Notts County looking for immediate response to shock defeat as Dover Athletic visit Meadow Lane

Notts County attempt to bounce back from Saturday’s disappointing 3-1 defeat at Aldershot Town when they face relegated Dover Athletic at Meadow Lane on Bank Holiday Monday (3pm kick-off).

It will be the second time in a week the teams have met, with the visitors hoping to avenge Tuesday’s 3-0 loss to Notts at the Crabble Athletic Ground.

Goals from Ed Francis, Cal Roberts and Ruben Rodrigues secured the points for Notts as Andy Hessenthaler’s men failed to register a shot on target, and the bottom club slumped to a fourth successive National League defeat on Saturday when they were beaten 1-0 at home by Altrincham.

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The match provides the perfect opportunity for Ian Burchnall’s Magpies to right the wrongs of Saturday, when they deserved nothing from an error-strewn performance. The winning form of Halifax Town and Solihull Moors means achieving third place, and a home play-off semi-final, looks beyond reach, so Notts must now look to retain their current fifth place until the end of the season, which would give them a home quarter-final play-off tie.

That they did not tumble further down the table on Saturday was due to inconsistent Chesterfield losing 4-2 at Bromley and Grimsby having to come from 2-0 down to snatch a point at Barnet. All three clubs are tied on 73 points, with Notts fifth due to a narrowly superior goal difference, but the trio’s poor weekend allowed resurgent Dagenham & Redbridge to move to within four points, and the Daggers have a better goal difference.

Boreham Wood, who have a game in hand on all the clubs above them, could also be