Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lincoln City & Morecambe face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lincoln City form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the EFL Trophy for Lincoln City, as the manager Kennedy led his troops to eliminate Doncaster Rovers, Newcastle United U21 and Barnsley, and reach the 2nd Round. Lincoln City participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Lincoln City have collected 13 points from their League One home games so far after 2-7-0.
Lincoln's last game was hosting Morecambe and winning 2-1. Walsh, defender, was given a rating of 7.52/10 in that game, top of the team. Walsh scored one goal and won 2 of 4 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League One home game that ended 1-1 versus Plymouth Argyle.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lincoln City handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The Lincoln fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Lincoln City have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Morecambe form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Harrogate Town, Hartlepool United and Everton U21 in order to reach 2nd round of EFL Trophy. They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Morecambe's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the League One. Morecambe only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
Two away games in a row for Morecambe, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Lincoln City. O'Connor was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender O'Connor hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
A draw for Morecambe before that, at their own venue hosting Portsmouth (1-1).We have checked recent matches where Morecambe have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Morecambe as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Morecambe's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lincoln City six wins, two draws and Morecambe two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. House 5 goals |  J. Diamond 5 goals |   J. Weir 5 goals |
Lincoln City missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Lincoln City | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 7.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 49% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 22% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 17.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Derby County | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 23 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 22 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 14 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 14 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 14 |
