Bristol Rovers have some points to catch up on from their 18th place, and the first chance is versus Lincoln City. Read more!
- Bristol Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lincoln City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Bristol Rovers have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Bristol faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ipswich Town (0-2).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Morecambe that ended 2-2.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 Bristol Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Bristol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. On the other hand, Bristol Rovers have conceded 5 goals.
Lincoln City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Impressive finishing from House and Diamond secured the home win 2-0 against Derby County in their previous game. That victory felt good as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory. Attacker Diamond got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Diamond scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times.
Prior to that match, the Lincoln City manager Kennedy faced defeat when travelling to Cambridge United and losing 0-2.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 12 relevant matches. Results were 2 Lincoln City wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Doncaster Rovers in just three days.
Lincoln are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. Lincoln City have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Bristol Rovers victories, one draw and three Lincoln City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Collins 4 goals | R. Loft 2 goals |  T. Bishop 2 goals |
Bristol Rovers missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Bristol Rovers | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 38% |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6.2 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 12 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.2 | 7.6 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 38% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 14 | 13.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
- Bristol Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lincoln City have scored away.
- Bristol Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lincoln City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lincoln City have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Barnsley | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Derby County | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Forest Green Rovers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 4 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 1 |
