The home supporters expect three points in this game, as the home advantage might do the trick versus a stumbling visitor. Lincoln City are in 16th position while the guesting Accrington Stanley fret at 17th.
- Lincoln City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Accrington Stanley have the most conceded goals (36) in League One
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lincoln City and Accrington Stanley.
Lincoln City form and stats
With 2 League One wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Lincoln City are certainly not brimming with confidence.
C. McGrandles was the last player to score a league goal for Lincoln and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Lincoln City haven't scored in 227 minutes.
Lincoln City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Portsmouth (placed 9th). Midfield player Lewis Fiorini got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Fiorini hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Doncaster Rovers the opponent.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 Lincoln have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lincoln as they are travelling to their away game against Carlisle United in the EFL Trophy. That match is three days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Lincoln City here at LNER Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). 12 goals have been conceded.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
Accrington Stanley have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-2-6 (10 played). It's a growing despair in Accrington as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Accrington Stanley, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Burton Albion (placed 12th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Burton Albion was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Midfield player Liam Coyle was the top player of the team with a match rating of 6.9/10. Coyle hit three key passes.
A 2-3 loss hosting Sheffield Wednesday before that.Accrington are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, four draws and eight defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wigan Athletic in just three days.
Accrington have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. The Accrington manager J. Coleman has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Lincoln, four draws and two wins for Accrington Stanley. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Scully 7 goals |  H. Pell 5 goals |  M. Butcher 4 goals |
Lincoln City missing players
Accrington Stanley missing players
| Lincoln City | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 36 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 94% |
| 72% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 72% |
| 44% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 61% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 61% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 39% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 22% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 6.1 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 14.4 | 13.5 |
| 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 43% | 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 27% |
| 13.9 | 13.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 15 | 13.2 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
- Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Accrington Stanley have the most conceded goals (36) in League One
- Accrington Stanley have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in League One
- Lincoln City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Rotherham United | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 37 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 31 |
| 8 | Milton Keynes Dons | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -14 | 21 |
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 19 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 24 | -21 | 13 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -18 | 12 |
- Lincoln City FC
- Lincolnshire Live - (local newspaper)
- Accrington Stanley
- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)