Peterborough United are positioned 4th, while Lincoln City are bringing up the rear 5 points behind in the league table. Can they decrease the gap?
- Peterborough United have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in League One
- Peterborough United have created more than twice as many corners as Lincoln City.
It's no vacation for neither Peterborough United 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.
Peterborough United form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Peterborough United have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. Peterborough has recorded two wins in a row here at Weston Homes Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Peterborough United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Carlisle United's place. The match ended 1-0 with Edwards scoring. Edwards, defender, was given a rating of 8.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Edwards scored one goal and won 8 of 10 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bristol Rovers in a game that was won 2-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Peterborough United matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 6 games).
Peterborough have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Weston Homes Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches.
Lincoln City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lincoln City so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). Lincoln City has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Lincoln play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Leyton Orient (placed 16th).
Before that, Lincoln City secured a home win against Cheltenham Town with the score 2-0.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 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wolves U21 in just three days.
The attacking power of Lincoln City when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Lincoln's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Peterborough United have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing Lincoln City.Top Goalscorers
  J. Clarke-Harris 4 goals |  H. Kyprianou 3 goals | K. Poku 2 goals |
Peterborough United missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Peterborough United | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 10% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 45% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 40% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 8 | 9 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.7 | 15.6 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 27% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | 35% |
| 11.4 | 10 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13.7 | 12.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4 |
- Lincoln City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Peterborough United have created more than twice as many corners as Lincoln City.
- Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Peterborough United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Peterborough United have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in League One
- Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 6 | Stevenage | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Derby County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 18 | Burton Albion | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 10 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 22 | Reading | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 6 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 5 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -19 | 1 |
