Dover Athletic will be looking to record their first positive point in the National League this Tuesday when they host Notts County at the Crabble Athletic Ground in their 40th match of the competition. Kickoffs at 21:45 EAT.
Dover Athletic began the new National League term with a 12-point deduction, and they have been unable to fight against the odds, winning just one of their opening 36 league matches. The Whites finally managed to cancel out the deduction recently, as a 2-1 win away at Boreham Wood took them out of a minus points tally, but, with their fate already having been sealed previously, they have been unable to add any more positive results.
Dover gets into this fixture hoping to make amends following the 3-2 National League loss defeat to Chesterfield in their last match. In that game, Dover Athletic managed 28% possession, three shots with two of them on target and goals scored by Michael Gyasi (14′) and Jake Goodman (81′). Chesterfield got 17 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Saidou Khan (24′, 82′) and Jeff King (85′).
The Nottinghamshire outfit has impressed recently to establish themselves as frontrunners to finish in the top seven, now heading into Tuesday’s trip on the back of consecutive wins. Last weekends’ victory saw the move up four points clear of eighth-placed Dagenham & Redbridge, with Tuesday’s game in hand providing the chance to stretch that to seven points with just four matches remaining.
Notts County will be looking for another win following 3-1 National League victory over Weymouth in their previous fixture. In that game, Notts County had 55% possession, 24 shots with 13 of them on target and goals scored by Kyle Wootton (8′), Aaron Nemane (13′) and Rúben Rodrigues (48′). Weymouth got 12 shots with two of them on target and a goal by Tom Bearwish (53′).
Dover Athletic vs Notts County head to head
This will be the fourth competitive meeting between these two sides since 2019, in the preceding meetings Dover Athletic has won once while two matches ended in draws.
- Dover Athletic 1-0 Notts County 03/10/20
- Notts County 0-0 Dover Athletic 18/01/20
- Dover Athletic 2-2 Notts County 05/10/19
Home
- Chesterfield 3-2 Dover Athletic
- Dover Athletic 1-4 Woking
- Boreham 1-2 Dover Athletic
- Dover Athletic 0-1 Maidenhead
- Dover Athletic 1-1 Kings Lynn
Away
- Notts County 3-1 Weymouth
- Notts County 4-1 Kings Lynn
- Torquay 5-1 Notts County
- Southend 0-3 Notts County
- Notts County 1-1 Chesterfield
Dover Athletic team news
Dover Athletic could remain without defender Junior Tiensia, who was absent last time out.
Notts County team news
Gaffer Ian Burchnall does not have any fitness or suspension concerns ahead of this fixture.
Prediction and odds
The visitors boast far more quality than their opponents, and with Dover already condemned to relegation, they should have more than enough to cruise home and take all three points.
- Notts County Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
