Fleetwood Town vs Lincoln City preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

Fleetwood Town hope to sell some tickets for this match even though the season has been hard so far with 8 points and a 21st position in the League One table. Visiting Lincoln City have 16th place with 15 pts.

Insights:
  • Fleetwood Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in League One
  • Lincoln City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Fleetwood Town have scored home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Fleetwood Town have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 5 games.

The Fleetwood boss Johnson and his side return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Wigan Athletic in the EFL Trophy.

Ahead of that match, Fleetwood Town lost 1-4 at home to Wycombe Wanderers.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fleetwood have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Fleetwood Town are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Reading awaits in three days.

Fleetwood has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {2 goals} from 5 games.

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Lincoln City form and stats

There's been little loot from Lincoln City's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the League One. Lincoln City only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws.

Lincoln City have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 339 minutes ago. Sörensen was the goal scorer.

Lincoln City's previous game was their home loss versus Burton Albion (0-1). Midfield player Sørensen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.14/10. Sørensen hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that match, the victory at home against Wolves U21 in the EFL Trophy (2-0). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lincoln playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Lincoln City win, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Lincoln City, the League One home match versus Charlton Athletic. Busy days.

The attacking power of Lincoln City when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Lincoln City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Data for the prior nine meetings involving these two teams are: three wins for Fleetwood, four draws and two wins for Lincoln City. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Fleetwood TownJ. Marriott
J. Marriott
3 goals
Fleetwood TownJ. Quitirna
J. Quitirna
2 goals
Lincoln CityL. Sørensen
L. Sørensen
2 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Fleetwood Town Lincoln City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 7 12
2 1 1 Won W 1 1 4
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 4
7 4 0 Lost L 0 3 4
8 2 1 Scored S 3 5 14
18 10 0 Conceded C 2 10 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 92%
73% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 75%
36% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 42%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 8%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 33%
18% 20% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 42%
36% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 33%
 
6.6 7.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.2 2.3
4.9 4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.8 4.8
2.8 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.1
4 4 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 11.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9 10
3.3 2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.5
22% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 36%
 
12.9 12.8 15 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.5 12.1
4.8 6.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 3.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Fleetwood Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fleetwood Town have created more than twice as many corners as Lincoln City.
  • Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fleetwood Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in League One
  • Fleetwood Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lincoln City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lincoln City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Fleetwood Town have scored home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 12 8 4 0 21 8 7 5 2 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 13 28
2 Oxford United 11 9 0 2 23 9 6 5 0 1 12 4 5 4 0 1 11 5 14 27
3 Barnsley 12 7 1 4 25 12 6 2 0 4 13 10 6 5 1 0 12 2 13 22
4 Peterborough United 12 6 3 3 18 12 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 21
5 Stevenage 13 6 3 4 18 15 6 2 3 1 7 6 7 4 0 3 11 9 3 21
6 Bolton Wanderers 11 6 2 3 19 15 7 4 1 2 13 12 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 20
7 Blackpool 12 5 4 3 15 12 7 4 2 1 12 5 5 1 2 2 3 7 3 19
8 Wycombe Wanderers 11 6 1 4 16 15 5 3 1 1 7 5 6 3 0 3 9 10 1 19
9 Derby County 11 5 3 3 18 11 5 1 2 2 4 5 6 4 1 1 14 6 7 18
10 Leyton Orient 12 5 2 5 11 15 5 3 0 2 5 8 7 2 2 3 6 7 -4 17
11 Port Vale 12 5 2 5 11 20 5 3 0 2 5 4 7 2 2 3 6 16 -9 17
12 Exeter City 12 5 1 6 11 14 6 2 1 3 4 6 6 3 0 3 7 8 -3 16
13 Burton Albion 13 4 4 5 11 16 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 2 2 3 5 8 -5 16
14 Charlton Athletic 11 4 3 4 17 14 7 4 1 2 15 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 15
15 Bristol Rovers 11 4 3 4 16 13 5 2 2 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 6 8 3 15
16 Lincoln City 11 4 3 4 14 12 5 3 1 1 9 2 6 1 2 3 5 10 2 15
17 Cambridge United 12 4 3 5 12 14 7 3 2 2 8 8 5 1 1 3 4 6 -2 15
18 Shrewsbury Town 12 4 2 6 6 13 6 3 1 2 4 4 6 1 1 4 2 9 -7 14
19 Northampton Town 11 4 1 6 11 11 6 2 1 3 7 7 5 2 0 3 4 4 0 13
20 Carlisle United 13 2 5 6 11 16 7 1 3 3 5 8 6 1 2 3 6 8 -5 11
21 Fleetwood Town 11 2 2 7 8 18 5 1 0 4 2 10 6 1 2 3 6 8 -10 8
22 Reading 11 3 1 7 9 15 5 3 1 1 5 2 6 0 0 6 4 13 -6 6
23 Wigan Athletic 11 4 1 6 15 17 4 2 0 2 5 6 7 2 1 4 10 11 -2 5
24 Cheltenham Town 12 0 2 10 1 20 6 0 1 5 1 12 6 0 1 5 0 8 -19 2

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.