Most would pick Lincoln City in this game against Accrington Stanley, but the away team will resist to the finish. Here's the Tipsway match preview!
- Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in League One
- Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in League One
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.
Lincoln City form and stats
1 victory, 5 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Lincoln City have to build on here at LNER Stadium in the League One. Two draws in a row at home now for Lincoln City.
In their previous game, the manager Kennedy led his Lincoln City to a defeat away at Port Vale. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at LNER Stadium. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through four league games. Poole, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Poole won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Barnsley.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 Lincoln have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league games, 8 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lincoln City as they are travelling to their away game against Chippenham Town in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Lincoln City has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Lincoln have conceded only 5 goals.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Accrington Stanley so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Accrington Stanley who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Morecambe was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Two away games in a row for Accrington, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Fleetwood Town. Midfield player McConville was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. McConville hit six key passes.
Prior to that match, the Accrington Stanley manager Coleman faced defeat when travelling to Peterborough United and losing 1-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Accrington Stanley in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Accrington Stanley, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Goal fest? This team have played 5 consecutive league matches all with at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Accrington manager Coleman as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Crawley Town.
The attacking power of Accrington Stanley when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Accrington's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two participants are: three wins for Lincoln City, three draws and four wins for Accrington Stanley. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  B. House 4 goals |  J. Diamond 4 goals |  S. McConville 4 goals |
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| Lincoln City | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 87% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 62% | 69% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 56% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 40% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 6.3 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.9 | 9.5 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 11.8 | 13.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 47% | 54% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 30% |
| 12.4 | 11.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.9 | 11.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
- Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in League One
- Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Lincoln City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in League One
- Lincoln City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Barnsley | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Derby County | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 13 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 12 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 12 |
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