Evenly matched teams: Blackpool vs Lincoln City match preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Fri 27.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (17625 seats)

Blackpool perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Lincoln City can look both up and down from their 10th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Blackpool form and stats

Blackpool have played 4 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Blackpool manager S. Grayson and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Accrington Stanley (placed 19th) in the League One. Before that match, a win away at Doncaster Rovers.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Blackpool have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 3 Lost 3.

The Blackpool fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. On the other hand, Blackpool have conceded 5 goals.

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Lincoln City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Oxford United with 0-6 on the scoreboard. Before that, Lincoln City travelled to Rochdale and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lincoln City playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 1 Lincoln City win, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Manchester United U21 in just four days.

Lincoln City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lincoln City have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

A. Gnanduillet
5 goals
T. Walker
5 goals / 1 assists
S. Kaikai
3 goals / 1 assists

Blackpool missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Blackpool Lincoln City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
10 4 3 Played P 2 5 10
4 2 2 Won W 0 1 4
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 2 3 5
14 5 4 Scored S 2 6 14
12 5 4 Conceded C 5 8 15
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
50% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
30% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 30%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
60% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 40%
30% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 40%
20% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
5.1 5.8 5.7 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 5 5.8
6.3 7 8.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.4 5
1.3 1.5 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.3
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Blackpool's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Lincoln City's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lincoln City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Blackpool
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 EFL Blackpool 5 - 1 Morecambe
07-09-19 LO Coventry City 3 - 2 Blackpool
14-09-19 LO Blackpool 0 - 3 Milton Keynes Dons
17-09-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 0 - 1 Blackpool
21-09-19 LO Accrington Stanley 1 - 1 Blackpool
27-09-19 LO Blackpool 18:45 Lincoln City
07-10-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 19:00 Blackpool
12-10-19 LO Blackpool 14:00 Rotherham United
15-10-19 EFL Carlisle United 18:45 Blackpool
22-10-19 LO Blackpool 18:45 Wycombe Wanderers
Lincoln City
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
03-09-19 EFL Doncaster Rovers 3 - 1 Lincoln City
07-09-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 3 - 1 Lincoln City
14-09-19 LO Lincoln City 0 - 1 Bristol Rovers
17-09-19 LO Rochdale 1 - 1 Lincoln City
21-09-19 LO Lincoln City 0 - 6 Oxford United
27-09-19 LO Blackpool 18:45 Lincoln City
01-10-19 EFL Lincoln City 18:45 Manchester United U21
05-10-19 LO Lincoln City 14:00 Sunderland
12-10-19 LO Peterborough United 14:00 Lincoln City
18-10-19 LO Lincoln City 18:45 Shrewsbury Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 9 6 3 0 16 4 4 2 2 0 6 2 5 4 1 0 10 2 12 21
2 Coventry City 9 5 4 0 15 9 5 5 0 0 9 3 4 0 4 0 6 6 6 19
3 Wycombe Wanderers 10 5 4 1 15 10 6 5 1 0 14 7 4 0 3 1 1 3 5 19
4 Fleetwood Town 9 5 2 2 17 13 5 4 1 0 9 4 4 1 1 2 8 9 4 17
5 Sunderland 9 4 4 1 14 11 4 2 2 0 7 4 5 2 2 1 7 7 3 16
6 Blackpool 10 4 4 2 14 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 2 16
7 Doncaster Rovers 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 4 1 1 10 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 15
8 Bristol Rovers 10 4 3 3 13 12 5 2 3 0 9 5 5 2 0 3 4 7 1 15
9 Peterborough United 9 4 2 3 20 10 4 2 1 1 12 5 5 2 1 2 8 5 10 14
10 Lincoln City 10 4 1 5 14 15 5 3 0 2 8 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 -1 13
11 Shrewsbury Town 9 3 4 2 9 10 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 1 2 2 4 7 -1 13
12 Oxford United 10 3 3 4 19 15 4 2 1 1 9 7 6 1 2 3 10 8 4 12
13 Rotherham United 8 3 3 2 12 8 4 1 2 1 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 12
14 Burton Albion 9 3 3 3 11 9 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 12
15 Milton Keynes Dons 9 4 0 5 11 13 6 3 0 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 6 5 -2 12
16 Gillingham 9 2 4 3 14 10 5 2 1 2 10 5 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 10
17 Rochdale 9 2 4 3 10 14 4 0 3 1 3 4 5 2 1 2 7 10 -4 10
18 Tranmere Rovers 9 2 3 4 14 16 5 2 2 1 13 8 4 0 1 3 1 8 -2 9
19 Accrington Stanley 9 1 4 4 11 17 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 0 3 2 5 9 -6 7
20 Portsmouth 7 1 3 3 9 10 3 1 2 0 7 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 -1 6
21 Southend United 9 1 1 7 11 24 4 0 1 3 4 11 5 1 0 4 7 13 -13 4
22 AFC Wimbledon 10 0 3 7 9 18 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 0 0 5 5 11 -9 3
23 Bolton Wanderers 8 0 3 5 2 24 4 0 3 1 1 6 4 0 0 4 1 18 -22 -9

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