Notts County suffered a further blow to their promotion hopes when they were beaten 3-0 by runaway National League leaders Stockport County at Edgeley Park.
Two goals from Paddy Madden and an Ollie Crankshaw strike saw Stockport gain revenge over the injury and illness-ravaged Magpies, having lost 2-1 at Meadow Lane in October. The defeat means Notts remain outside the play-off zone in eighth place and stretched their winless run in all competitions to five games.
After watching his team go out of the FA Trophy at home to Wrexham on Friday, head coach Ian Burchnall again shuffled his pack, with some regulars unavailable for a variety of reasons and several players involved despite not being fully fit. Vitezslav Jaros came in for Sam Slocombe, while Jayden Richardson had recovered sufficiently from injury to replace Dion Kelly-Evans at right wing back. Cal Roberts started in midfield, Frank Vincent dropping to the bench, with Ruben Rodrigues and Kyle Wootton up front in place of Aaron Nemane and Kairo Mitchell.
