Lincoln City vs Bolton Wanderers betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Sincil Bank

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sincil Bank (10120 seats)

Lincoln City and Bolton Wanderers have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the 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.

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Lincoln City form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Lincoln City, who have the most clean sheets (5) at home in League One, at their home stadium (Sincil Bank) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Lincoln City lost their last game at Portsmouth (placed 17th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Shrewsbury Town that ended 0-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Lincoln City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played ten games, won 7 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Lincoln City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 attempts. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

There's been little loot from Bolton Wanderers's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the League One. Bolton Wanderers, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in League One, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws.

Two travels in a row for Bolton Wanderers, whose manager K. Hill could celebrate last time after the League One win against Bristol Rovers. A loss against Rochdale was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bolton Wanderers when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.

A new game in only three days for Bolton Wanderers, the EFL Trophy home match versus Manchester City U21. Busy days.

Bolton Wanderers are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. Bolton Wanderers can't defend away. 19 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityT. Walker
T. Walker
7 goals / 1 assists
Lincoln CityJ. Akinde
J. Akinde
2 goals / 1 assists
Bolton WanderersT. Verlinden
T. Verlinden
2 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Lincoln City Bolton Wanderers
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 6 12
5 4 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 4
8 2 1 Lost L 3 5 7
17 10 0 Scored S 0 3 5
20 7 1 Conceded C 11 19 28
93% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
80% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 67%
40% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 42%
20% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 42%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 50% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 25%
40% 71% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 33%
33% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 67%
 
5 5.1 7 Corners For (avg) C F 2.7 2.8 3.8
4.7 4.7 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 5.5 5.8
1.3 1.4 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1 1.5
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bolton Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bolton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lincoln City have scored more than double the goals of Bolton Wanderers.

Lincoln City
01-10-19 EFL Lincoln City 0 - 1 Manchester United U21
05-10-19 LO Lincoln City 2 - 0 Sunderland
12-10-19 LO Peterborough United 2 - 0 Lincoln City
18-10-19 LO Lincoln City 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
22-10-19 LO Portsmouth 1 - 0 Lincoln City
26-10-19 LO Lincoln City 16:00 Bolton Wanderers
02-11-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 16:00 Lincoln City
09-11-19 FAC Ipswich Town 16:00 Lincoln City
12-11-19 EFL Lincoln City 20:45 Rotherham United
16-11-19 LO Gillingham 16:00 Lincoln City
Bolton Wanderers
28-09-19 LO Portsmouth 1 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
01-10-19 EFL Rochdale 1 - 1 Bolton Wanderers
07-10-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 0 - 0 Blackpool
19-10-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 1 - 3 Rochdale
22-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 0 - 2 Bolton Wanderers
26-10-19 LO Lincoln City 16:00 Bolton Wanderers
29-10-19 EFL Bolton Wanderers 20:00 Manchester City U21
02-11-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 16:00 Fleetwood Town
09-11-19 FAC Bolton Wanderers 16:00 Plymouth Argyle
16-11-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 16:00 Milton Keynes Dons

  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 12 8 3 1 21 9 5 3 2 0 10 3 7 5 1 1 11 4 12 27
2 Wycombe Wanderers 14 7 6 1 23 14 8 6 2 0 18 10 6 1 4 1 5 4 9 27
3 Peterborough United 13 7 3 3 31 16 6 4 1 1 17 7 7 3 2 2 13 9 15 24
4 Fleetwood Town 12 7 2 3 25 16 7 5 1 1 13 6 5 2 1 2 11 9 9 23
5 Oxford United 14 6 4 4 29 18 6 4 1 1 15 7 8 2 3 3 14 11 11 22
6 Doncaster Rovers 13 6 4 3 22 14 8 5 1 2 13 8 5 1 3 1 9 6 8 22
7 Sunderland 13 6 4 3 21 15 6 4 2 0 14 5 7 2 2 3 7 10 6 22
8 Blackpool 14 5 6 3 18 16 7 3 2 2 9 9 7 2 4 1 9 7 2 21
9 Coventry City 13 5 6 2 17 16 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 0 5 1 6 10 1 21
10 Bristol Rovers 14 6 3 5 15 16 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 2 0 4 4 9 -1 21
11 Rochdale 14 5 4 5 19 22 7 2 3 2 7 8 7 3 1 3 12 14 -3 19
12 Bolton Wanderers 12 1 4 7 5 28 6 0 4 2 2 9 6 1 0 5 3 19 -23 19
13 Rotherham United 12 5 3 4 21 12 6 2 2 2 12 6 6 3 1 2 7 6 9 18
14 Burton Albion 12 5 3 4 16 13 5 2 1 2 3 2 7 3 2 2 13 11 3 18
15 Shrewsbury Town 13 4 6 3 11 14 6 2 3 1 6 7 7 2 3 2 5 7 -3 18
16 Lincoln City 15 5 2 8 17 20 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 1 1 6 7 13 -3 17
17 Portsmouth 12 4 4 4 13 12 6 3 3 0 9 5 6 1 1 4 4 7 1 16
18 Gillingham 14 3 6 5 19 17 7 3 1 3 14 8 7 0 5 2 5 9 2 15
19 Accrington Stanley 13 3 5 5 17 22 6 2 2 2 10 10 7 1 3 3 7 11 -5 14
20 Milton Keynes Dons 14 4 1 9 12 21 8 3 1 4 5 11 6 1 0 5 7 10 -9 13
21 Tranmere Rovers 14 3 4 7 17 27 7 2 3 2 14 10 7 1 1 5 3 17 -10 13
22 AFC Wimbledon 15 3 3 9 19 25 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 1 0 7 11 16 -6 12
23 Southend United 14 1 2 11 15 40 7 0 1 6 6 23 7 1 1 5 9 17 -25 5