EFL Trophy: Buckle up for the Lincoln City - Manchester United U21 clash

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 24.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sun Hat Villas & Resorts Stadium

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lincoln City or Manchester United U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.

These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the League One. That game was an away game at Wycombe Wanderers, so at least Lincoln are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Lincoln City form and stats

Lincoln was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the EFL Trophy.

Only two League One home games for Lincoln City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 183 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Scully was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Lincoln City in their previous match, an away game at Wycombe Wanderers that ended in defeat 0-1. Defender Adam Jackson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Jackson won 9 of 16 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Bolton Wanderers with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lincoln City handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and five defeats.

Lincoln are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Oxford United awaits in four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Lincoln City's 2 home games: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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Manchester United U21 form and stats

Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.

5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Manchester United U21 playing as the away team in the Premier League U21 this season.

Manchester play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Accrington Stanley.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Morecambe's place.

Manchester are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of three matches.

Manchester are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Manchester United U21 have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lincoln City missing players

Manchester United U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lincoln City Manchester United U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 8   Played P   16 25
8 3   Won W   8 16
6 2   Drew D   2 3
11 3   Lost L   6 6
29 11   Scored S   26 51
33 9   Conceded C   21 24
96% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 96%
68% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 68%
48% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 52%
24% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 40%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 24%
44% 38%   BTTS BTTS   50% 44%
32% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 44%
28% 38%   Failed to Score F T   25% 16%
 
5 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.4
5.1 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5.8
1.7 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.8 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 12.6
3 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.1
43% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bradford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Lincoln City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Manchester United U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 4 3 1 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 10
2 Wycombe Wanderers 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 10
3 Portsmouth 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 10
4 Accrington Stanley 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 9
5 Sunderland 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 9
6 Burton Albion 4 3 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 9
7 Bolton Wanderers 4 2 2 0 9 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 8
8 Plymouth Argyle 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 7
9 Wigan Athletic 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 7
10 Oxford United 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 7
11 Rotherham United 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
12 Cambridge United 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
13 Milton Keynes Dons 4 1 2 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 5
14 AFC Wimbledon 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
15 Gillingham 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
16 Morecambe 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 4
17 Lincoln City 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
18 Cheltenham Town 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 4
19 Fleetwood Town 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
20 Ipswich Town 4 0 2 2 6 8 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 2
21 Charlton Athletic 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1
22 Crewe Alexandra 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
23 Doncaster Rovers 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
24 Shrewsbury Town 4 0 0 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
  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

Lincoln City:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bradford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Lincoln City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Manchester United U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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