NOTTS County must get back on track at Meadow Lane – and boss Keith Curle knows it.
The Magpies have already lost three times on home soil in League One this season ahead of facing Bournemouth tonight (7.45pm), while they have gone a record 14 away games unbeaten since Curle took charge in February.
They also face Doncaster Rovers at home on Saturday so it's a big five days for Notts in their promotion challenge.
Curle insists his players are not lacking confidence in front of their own fans – but have just made silly mistakes in their defeats against Walsall in August and top-two Tranmere Rovers and Stevenage in their last two home league games.
The stark contrast between their home and away form is best shown by two games against Sheffield United in the space of 19 days.
They battled to a 1-1 draw at Bramall Lane in the league and then lost 4-1 to the Blades in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at Meadow Lane.
"I know we will win matches here at Meadow Lane, plain and simple," said Curle. "There is nothing to panic about.
"We have a great opportunity tonight because we're playing against a team that has just beaten the league leaders.
"We need to get our home form on track. Can we do it tonight? Yes. It's not something we are going to shy away from," he added. "We're not happy with the end results that we've had.
"But if you look at our performance levels in those games they have all been winnable.
"They were all there for the taking, games we were comfortable in and the worst we should have got is a point in all of them.
"Individual errors, individual decision-making has cost us dearly in those home games.
"In the Tranmere game it was an individual error at the back stick, we went down to ten men against Stevenage and we should have beaten Walsall comfortably.
"Teams aren't coming here and ripping us apart, players have just made the wrong decisions in a split second.
"It can be down to mind-set, or expectation levels, whereby we can leave ourselves a little bit more exposed at home because of our desire and willingness to play expansive football and try to score goals."
