League One match prediction: Little separates Lincoln City and Charlton Athletic in quality

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: LNER Stadium (10120 seats)

Lincoln City are prepared for a new test after their 0-2 vs Bolton Wanderers last time out. Charlton Athletic are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Lincoln City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Charlton Athletic have the fewest points (3) away in League One

The visiting Charlton Athletic played their last game only four days ago, a EFL Trophy match. That game, against Colchester United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Charlton Athletic.

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Lincoln City form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Lincoln City at their home stadium (LNER Stadium) is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Lincoln City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bolton Wanderers (0-2). O’Connor, defender, was given a rating of 7.1/10 in that game, top of the team. O’Connor won 8 of 12 duels.

Before that game, a somewhat shocking home defeat against Doncaster Rovers in the EFL Trophy. 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 City 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.

The Lincoln fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Charlton Athletic so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Two away matches in a row for Charlton Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Colchester United in the EFL Trophy.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Oxford United in the League One.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Charlton Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Charlton Athletic, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Betting fact: Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.

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

Charlton Athletic's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Lincoln three wins, zero draws and Charlton Athletic one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityJ. Diamond
J. Diamond
4 goals
Lincoln CityB. House
B. House
3 goals
Charlton AthleticS. Fraser
S. Fraser
3 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Lincoln City Charlton Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 2 Played P 2 6 11
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
4 3 2 Drew D 2 3 6
3 0 0 Lost L 0 3 3
14 6 3 Scored S 3 6 15
16 4 3 Conceded C 3 11 15
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 82%
40% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 36%
30% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 36%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
50% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 82%
20% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 9%
 
4.2 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 4.4
5.4 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.6
1.9 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.1 11 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.5 11.2
2.9 2.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.8 3.4
48% 60% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 55% 41%
 
11.4 11.5 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 19 14.7 12.5
4.3 4.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.3 2.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Lincoln City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Charlton Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Charlton Athletic have the fewest points (3) away in League One
  • Charlton Athletic have yet to win a game away.
  • Charlton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lincoln City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lincoln City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • 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 Plymouth Argyle 12 9 1 2 21 13 6 6 0 0 10 2 6 3 1 2 11 11 8 28
2 Ipswich Town 12 8 3 1 25 10 6 4 2 0 14 5 6 4 1 1 11 5 15 27
3 Sheffield Wednesday 12 7 2 3 22 12 6 3 2 1 14 8 6 4 0 2 8 4 10 23
4 Portsmouth 10 6 3 1 21 11 5 3 2 0 11 5 5 3 1 1 10 6 10 21
5 Barnsley 11 6 2 3 17 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 20
6 Bolton Wanderers 11 6 2 3 13 7 6 5 0 1 10 3 5 1 2 2 3 4 6 20
7 Peterborough United 11 6 0 5 20 12 5 4 0 1 12 1 6 2 0 4 8 11 8 18
8 Derby County 10 5 2 3 11 9 5 4 0 1 9 6 5 1 2 2 2 3 2 17
9 Accrington Stanley 11 4 4 3 14 13 6 2 3 1 10 9 5 2 1 2 4 4 1 16
10 Cambridge United 12 5 1 6 14 21 6 4 0 2 9 9 6 1 1 4 5 12 -7 16
11 Exeter City 11 4 3 4 18 12 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 1 2 2 8 6 6 15
12 Fleetwood Town 11 3 6 2 10 9 6 1 4 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 1 15
13 Shrewsbury Town 11 4 3 4 11 13 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 -2 15
14 Cheltenham Town 11 4 2 5 11 12 6 3 0 3 8 8 5 1 2 2 3 4 -1 14
15 Lincoln City 10 3 4 3 14 16 4 1 3 0 6 4 6 2 1 3 8 12 -2 13
16 Charlton Athletic 11 2 6 3 15 15 5 2 3 0 9 4 6 0 3 3 6 11 0 12
17 Port Vale 11 3 3 5 10 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 12
18 Oxford United 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 3 5 -2 11
19 Wycombe Wanderers 11 3 2 6 13 16 5 2 1 2 6 4 6 1 1 4 7 12 -3 11
20 Milton Keynes Dons 10 3 1 6 11 14 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 6 6 -3 10
21 Bristol Rovers 11 2 3 6 15 22 6 1 2 3 8 12 5 1 1 3 7 10 -7 9
22 Forest Green Rovers 11 2 2 7 10 25 6 1 0 5 4 14 5 1 2 2 6 11 -15 8
23 Burton Albion 12 2 1 9 14 27 6 1 0 5 3 12 6 1 1 4 11 15 -13 7
24 Morecambe 11 1 4 6 8 21 5 0 2 3 2 10 6 1 2 3 6 11 -13 7

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.