Lincoln City vs Cheltenham Town match preview: Even contest expected at LNER Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: LNER Stadium (10120 seats)

18th- against 12th spot might not seem all that sexy. But: We have the information that makes Lincoln City - Cheltenham Town (even) more intriguing!

Insights:
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 and Cheltenham Town.

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Lincoln City form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Lincoln City have only managed 5 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses from their games here at LNER Stadium.

Lincoln City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Portsmouth (2-3). Midfield player Bishop got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Bishop scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 27 successful passes (of 28 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Wigan Athletic with the scoreline 1-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lincoln City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lincoln City as a small favourite), we find six games. Lincoln has won three of these, drawn zero and lost three.

Lincoln City aren't scoring a lot here at LNER Stadium in the league, with only 20 goals from 21 games. 28 goals have been conceded.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town have only collected 18 points from their away games in the League One, after 3-9-9 (21 played).

Cheltenham Town's last game was the home draw against Gillingham (2-2). Etete, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.81. Etete scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Portsmouth.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cheltenham Town playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Cheltenham Town wins, three draws and four defeats.

Cheltenham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 31 away goals from 21 games (in the league). Cheltenham Town have conceded 45 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought before this season: Cheltenham Town - Lincoln City 2-2. Lincoln-Cheltenham Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lincoln City three wins, Cheltenham Town four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownA. May
A. May
21 goals
Lincoln CityA. Scully
A. Scully
10 goals
Cheltenham TownC. Wright
C. Wright
9 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lincoln City Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 7 21 43
12 5 1 Won W 2 3 13
10 5 0 Drew D 2 9 16
21 11 6 Lost L 3 9 14
49 20 3 Scored S 13 31 63
60 28 10 Conceded C 13 45 73
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
77% 67% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 86%
49% 43% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 57% 56%
23% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 71% 52% 44%
7% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 29% 29% 16%
60% 52% 29% BTTS BTTS 86% 71% 65%
9% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 14% 10% 19%
35% 43% 71% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 21%
 
5.1 5.5 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.9 3.7 4.6
5.7 4.5 3.9 Corners against (avg) C A 5.1 5.3 5.3
1.8 1.9 0.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 2 1.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.5 11.6 13.1 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 11.3 12.2
3 3.5 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 4.9 4.4
38% 27% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 30% 33%
 
14.5 14.3 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.1 12.7
4.3 4.2 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.9 4.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cheltenham Town have won significantly less corners away then 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 Wigan Athletic 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
6 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
7 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
13 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
14 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 43 23 9 11 67 42 21 14 3 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 78
5 Wycombe Wanderers 43 21 13 9 71 49 22 13 5 4 38 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 22 76
6 Sunderland 42 22 10 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 21 7 8 6 29 34 21 76
7 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 42 18 12 12 60 43 21 12 5 4 40 22 21 6 7 8 20 21 17 66
10 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
11 Bolton Wanderers 43 18 10 15 65 53 21 10 7 4 38 23 22 8 3 11 27 30 12 64
12 Cheltenham Town 43 13 16 14 63 73 22 10 7 5 32 28 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 55
13 Accrington Stanley 43 15 10 18 54 73 22 11 6 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 55
14 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 13 18 44 43 21 9 6 6 27 19 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 49
18 Lincoln City 43 12 10 21 49 60 21 5 5 11 20 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -11 46
19 Morecambe 43 10 11 22 56 84 21 7 7 7 32 33 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 41
20 Gillingham 43 8 15 20 34 64 21 4 7 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 39
21 Fleetwood Town 42 8 14 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 21 3 7 11 27 41 -17 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 6 17 20 44 69 21 2 13 6 23 29 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 43 9 6 28 31 78 22 6 3 13 18 32 21 3 3 15 13 46 -47 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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