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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wham Stadium (5057 seats)

Boasting a 6 point advantage in the league table, Accrington Stanley fans want to see their side earn max points from this game hosting Lincoln City.

Insights:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Accrington Stanley can neither be promoted or relegated from League One. For Lincoln City most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Accrington Stanley and Lincoln City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

All-inclusive League One results at home this season for Accrington Stanley are 11-6-5 (wins-draws-losses). Accrington have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

No payout for Accrington Stanley in their previous match, an away game at Bolton Wanderers that ended in defeat 1-3. Midfielder McConville was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.64 (out of ten) in that game. McConville hit three key passes.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Burton Albion that ended 0-0.

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 Accrington have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost four.

The Accrington Stanley fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 39 goals in 22 league matches. Accrington Stanley's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 32 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lincoln City form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Lincoln City have produced an overall stat of 7-5-10 so far.

Lincoln are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Cheltenham Town (placed 13th). It was a convincing performance from Lincoln City when Cheltenham Town were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Scully and Whittaker (2) scored their goals. Attacker Whittaker got a player rating of 9.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Whittaker scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).

Prior to that match, the Lincoln City manager Appleton faced defeat when travelling to Portsmouth and losing 2-3.

Lincoln are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lincoln City have scored 29 goals in 22 league games away. Lincoln have conceded 32 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head meeting ended Lincoln City - Accrington Stanley 0-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Accrington Stanley victories, three draws and four Lincoln City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityA. Scully
A. Scully
11 goals
AccringtonC. Bishop
C. Bishop
9 goals
Accrington StanleyH. Pell
H. Pell
6 goals

Accrington Stanley missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Accrington Stanley Lincoln City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
15 11 3 Won W 2 7 13
10 6 2 Drew D 1 5 10
19 5 2 Lost L 4 10 21
55 39 13 Scored S 12 29 52
76 32 8 Conceded C 13 32 60
93% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
75% 77% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 86% 77%
57% 59% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 55% 50%
36% 41% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 27% 23%
23% 32% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 9% 7%
55% 68% 57% BTTS BTTS 71% 68% 59%
23% 27% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 11%
30% 9% 29% Failed to Score F T 29% 27% 34%
 
5.1 4.9 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.9 4.8 5.1
5.5 5.9 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 6.9 5.6
2.1 2 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
7 5 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
15.5 15.4 18.1 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 11.4 11.5
4.9 5.4 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.5 3
26% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 63% 53% 39%
 
12 10.7 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 15.1 14.6 14.4
3.9 3.4 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.9 4.3 4.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 42 26 9 7 74 38 22 13 4 5 35 21 20 13 5 2 39 17 36 87
2 Rotherham United 42 25 8 9 65 29 22 14 3 5 41 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 36 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 24 11 8 71 43 22 12 5 5 32 21 21 12 6 3 39 22 28 83
4 Plymouth Argyle 44 23 10 11 67 42 22 14 4 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 79
5 Wycombe Wanderers 44 21 14 9 72 50 22 13 5 4 38 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 22 77
6 Sunderland 43 22 11 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 22 7 9 6 29 34 21 77
7 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 13 8 70 46 21 14 5 2 43 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 24 76
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 43 18 13 12 61 44 21 12 5 4 40 22 22 6 8 8 21 22 17 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 44 19 10 15 68 54 22 11 7 4 41 24 22 8 3 11 27 30 14 67
11 Ipswich Town 43 17 14 12 60 43 21 10 8 3 32 20 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 65
12 Cambridge United 43 15 12 16 53 65 21 8 7 6 26 25 22 7 5 10 27 40 -12 57
13 Cheltenham Town 44 13 16 15 63 76 22 10 7 5 32 28 22 3 9 10 31 48 -13 55
14 Accrington Stanley 44 15 10 19 55 76 22 11 6 5 39 32 22 4 4 14 16 44 -21 55
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 47 46 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 50
17 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
18 Lincoln City 44 13 10 21 52 60 22 6 5 11 23 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -8 49
19 Morecambe 44 10 12 22 57 85 22 7 8 7 33 34 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 42
20 Gillingham 44 8 16 20 34 64 22 4 8 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 40
21 Fleetwood Town 43 8 15 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 39
22 AFC Wimbledon 44 6 18 20 45 70 22 2 14 6 24 30 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 36
23 Doncaster Rovers 44 9 7 28 34 81 22 6 3 13 18 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -47 34
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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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 Wigan Athletic 42 26 9 7 74 38 22 13 4 5 35 21 20 13 5 2 39 17 36 87
2 Rotherham United 42 25 8 9 65 29 22 14 3 5 41 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 36 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 24 11 8 71 43 22 12 5 5 32 21 21 12 6 3 39 22 28 83
4 Plymouth Argyle 44 23 10 11 67 42 22 14 4 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 79
5 Wycombe Wanderers 44 21 14 9 72 50 22 13 5 4 38 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 22 77
6 Sunderland 43 22 11 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 22 7 9 6 29 34 21 77
7 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 13 8 70 46 21 14 5 2 43 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 24 76
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 43 18 13 12 61 44 21 12 5 4 40 22 22 6 8 8 21 22 17 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 44 19 10 15 68 54 22 11 7 4 41 24 22 8 3 11 27 30 14 67
11 Ipswich Town 43 17 14 12 60 43 21 10 8 3 32 20 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 65
12 Cambridge United 43 15 12 16 53 65 21 8 7 6 26 25 22 7 5 10 27 40 -12 57
13 Cheltenham Town 44 13 16 15 63 76 22 10 7 5 32 28 22 3 9 10 31 48 -13 55
14 Accrington Stanley 44 15 10 19 55 76 22 11 6 5 39 32 22 4 4 14 16 44 -21 55
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 47 46 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 50
17 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
18 Lincoln City 44 13 10 21 52 60 22 6 5 11 23 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -8 49
19 Morecambe 44 10 12 22 57 85 22 7 8 7 33 34 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 42
20 Gillingham 44 8 16 20 34 64 22 4 8 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 40
21 Fleetwood Town 43 8 15 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 39
22 AFC Wimbledon 44 6 18 20 45 70 22 2 14 6 24 30 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 36
23 Doncaster Rovers 44 9 7 28 34 81 22 6 3 13 18 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -47 34
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.