A look at the League One table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Read our Derby County - Lincoln City match preview!
- Derby County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League One
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
Derby County are steadily winning League One games and points here at Pride Park Stadium. 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Ever since the Sheffield Wednesday game County has been unbeatable here at Pride Park Stadium producing five straight wins.
Derby County faced defeat in their previous match, away at Wycombe Wanderers (2-3). This club managed a 15 league fixtures long consecutive run without a loss before that game! Knight (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Knight hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Derby County had a home game versus Morecambe which ended with a victory 5-0.Goals keep flowing in this club's league games, with 5 in a row seeing three or more goals (over 2.5).
The match schedule is unforgiving for County as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Charlton Athletic are visiting.
The Derby County manager Warne has got the team scoring with 30 from 14 home games in the league. County have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Lincoln City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
Lincoln City have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Carl Rushworth. It's been 408 minutes since they last conceded in League One.
The regulars enjoyed Lincoln's previous game versus Bristol Rovers (placed 13th), a 1-0 win played at home. Bishop got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Bishop hit four key passes.
Prior to that result Lincoln City won their away game at Accrington Stanley. The scoreline was 3-0.Lacking goals? 15 of this team's latest 19 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
A new game in only four days for Lincoln, the League One home match versus Portsmouth. Busy days.
20 goals have been conceded by Lincoln City in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head meeting ended Lincoln City - Derby County 2-0, earlier this season. Last two meetings between these contenders: County won one, Lincoln City triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. House 7 goals |  J. Diamond 6 goals | T. Bishop 3 goals |
Derby County missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Derby County | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 47 | 30 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 30 |
| 79% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 82% |
| 66% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 68% |
| 52% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 43% | 29% |
| 28% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 11% |
| 17% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 21% | 43% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 31% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 39% |
| 6.4 | 5.9 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.7 | 14 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.2 | 7.4 | 8.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 33% | 41% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | 44% |
| 9.4 | 8.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.2 | 11.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Derby County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Derby County have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lincoln City have scored away.
- Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League One
- Lincoln City have the most matches under the total-line (20) in League One
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 61 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 51 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 61 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 55 |
| 4 | Derby County | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 53 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 53 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 27 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 44 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 44 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 44 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 38 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 38 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 37 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | -9 | 37 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 37 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 35 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 27 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | -2 | 29 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 29 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 17 | -13 | 28 |
| 20 | Burton Albion | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -19 | 28 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -14 | 27 |
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 26 |
| 23 | Cambridge United | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 30 | -23 | 26 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -33 | 21 |
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