Home advantage could prove decisive in Lincoln City - Bristol Rovers battle

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 14.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sincil Bank Stadium (10127 seats)

It's advantage Lincoln City so far with their 5th position in the League One table, welcoming Bristol Rovers who are placed 13th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Lincoln City form and stats

As mentioned below, Lincoln City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 League One games.

In their previous game, the manager D. Cowley led his Lincoln City to a defeat in the League One match away at Wycombe Wanderers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sincil Bank Stadium. A EFL Trophy defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Doncaster Rovers.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lincoln City handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W6-D5-L0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lincoln City as they are travelling to their away game against Rochdale in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

Lincoln City are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Lincoln City have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

No League One points yet away for Bristol Rovers, from their first 3 matches.

There were no winners in Bristol Rovers's previous match, a League One home game that ended 3-3 vs Accrington Stanley (placed 19th). Ahead of that match was the EFL Trophy away draw versus Plymouth Argyle that ended 1-1.

Bristol Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gillingham in just three days.

Goals are few and far between in Bristol Rovers's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. For Bristol Rovers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Lincoln City won 2 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Bristol Rovers has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 5

Top Goalscorers

T. Walker
4 goals / 1 assists
J. Clarke-Harris
4 goals
J. Akinde
2 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Lincoln City Bristol Rovers
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played 2 3 7
4 3 0 Won 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 2
3 0 0 Lost 2 3 3
13 8 0 Scored 0 0 8
7 0 0 Conceded 4 6 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 86%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 86%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 29%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 14%
43% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 29%
57% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 29%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 100% 100% 57%
 
5.6 5.3 0 Corners For (avg) 6 6.7 4.9
6.1 5.7 0 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.7 5.4
0.7 0.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.3 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Bristol Rovers's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Lincoln City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bristol Rovers have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Bristol Rovers have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Lincoln City have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Lincoln City have won all their home matches so far.
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Lincoln City
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Lincoln City
28-08-19 CC Lincoln City 2 - 4 Everton
31-08-19 LO Lincoln City 2 - 0 Fleetwood Town
03-09-19 EFL Doncaster Rovers 3 - 1 Lincoln City
07-09-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 3 - 1 Lincoln City
14-09-19 LO Lincoln City 14:00 Bristol Rovers
17-09-19 LO Rochdale 18:45 Lincoln City
21-09-19 LO Lincoln City 14:00 Oxford United
27-09-19 LO Blackpool 18:45 Lincoln City
01-10-19 EFL Lincoln City 18:45 Manchester United U21
Bristol Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 LO Bristol Rovers 3 - 1 Oxford United
27-08-19 CC Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
31-08-19 LO Burton Albion 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers
03-09-19 EFL Plymouth Argyle 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers
07-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 3 - 3 Accrington Stanley
14-09-19 LO Lincoln City 14:00 Bristol Rovers
17-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 18:45 Gillingham
21-09-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 14:00 Bristol Rovers
24-09-19 EFL Bristol Rovers 18:45 Chelsea U21
28-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 14:00 Rotherham United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 7 4 3 0 13 7 4 4 0 0 12 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 6 15
2 Coventry City 7 4 3 0 13 8 4 4 0 0 7 2 3 0 3 0 6 6 5 15
3 Ipswich Town 6 4 2 0 14 4 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 2 1 0 8 2 10 14
4 Fleetwood Town 7 4 1 2 12 9 4 3 1 0 7 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 3 13
5 Lincoln City 7 4 0 3 13 7 3 3 0 0 8 0 4 1 0 3 5 7 6 12
6 Blackpool 7 3 3 1 12 8 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 12
7 Doncaster Rovers 5 3 2 0 9 6 4 3 1 0 8 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 11
8 Sunderland 6 3 2 1 9 8 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 11
9 Peterborough United 6 3 1 2 12 6 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 2 0 1 6 1 6 10
10 Burton Albion 6 3 1 2 8 5 3 1 0 2 2 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 10
11 Rochdale 6 2 3 1 8 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 9
12 Milton Keynes Dons 6 3 0 3 8 11 4 3 0 1 5 6 2 0 0 2 3 5 -3 9
13 Bristol Rovers 7 2 2 3 8 10 4 2 2 0 8 4 3 0 0 3 0 6 -2 8
14 Shrewsbury Town 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 3 6 -2 8
15 Rotherham United 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 -1 7
16 Gillingham 6 1 3 2 11 8 3 1 1 1 8 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 6
17 Tranmere Rovers 6 1 2 3 10 10 3 1 1 1 9 5 3 0 1 2 1 5 0 5
18 Portsmouth 5 1 2 2 7 7 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 5
19 Accrington Stanley 6 1 2 3 8 12 2 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 4 8 -4 5
20 Oxford United 7 1 2 4 10 15 3 1 1 1 6 7 4 0 1 3 4 8 -5 5
21 AFC Wimbledon 7 0 2 5 6 12 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 0 0 4 4 9 -6 2
22 Southend United 6 0 0 6 4 17 3 0 0 3 1 8 3 0 0 3 3 9 -13 0
23 Bolton Wanderers 5 0 1 4 0 17 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 3 0 12 -17 -11

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