Possible nail-biting contest in Burton Albion - Lincoln City game

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pirelli Stadium (6912 seats)

Burton Albion have 12 points performing as the home side. Lincoln City have claimed 8 points playing away. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Burton Albion have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Burton Albion form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Burton Albion have to build on here at Pirelli Stadium in the League One. Burton Albion have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Burton faced defeat in their previous match, away at Crewe Alexandra (0-2). Thomas Hamer was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Hamer hit one key pass and won 14 of 22 duels.

In the match before that, Burton hosted Gillingham and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Burton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Burton Albion as a small favourite), we find nine games. Burton Albion has won four of these, drawn three and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Burton Albion, as the League One home game vs Portsmouth is only three days away.

The Burton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Burton Albion have only conceded 3 from their league home games. 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 1-1-2 so far.

Lincoln City's previous game was their home loss versus Ipswich Town (0-1). Midfield player Lewis Fiorini was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.24/10. Fiorini hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Rotherham United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Lincoln City in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Lincoln, six draws and four defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Morecambe.

Lincoln are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. In the opposite end, Lincoln have conceded 6 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Burton victories, one draw and four Lincoln City wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityA. Scully
A. Scully
5 goals
BurtonL. Akins
L. Akins
2 goals
Lincoln CityL. Fiorini
L. Fiorini
2 goals

Burton Albion missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Burton Albion Lincoln City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
3 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
6 5 3 Scored S 6 7 10
8 3 2 Conceded C 4 6 10
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 62%
25% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 12%
38% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 62%
38% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
38% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 38%
 
3.9 4.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.5 4
7.5 6.8 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.2
2.5 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 1.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.6 12 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.2 10.6
3.2 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 2.5 2.4
23% 42% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 70% 53%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Burton Albion have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Burton Albion have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lincoln City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 7 5 1 1 12 5 4 3 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 7 3 7 16
2 Sunderland 7 5 1 1 12 7 4 4 0 0 8 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 16
3 Milton Keynes Dons 8 4 3 1 16 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 1 3 0 10 7 6 15
4 Plymouth Argyle 7 4 2 1 10 4 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 14
5 Wycombe Wanderers 7 4 2 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 14
6 Rotherham United 8 4 1 3 10 8 4 2 0 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 13
7 AFC Wimbledon 8 3 3 2 15 13 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 2 1 1 8 7 2 12
8 Bolton Wanderers 8 3 3 2 14 12 4 1 2 1 5 6 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 12
9 Cheltenham Town 8 3 3 2 11 11 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 12
10 Burton Albion 8 3 3 2 6 8 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 1 1 2 1 5 -2 12
11 Accrington Stanley 8 4 0 4 8 11 4 3 0 1 5 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 12
12 Sheffield Wednesday 7 3 2 2 6 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 11
13 Cambridge United 7 3 2 2 10 10 4 2 1 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 11
14 Oxford United 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 3 7 0 11
15 Portsmouth 7 3 1 3 5 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 10
16 Fleetwood Town 7 2 2 3 11 11 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 8
17 Lincoln City 8 2 2 4 10 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 7 6 0 8
18 Morecambe 7 2 1 4 9 10 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 0 1 2 3 5 -1 7
19 Ipswich Town 7 1 3 3 11 15 4 0 3 1 8 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 -4 6
20 Gillingham 7 1 3 3 7 11 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 0 2 2 3 5 -4 6
21 Crewe Alexandra 7 1 2 4 4 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 0 1 3 1 6 -4 5
22 Shrewsbury Town 8 1 2 5 4 11 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 1 5 -7 5
23 Charlton Athletic 7 1 1 5 6 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 0 0 3 3 6 -4 4
24 Doncaster Rovers 7 1 1 5 3 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 4 1 7 -6 4

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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.