Notts County v Nottingham Forest U21 prediction · EFL Trophy

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Match information

TUE 13 OCT · 19:00

Venue · Meadow Lane

Line-ups

Notts County

3-4-2-1

Nottingham Forest U21

3-4-3

Rest & schedule

Before kick-off · this competition

Notts County

Nottingham Forest U21

21Days since last match21

0Matches in previous 14 days0

Based on available results in this competition before kick-off.

League table

2026/27

Positions of these teams

#	TEAM	P	GD	PTS
26	Notts County	1	+1	3
38	Nottingham Forest U21	1	0	1

Based on available league results; standings may be incomplete.

Match statistics

Match statistics aren’t available yet.

Line-ups

Notts County

3-4-2-1

1 J. Belshaw

2 J. Gibbons

12 L. Ness

26 I. Samuels-Smith

10 R. Longelo-Mbule

18 M. Palmer

15 J. Evans

17 Q. Kouhyar

14 D. Lipsiuc

9 D. Kanu

19 L. Smyth

Coach · Martin Paterson

Substitutes

4 · J. Bedeau

6 · M. H. Sanders

11 · C. Grant

7 · C. Roberts

39 · L. Ndlovu

51 · C. Maltby

52 · E. Lilley

Nottingham Forest U21

3-4-3

67 K. Willows

48 M. Orr

71 D. Modupe

64 E. Broomes

68 K. Clarke

51 A. Whitehall

57 B. McClure

60 J. Newton

70 F. Smith

79 K. Thompson

49 G. McDonnell

Coach · Dylan Malicheff

Substitutes

63 · A. Bott

83 · S. Sutton

58 · B. Sanneh

77 · C. Nwosu

92 · S. Nolan

73 · S. Samuels

66 · J. Powell

Our number

No model for this competition

We have too little history in EFL Trophy to put an honest number on this match, so we do not publish one. A guessed probability would look exactly like a real one, which is the problem.

Head to head

0 meetings since 2021

No meetings between these two in EFL Trophy since 2021. Cup ties and meetings in other competitions are not counted here.

Form · last six in EFL Trophy

NOTTS COUNTY

LWLWLW0–2 · 1–0 · 0–3 · 2–1 · 0–2 · 2–1

NOTTINGHAM FOREST U21

LDDLLD2–4 · 0–0 · 2–2 · 1–2 · 0–2 · 1–1

The table

2026/27

#	TEAM	P	GD	PTS
1	Wycombe	3	+4	7
2	Milton Keynes Dons	2	+9	6
3	Huddersfield	2	+7	6
4	Stevenage	2	+6	6
5	Stockport County	2	+5	6
6	Peterborough	2	+5	6
7	Bradford	2	+5	6
8	Cambridge United	2	+4	6
9	Sheffield Wednesday	2	+3	6
10	Wigan	2	+2	6
11	Exeter City	3	+2	5
12	Luton	2	+6	4
13	Plymouth	2	+4	4
14	Barnet	2	+4	4
15	Crewe	2	+3	4
16	Chesterfield	2	+2	4
17	Newport County	2	+2	4
18	Port Vale	2	+2	4
19	Leicester	2	+4	3
20	Brighton U21	1	+3	3
21	Fleetwood Town	2	+2	3
22	Manchester City U21	2	+1	3
23	Crawley Town	2	+1	3
24	Leeds United U21	1	+1	3
25	Newcastle United U21	2	+1	3
26	Notts County	1	+1	3
27	Oldham	1	+1	3
28	Tranmere	1	+1	3
29	Doncaster	2	−1	3
30	Arsenal U21	2	−3	3
31	Crystal Palace U21	2	−3	3
32	Brentford U21	2	−5	3
33	Accrington ST	2	0	2
34	AFC Wimbledon	2	0	2
35	Burton Albion	2	0	2
36	Cheltenham	1	0	1
37	Oxford United	1	0	1
38	Nottingham Forest U21	1	0	1
39	Reading	1	0	1
40	Blackpool	2	−1	1
41	Chelsea U21	2	−1	1
42	Liverpool U21	2	−1	1
43	Leyton Orient	2	−1	1
44	Salford City	2	−1	1
45	Grimsby	2	−1	1
46	Sunderland U21	2	−2	1
47	Colchester	2	−2	1
48	York	2	−2	1
49	Bristol Rovers	2	−3	1
50	Rotherham	2	−4	1
51	Rochdale	2	−5	1
52	Tottenham Hotspur U21	1	−2	0
53	Everton U21	1	−3	0
54	Gillingham	1	−3	0
55	Swindon Town	2	−3	0
56	Shrewsbury	2	−3	0
57	Barnsley	2	−4	0
58	Aston Villa U21	2	−4	0
59	Northampton	2	−4	0
60	Fulham U21	1	−5	0
61	Mansfield Town	2	−5	0
62	Walsall	1	−5	0
63	Bromley	2	−5	0
64	Ipswich Town U21	2	−9	0