Things are looking good for Portsmouth so far, with the 1st place in the League One table and anticipating the visit of Lincoln City (who are sitting at 10th).
- Portsmouth have the most points from losing position (5) in League One
- Portsmouth have created more than twice as many corners as Lincoln City.
It's no vacation for neither Portsmouth 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.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth have played 4 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Portsmouth against Barnsley the last match, as Lane, Ogilvie and Bishop were on target. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Bishop, having scored in three consecutive matches. The attacker Bishop was declared "man of the match" for Portsmouth with a rating of 8.3/10. Bishop scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Derby County that finished 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Portsmouth matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats (from 7 games).
Portsmouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Portsmouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fratton Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
Lincoln City form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Lincoln City playing as the away team in the League One this season.
Two away games in a row for Lincoln, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs Derby County in the EFL Trophy.
A draw for Lincoln City before that, at their own venue hosting Carlisle United (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 playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Lincoln City are hosting West Ham United in the Carabao Cup only four days away.
In the opposite end, Lincoln City have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Portsmouth have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing Lincoln City.Top Goalscorers
  C. Bishop 5 goals |  K. Yengi 2 goals |   T. Bishop 2 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Portsmouth | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 14% |
| 7.1 | 8.5 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4.6 | 5.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.1 | 17 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8 | 9.9 |
| 5.1 | 6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 21% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 11.8 | 11.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.2 | 13.1 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
- Lincoln City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portsmouth have created more than twice as many corners as Lincoln City.
- Portsmouth have not yet lost a game.
- Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portsmouth have the most points from losing position (5) 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 | Portsmouth | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 4 | Oxford United | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 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 | Peterborough United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Lincoln City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 12 | Derby County | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 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 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 5 |
| 23 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 1 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -12 | 1 |
