Notts County 0-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report
League Two · Thursday 1 January 2026
Result
Notts County 0-1 Accrington Stanley
League Two · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Notts County 0-1 Accrington Stanley: match report
Notts County were beaten by Accrington Stanley 0-1 in the League Two on Thursday 1 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Shaun Whalley of Accrington Stanley in the 72nd minute.
Discipline: Notts County received 5 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Notts County were 6th on 39 points from 23 and Accrington Stanley 16th on 30 points from 23. Notts County went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Accrington Stanley 16th with 53.
Notts County lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Benn Ward of Accrington Stanley (7.7), ahead of Nick Tsaroulla (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Notts County wins, 1 draw and 0 for Accrington Stanley.
Going into the match Notts County's last five read D-L-D-W-W and Accrington Stanley's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Alex Henderson
- 17'Yellow card · Matthew Platt
- 35'Yellow card · Josh Woods
- 45+3'Yellow card · Alassana Jatta
- 45+3'Yellow card · Shaun Whalley
- 70'Yellow card · Donald Love
- 72'Goal · Shaun Whalley
- 90'Yellow card · Jacob Bedeau
- 90+4'Yellow card · Tom Iorpenda
- 90+6'Yellow card · Matthew Dennis
Head-to-head
Team news
Notts County line-up (3-1-4-2)
Kelle Roos, Lewis Macari, Matty Platt, Jacob Bedeau, Oliver Norburn, Maziar Kouhyar, Tyrese Hall, Tom Iorpenda, Nick Tsaroulla, Alassana Jatta, Matthew Dennis
Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-1-2)
Oliver Wright, Donald Love, Devon Matthews, Benn Ward, Connor O'Brien, Isaac Sinclair, Liam Coyle, Isaac Heath, Alex Henderson, Josh Woods, Shaun Whalley