114
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 0
Fouls
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Notts County had a superior ball possession 71% while Altrincham was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Notts County was more aggressive with 83 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Notts County won the match.
Notts County shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Altrincham shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Notts County didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Altrincham received 2 yellow cards (E. Jones and J. Hulme).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Notts County will have 24 points like Chesterfield to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Altrincham will stay with 8 points like Halifax Town to sit in the 23rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the National League, Notts County will host York City on the 29th of April with a 4-4 head to head stats.
Altrincham will play away agasint Aldershot Town on the 29th of April with a 6-6 head to head statistic.
Notts County – Formation
The manager Luke Williams decided to play with the following team: Sam Slocombe, Adam Chicksen, Connell Rawlinson, Richard Brindley, Kyle Cameron, Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, Matt Palmer, Macaulay Langstaff, Ruben da Rocha Rodrigues, Cedwyn Scott and Quevin de Castro.
The home team had on the bench: Sam Austin, Edward Francis, Aaron Nemane, Jim O’Brien and Kairo Ellis Mitchell.
Substitutions
Notts County made 3 changes: Q. De Castro for S. Austin (55′), C. Scott for E. Francis (55′) and A. Chicksen for A. Nemane (71′).
Altrincham – Formation
Phil Parkinson played with: Oliver Byrne, Ross Barrows, Edward Jones, Bradley Jackson, Tobias Mullarkey, Elliot Osborne, Josh Lundstram, Christopher Conn, Jake Southern-Cooper, Ryan Colclough and Marcus Dinanga.
These were the players on the bench: Liam Brockbank, Jordan Hulme, Ben Pringle, James Jones and Dan Malone.
Substitutions
Altrincham made 3 changes: E. Jones for L. Brockbank (51′), M. Dinanga for J. Hulme (66′) and B. Jackson for B. Pringle (66′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the National League.
- Solihull Moors – Bromley – 2-2
- Dorking Wanderers – Dagenham & Redbridge – 5-1
- Boreham Wood – Maidstone United – 3-1
- Torquay United – Scunthorpe United – 1-1
- Southend United – Yeovil Town – 1-0
- Oldham Athletic – Wrexham – 1-2
- Notts County – Altrincham – 3-1
- Gateshead – Eastleigh – 1-1
- Halifax Town – Woking – 0-4
- Chesterfield – Maidenhead United – 1-2
- Barnet – York City – 0-5
- Aldershot Town – Wealdstone – 1-2