Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lincoln City & Bowers & Pitsea face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. 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.
Lincoln City form and stats
Lincoln City was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the FA Cup.2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Lincoln City have to build on here at Sun Hat Villas & Resorts Stadium in the League One.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Shrewsbury Town in the League One last time out and are looking for a win here. The Lincoln City goalkeeper Joshua Griffiths was crucial in the match against Shrewsbury Town last time out, making six saves. Midfielder Conor McGrandles was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. McGrandles scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 60 successful passes (of 66 total).
In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Wigan Athletic with a 2-1 scoreline.Lincoln City are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Sun Hat Villas & Resorts Stadium with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history one earlier game are comparable to this one, and Lincoln City has won one time, drawn zero and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Lincoln City has won by at least two goals one time when in this position.
Lincoln has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. On the other hand, Lincoln have conceded 9 goals.
Bowers & Pitsea form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round qualifying.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Bowers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Farnborough.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Bognor Regis Town.Bowers are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 20 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 14 wins, one draw and five defeats. Of the defeats, three games were lost by at least two goals margin.
After this away game Bowers & Pitsea return home for a Non League Premier: Isthmian game against Corinthian-Casuals. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Scully 7 goals | L. Fiorini 3 goals | C. McGrandles 2 goals |
Lincoln City missing players
Bowers & Pitsea missing players
| Lincoln City | Bowers & Pitsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 49% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 89% | ||
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Rotherham United | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 15 |
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 11 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 8 |