All the facts and stats for the EFL Trophy clash: Lincoln City - Manchester City U21

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 17.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lincoln City & Manchester City U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lincoln City form and stats

Lincoln participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the group stage.

12 points is a decent return from 6 League One games here for Lincoln City. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

A nice win for Lincoln City last time playing, versus Forest Green Rovers. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-2 with A. Scully (2), J. Grant (2), B. Johnson and J. Jones scoring for the victors. Preceding that match was a League One defeat to Portsmouth (1-3).

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Lincoln played a great game against Forest Green Rovers and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Lincoln City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Lincoln City have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Manchester City U21 form and stats

Manchester City U21 was sent out of EFL Trophy in the 3rd round last season.

4-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Manchester City U21 in their Premier League U21 matches away.

Two travels in a row for Manchester City U21, whose manager P. Harsley could celebrate last time after the EFL Trophy win against Scunthorpe United. Prior to that result Manchester City U21 won their away game at Mansfield Town in the EFL Trophy. The scoreline was 3-0.

As mentioned above, Manchester City U21 was the only team on the pitch versus Scunthorpe United in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Manchester have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. 14 goals have been conceded by Manchester City U21 in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityJ. Grant
J. Grant
6 goals
Lincoln CityL. Montsma
L. Montsma
2 goals
Lincoln CityT. Hopper
T. Hopper
2 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Manchester City U21 missing players

Lincoln City Manchester City U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   21 25
12 6   Won W   9 11
4 3   Drew D   5 6
9 5   Lost L   7 8
42 22   Scored S   37 41
34 21   Conceded C   28 30
92% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
72% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 80%
48% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 52%
32% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 32%
24% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 12%
52% 50%   BTTS BTTS   62% 56%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 28%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   14% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
268 148   Total Shots T S   156 156
78 44   Shots on Target S O   58 58
54% 50%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 47%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Peterborough United 12 8 1 3 21 11 5 4 1 0 14 5 7 4 0 3 7 6 10 25
2 Hull City 11 8 0 3 18 9 5 4 0 1 6 2 6 4 0 2 12 7 9 24
3 Ipswich Town 11 7 1 3 17 9 5 5 0 0 8 0 6 2 1 3 9 9 8 22
4 Charlton Athletic 10 7 1 2 14 7 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 4 0 1 7 2 7 22
5 Lincoln City 11 7 1 3 15 9 6 4 0 2 9 5 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 22
6 Sunderland 11 6 3 2 15 9 6 3 1 2 7 7 5 3 2 0 8 2 6 21
7 Portsmouth 11 6 2 3 19 10 6 2 1 3 7 6 5 4 1 0 12 4 9 20
8 Fleetwood Town 12 6 1 5 19 12 6 4 1 1 9 3 6 2 0 4 10 9 7 19
9 Plymouth Argyle 10 5 3 2 17 13 6 5 1 0 12 5 4 0 2 2 5 8 4 18
10 Doncaster Rovers 10 5 2 3 18 11 5 3 1 1 11 5 5 2 1 2 7 6 7 17
11 Accrington Stanley 8 5 0 3 10 10 4 3 0 1 6 5 4 2 0 2 4 5 0 15
12 AFC Wimbledon 11 3 5 3 14 14 5 1 2 2 8 9 6 2 3 1 6 5 0 14
13 Crewe Alexandra 11 4 1 6 10 9 7 3 1 3 8 5 4 1 0 3 2 4 1 13
14 Milton Keynes Dons 12 3 4 5 13 14 5 2 2 1 7 4 7 1 2 4 6 10 -1 13
15 Blackpool 11 4 1 6 10 14 6 3 0 3 7 8 5 1 1 3 3 6 -4 13
16 Gillingham 11 4 1 6 10 15 6 2 0 4 5 9 5 2 1 2 5 6 -5 13
17 Rochdale 11 3 3 5 11 18 5 1 3 1 5 7 6 2 0 4 6 11 -7 12
18 Bristol Rovers 11 3 3 5 11 19 6 1 1 4 5 12 5 2 2 1 6 7 -8 12
19 Northampton Town 12 3 2 7 10 21 7 1 2 4 4 10 5 2 0 3 6 11 -11 11
20 Swindon Town 10 3 1 6 16 21 5 3 0 2 9 7 5 0 1 4 7 14 -5 10
21 Oxford United 9 3 0 6 11 17 3 2 0 1 6 5 6 1 0 5 5 12 -6 9
22 Shrewsbury Town 11 1 5 5 10 17 6 0 3 3 7 10 5 1 2 2 3 7 -7 8
23 Burton Albion 12 1 4 7 13 23 5 1 1 3 6 9 7 0 3 4 7 14 -10 7
24 Wigan Athletic 11 2 1 8 8 18 5 1 1 3 6 8 6 1 0 5 2 10 -10 7
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester United U21 22 15 3 4 44 19 11 10 1 0 31 6 11 5 2 4 13 13 25 48
2 Sunderland U21 22 13 4 5 38 20 11 7 2 2 18 10 11 6 2 3 20 10 18 43
3 Everton U21 22 10 7 5 35 27 11 6 4 1 21 12 11 4 3 4 14 15 8 37
4 Manchester City U21 22 10 4 8 35 26 11 6 2 3 20 12 11 4 2 5 15 14 9 34
5 Chelsea U21 22 9 6 7 34 30 11 4 2 5 18 16 11 5 4 2 16 14 4 33
6 Southampton U21 22 8 6 8 39 40 11 3 5 3 14 15 11 5 1 5 25 25 -1 30
7 Liverpool U21 22 8 4 10 26 37 11 5 1 5 12 18 11 3 3 5 14 19 -11 28
8 Tottenham U21 22 7 6 9 44 43 11 3 2 6 26 27 11 4 4 3 18 16 1 27
9 Reading U21 22 7 6 9 34 40 11 5 2 4 16 20 11 2 4 5 18 20 -6 27
10 Leicester U21 22 6 3 13 25 48 11 4 3 4 12 17 11 2 0 9 13 31 -23 21
11 Middlesbrough U21 22 5 5 12 33 37 11 3 2 6 16 17 11 2 3 6 17 20 -4 20
12 Norwich City U21 22 5 4 13 30 50 11 3 3 5 21 22 11 2 1 8 9 28 -20 19

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