National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Derby County or Lincoln City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Derby County nor Lincoln City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Derby County form and stats
County participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the group stage.When playing at home in the League One, Derby County have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Derby County, who played 1-1 against Portsmouth. That match was also played at this venue (Pride Park Stadium). The hometeam coach Warne made a successful contribution in the game against Portsmouth, bringing on Collins who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Prior to that, an away loss at Bolton Wanderers in the League One.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Derby County as they are travelling to their away game against Carlisle United in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
5 goals have been conceded.
Lincoln City form and stats
They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Lincoln City have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the League One this season.
There were no winners in Lincoln's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Carlisle United. Hamilton got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, top player of the team. Hamilton scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the League One away draw versus Bristol Rovers that ended 1-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Lincoln City playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Portsmouth.
As for defending, Lincoln City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Derby County wins - draws - Lincoln City wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Waghorn 5 goals |  C. Hourihane 2 goals |  J. Collins 2 goals |
Derby County missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Derby County | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 25 | 38 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 19% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.8 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 32% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wolves U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Derby County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lincoln City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Notts County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Exeter City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 3 | Oxford United | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Stevenage | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Derby County | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | Peterborough United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Reading | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
| 23 | Cheltenham Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 1 |
| 24 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 1 |
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