Notts County v Plymouth prediction

League One · Sat, 12 Dec 2026 15:00 GMT · Meadow Lane

Updated 8 Nov 2026, 16:03 UK · refreshed continuously

TACTIX’s free model pick for Notts County v Plymouth, League One on Sat, 12 Dec 2026 15:00 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

Match preview, in numbers

The match

Notts County host Plymouth in League One on Saturday 12 December (kick-off 15:00 UK).

The key numbers

Notts County are unbeaten in their last four matches in all competitions. Plymouth are unbeaten in their last three matches in all competitions.

Form and the table

Five of Notts County’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (33%). Both teams scored in nine of Notts County’s last 15 results in all competitions (60%). At home, Notts County have three wins, two draws and two defeats in their last 7 home matches in all competitions — 1.57 points per game, scoring 1.43 and conceding 0.86. Notts County have scored 13 goals, the eighth-fewest of the 24 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 12 games, ranked per game). Notts County have conceded 14 goals, the ninth-fewest of the 24 clubs.

Eight of Plymouth’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (53%). Both teams scored in six of Plymouth’s last 15 results in all competitions (40%). Away from home, Plymouth have four wins, one draw and two defeats in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 1.86 points per game, scoring 1.86 and conceding 1.71. Plymouth have scored 21 goals, the 11th-most (shared) of the 24 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 14 games, ranked per game). Plymouth have conceded 19 goals, the 10th-fewest of the 24 clubs.

Notts County (17th) and Plymouth (fifth) are nine points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Notts County the stronger side, 61 rating points above Plymouth (Notts County 1634, Plymouth 1574, after at least 12 rated matches each).

Team news

Predicted Notts County XI (3-4-2-1): J. Belshaw, J. Bedeau, L. Ness, R. McDonald, R. Finneran, N. Tsaroulla, I. Samuels-Smith, S. Robertson, D. Lipsiuc, M. Sanders, D. Kanu — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Oliver Cooper (4.7 per match over nine appearances, three goals) and Scott Robertson (3.8 per match over six appearances, one goal) have been Notts County’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Notts County (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Oliver Cooper averages 1.3 key passes per 90 over 707 minutes, with a key pass in eight of the last nine appearances. Scott Robertson averages 1.0 key passes per 90 over 360 minutes, with a key pass in two of the last six appearances.

Predicted Plymouth XI (4-4-2): M. Mahoney, A. Mitchell, W. Harding, J. Pleguezuelo, A. Hartridge, H. White, T. Bakinson, R. Curtis, B. Ibrahim, W. Evans, A. Pepple — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, Harvey White (3.9 per match over 16 appearances, two goals and four assists) and Ronan Curtis (3.5 per match over 13 appearances, one goal and two assists) have been Plymouth’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Plymouth (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), Harvey White averages 1.6 key passes per 90 over 1414 minutes, with a key pass in nine of the last 10 appearances. Ronan Curtis averages 1.2 key passes per 90 over 990 minutes, with a key pass in six of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 12 Dec 2026 15:00 GMT · League One · Meadow Lane
Recent form: Notts County 2W 2D 1L · Plymouth 2W 1D 2L

Notts County v Plymouth (League One): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 8 November 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1 / 1.38

Goals

against 1.25 / 1.13 · 1 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

3.71 / 4.13

Corners

against 5.43 / 6.75 · 3 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 7 matches

2.71 / 4.63

Shots on target

against 4 / 4.75 · 2 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 7 matches

3.14 / 1.38

Cards

against 2.29 / 1.75 · 3 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 7 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 7 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Notts County for / against	Line	Plymouth for / against
Goals scored	1 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.38 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	3.71 for · 5.43 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	4.13 for · 6.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	11 for · 12.71 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	14.75 for · 13 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	2.71 for · 4 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	4.63 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	15.43 for · 13.57 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	13 for · 11.25 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	3.14 for · 2.29 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	1.38 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5

Notts County

Notts County Goalkeeper

Notts County — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Belshaw	8	90720 min	141.8 /90	101.3 /90	00 /90

Notts County — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Notts County before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Belshaw n 8	90	1.8 4/2

Notts County Defensive

Notts County — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
J. Bedeau	12	901080 min	161.3 /90	110.9 /90	50.4 /90	473.9 /90	131.1 /90	30.3 /90
L. Ness	12	861035 min	191.7 /90	232 /90	100.9 /90	635.5 /90	181.6 /90	30.3 /90
J. Gibbons	10	85846 min	50.5 /90	60.6 /90	30.3 /90	131.4 /90	40.4 /90	10.1 /90
R. McDonald	5	90450 min	51 /90	20.4 /90	20.4 /90	173.4 /90	61.2 /90	20.4 /90
M. Baker	1	3434 min	00 /90	12.6 /90	00 /90	12.6 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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Notts County — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Notts County before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
J. Bedeau n 8	90	1.3 5/2	0.6 3/2	—
L. Ness n 8	84.4	1.6 7/4	0.8 3/2	—
Nicholas Tsaroulla n 8	73.4	0.6 3/1	1.2 4/3	—
L. Smyth n 8	55.3	2.2 6/2	1.4 5/2	—
C. Grant n 8	48	1.2 4/1	0.5 2/0	—
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Notts County — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Notts County before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
J. Bedeau n 8	90	1.5 6/4
L. Ness n 8	84.4	2 7/3
Nicholas Tsaroulla n 8	73.4	0.9 3/3
L. Smyth n 8	55.3	0.6 2/1
C. Grant n 8	48	2.8 7/5
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Notts County Attacking

Notts County — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
L. Smyth	11	56616 min	20.3 /90	00 /90	152.2 /90	71 /90	60.9 /90	00 /90
C. Roberts	10	60603 min	20.3 /90	10.1 /90	152.2 /90	81.2 /90	111.6 /90	71 /90
D. Kanu	9	58524 min	20.3 /90	00 /90	111.9 /90	50.9 /90	00 /90	20.3 /90
H. Mustapha	7	49342 min	00 /90	00 /90	41.1 /90	20.5 /90	71.8 /90	102.6 /90
L. Ndlovu	5	28138 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.7 /90	00 /90	10.7 /90	00 /90
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Notts County — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Notts County before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Bedeau n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
L. Ness n 8	84.4	0.7 5/0	0 0/0
Nicholas Tsaroulla n 8	73.4	1.2 4/2	0 0/0
L. Smyth n 8	55.3	1.8 5/2	0.6 3/0
C. Grant n 8	48	0.7 3/0	0.2 1/0
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Notts County — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Notts County before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Bedeau n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Ness n 8	84.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
Nicholas Tsaroulla n 8	73.4	0 0/0	0.2 1/0
L. Smyth n 8	55.3	0 0/0	0 0/0
C. Grant n 8	48	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Plymouth

Plymouth Goalkeeper

Plymouth — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded
M. Mahoney	14	901266 min	342.4 /90	100.7 /90
M. Cooper	3	90270 min	41.3 /90	00 /90
James Storer	2	90180 min	52.5 /90	42 /90

Plymouth — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Mahoney n 8	90	3.1 7/5
M. Cooper n 3	90	1.3 1/1

Plymouth Defensive

Plymouth — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
W. Harding	16	891428 min	251.6 /90	181.1 /90	40.3 /90	664.2 /90	130.8 /90	20.1 /90
A. Mitchell	15	811214 min	151.1 /90	120.9 /90	30.2 /90	755.6 /90	50.4 /90	10.1 /90
M. Sorinola	12	59706 min	162 /90	101.3 /90	10.1 /90	486.1 /90	202.5 /90	10.1 /90
Julio Pleguezuelo	11	71778 min	111.3 /90	121.4 /90	10.1 /90	455.2 /90	60.7 /90	10.1 /90
M. Ross	9	66594 min	132 /90	71.1 /90	10.2 /90	558.3 /90	152.3 /90	30.5 /90
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Plymouth — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
W. Harding n 8	88.5	0.4 2/1	0.8 5/1	—
H. White n 8	90	0.9 7/0	1.8 8/2	—
W. Evans n 8	85.6	1.4 7/4	0.9 4/2	—
A. Mitchell n 8	90	0.4 2/1	0.4 3/0	—
A. Pepple n 8	86.4	1.8 7/5	1.4 7/3	—
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Plymouth — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
W. Harding n 8	88.5	2.3 7/4
H. White n 8	90	0.9 4/2
W. Evans n 8	85.6	1.3 5/3
A. Mitchell n 8	90	0.9 5/2
A. Pepple n 8	86.4	0.5 3/1
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Plymouth Attacking

Plymouth — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
W. Evans	16	841347 min	30.2 /90	00 /90	291.9 /90	110.7 /90	120.8 /90	60.4 /90
A. Pepple	15	801201 min	60.4 /90	00 /90	332.5 /90	120.9 /90	131 /90	90.7 /90
X. Amaechi	12	45539 min	40.7 /90	00 /90	101.7 /90	50.8 /90	101.7 /90	40.7 /90
Owen Oseni	2	2345 min	00 /90	00 /90	12 /90	00 /90	12 /90	00 /90
A. Pepple	1	8484 min	00 /90	00 /90	22.1 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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Plymouth — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
W. Harding n 8	88.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
H. White n 8	90	2.1 6/5	0.8 4/2
W. Evans n 8	85.6	2.2 8/6	0.7 5/0
A. Mitchell n 8	90	0.5 3/1	0 0/0
A. Pepple n 8	86.4	2.6 8/6	0.8 5/1
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Plymouth — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Plymouth before kick-off, to 7 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
W. Harding n 8	88.5	0 0/0	0 0/0
H. White n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
W. Evans n 8	85.6	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
A. Mitchell n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
A. Pepple n 8	86.4	0.5 4/0	0 0/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Notts County v Plymouth — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Notts CountyLWDWD

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 1.4 scored / 1 conceded per game

PlymouthLLWDW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 1.4 scored / 1.4 conceded per game

League standing · 2026/27

Notts County#17 pos14 pts12 pl-1 GD

Plymouth#5 pos23 pts14 pl+2 GD

Goals per game

Notts County scored1.08

Plymouth scored1.5

Notts County conceded1.17

Plymouth conceded1.36

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