Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hull City & Lincoln City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Hull and Lincoln City.
Hull City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at KCOM Stadium as Hull City have scored 15 goals to get 25 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the League One are 8-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the EFL Trophy, Hull City has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at KCOM Stadium.
A nice win for Hull City last time playing, versus Swindon Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Greg Docherty scoring for the victors. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Accrington Stanley (0-2).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hull have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won ten times, drawn four and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hull as they are travelling to their away game against Burton Albion in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
Hull are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. Hull City have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lincoln City form and stats
They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the group stage.Lincoln City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Lincoln City collect 26 points from their 11 away matches in the League One. 8 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Total EFL Trophy statistics for Lincoln City: 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Lincoln City's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Accrington Stanley game.
Home advantage was not enough for Lincoln in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Doncaster Rovers, 0-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Portsmouth at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Lincoln City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and seven defeats. From a total of ten matches.
The schedule is very tough for Lincoln City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Gillingham is waiting in only three days.
Lincoln City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Lincoln's manager M. Appleton has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 5 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Wilks 9 goals |  J. Magennis 8 goals |   J. Grant 7 goals |
Hull City missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Hull City | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 15 | 41 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 18% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 62% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 48 |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 41 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 40 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 37 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 37 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 37 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 34 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -6 | 34 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Town | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 31 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 31 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 27 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | -8 | 26 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -12 | 23 |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 23 |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -19 | 22 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -19 | 21 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -19 | 21 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -22 | 16 |
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