League One duel: Close contest expected between Lincoln City and Charlton Athletic

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 24.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: LNER Stadium (10120 seats)

There has been boom and bust for these contenders so far this season, holding positions near the midpoint of the League One table. Here's the Lincoln City - Charlton Athletic latest:

Insights:
  • Lincoln City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Charlton Athletic have yet to win a game away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lincoln and Charlton Athletic.

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Lincoln City form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Lincoln City have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

A strong away win for Lincoln City against Fleetwood Town the last match, as Mitchell were on target. Finally, a league victory after three matches without one. Mitchell was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.03 out of 10. The defender Mitchell scored one goal and won 4 of 5 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Burton Albion (0-1).

Not much happening? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.

The manager Kennedy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Exeter City in only four days.

Lincoln have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at LNER Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively Lincoln City have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Charlton Athletic have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the League One this season. Visiting Charlton Athletic has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Charlton had fun at their own home (LNER Stadium) last time out, beating Reading 4-0. Leaburn, Campbell, Aneke and May scored. As you can tell from the results above, Charlton Athletic was very dominant against Reading, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Leaburn, Campbell, Aneke and May providing the goals. Goalkeeper Brewer got the top player rating of the team with 8.23/10. Brewer topped it up with a clean sheet.

A home win as expected against Aston Villa U21 ahead of that, in the EFL Trophy.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.

After this away game Charlton Athletic return home for a League One game against Bolton Wanderers. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Charlton Athletic are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 4 away games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former six meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Lincoln, one draw and two wins for Charlton Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticA. May
A. May
8 goals
Charlton AthleticC. Taylor
C. Taylor
4 goals
Charlton AthleticM. Leaburn
M. Leaburn
3 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Lincoln City Charlton Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 1 4 12
5 3 0 Won W 0 0 5
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
4 1 1 Lost L 0 2 4
15 9 0 Scored S 0 2 21
12 2 1 Conceded C 0 4 14
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 92%
69% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
38% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 67%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 42%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
31% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
46% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 25%
31% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 17%
 
2.5 2.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.2 6.2
5.1 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.5 5.6
2.2 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4.5 3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.1 11.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.2 15.2
3.5 4.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3 5.2
36% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 33%
 
12.2 10.6 7 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.2 12.7
3.8 3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 4.8 4.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Charlton Athletic have created more than twice as many corners as Lincoln City.
  • Charlton Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Charlton Athletic have yet to win a game away.
  • Lincoln City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lincoln City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lincoln City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Charlton Athletic have scored away.
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Oxford United 12 10 0 2 24 9 7 6 0 1 13 4 5 4 0 1 11 5 15 30
2 Portsmouth 13 8 5 0 21 8 8 5 3 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 13 29
3 Barnsley 13 7 2 4 26 13 6 2 0 4 13 10 7 5 2 0 13 3 13 23
4 Bolton Wanderers 12 7 2 3 21 16 8 5 1 2 15 13 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 23
5 Peterborough United 13 6 4 3 20 14 7 4 2 1 13 7 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 22
6 Stevenage 14 6 4 4 18 15 7 2 4 1 7 6 7 4 0 3 11 9 3 22
7 Wycombe Wanderers 12 6 2 4 18 17 5 3 1 1 7 5 7 3 1 3 11 12 1 20
8 Blackpool 13 5 4 4 15 13 7 4 2 1 12 5 6 1 2 3 3 8 2 19
9 Burton Albion 14 5 4 5 15 17 7 3 2 2 10 9 7 2 2 3 5 8 -2 19
10 Charlton Athletic 12 5 3 4 21 14 8 5 1 2 19 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 7 18
11 Derby County 12 5 3 4 18 12 5 1 2 2 4 5 7 4 1 2 14 7 6 18
12 Lincoln City 12 5 3 4 15 12 5 3 1 1 9 2 7 2 2 3 6 10 3 18
13 Leyton Orient 13 5 3 5 12 16 6 3 1 2 6 9 7 2 2 3 6 7 -4 18
14 Port Vale 13 5 3 5 11 20 5 3 0 2 5 4 8 2 3 3 6 16 -9 18
15 Shrewsbury Town 13 5 2 6 7 13 7 4 1 2 5 4 6 1 1 4 2 9 -6 17
16 Exeter City 13 5 1 7 11 16 7 2 1 4 4 8 6 3 0 3 7 8 -5 16
17 Bristol Rovers 12 4 3 5 17 17 5 2 2 1 10 5 7 2 1 4 7 12 0 15
18 Cambridge United 13 4 3 6 12 15 7 3 2 2 8 8 6 1 1 4 4 7 -3 15
19 Northampton Town 12 4 1 7 12 13 6 2 1 3 7 7 6 2 0 4 5 6 -1 13
20 Carlisle United 14 2 6 6 11 16 7 1 3 3 5 8 7 1 3 3 6 8 -5 12
21 Wigan Athletic 12 5 1 6 17 17 4 2 0 2 5 6 8 3 1 4 12 11 0 8
22 Fleetwood Town 12 2 2 8 8 19 6 1 0 5 2 11 6 1 2 3 6 8 -11 8
23 Reading 12 3 1 8 9 19 5 3 1 1 5 2 7 0 0 7 4 17 -10 6
24 Cheltenham Town 13 1 2 10 2 20 7 1 1 5 2 12 6 0 1 5 0 8 -18 5

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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.