Bolton Wanderers should not expect any easy points from their host Lincoln City in this League One game. Here's your broad match guide!
- Lincoln City have not yet lost a game at home.
It's no vacation for neither Lincoln City nor Bolton Wanderers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lincoln City form and stats
Overall League One results at home this season for Lincoln City are 2-8-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 293 minutes without scoring a league goal. House was the last player to find the net.
Lincoln faced defeat in their previous match, away at Burton Albion (0-3). The game against Burton Albion was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality. Midfielder Poole was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.02 (out of ten) in that game. Poole dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Southampton in the Carabao Cup.
Trench warfare? In this team's last 12 league games, 10 have seen zero, one or two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Lincoln City as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Ipswich Town are visiting.
Lincoln City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Lincoln City are not conceding a lot of goals here at LNER Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Bolton Wanderers form and stats
3-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bolton Wanderers in their League One matches away.
180 minutes! That's how long the Wanderers goalkeeper James Trafford and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Bolton Wanderers played 0-0 against Derby County in their previous match. Toal, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Toal won 8 of 10 duels.
Before that, Bolton Wanderers secured a home win against Exeter City with the score 2-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wanderers manager Evatt as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Barnsley.
Bolton Wanderers have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this season, as the results database show this recent game: Bolton Wanderers - Lincoln City 2-0. Head to head statistics (for the last five meetings): Lincoln won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Bolton Wanderers got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Charles 7 goals |   B. House 5 goals | J. Diamond 5 goals |
Lincoln City missing players
Bolton Wanderers missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 26 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 86% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 82% |
| 71% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 64% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 30% | 32% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 18% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 9% |
| 43% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 36% |
| 29% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 45% |
| 43% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 36% |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 10.5 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 11.4 | 11.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 44% | 48% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | 39% |
| 11.8 | 10.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11 | 9.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 2.8 |
- Lincoln City have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 50 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 46 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Derby County | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 32 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Exeter City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 22 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | -9 | 21 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -25 | 20 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -14 | 19 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -17 | 15 |
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