League One preview: Can Lincoln City edge out victory against Fleetwood Town?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sun Hat Villas & Resorts Stadium

League round two of the League One campaign and the sides have digested the first game. Here's our Lincoln City - Fleetwood Town preview:

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 Fleetwood Town.

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Lincoln City form and stats

Last season, Lincoln City's league statistics were 22 wins, 11 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the League One. Over these 46 matches they scored 69 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Lincoln City managed 9-5-9 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 30 conceded.

The home team returns to Sun Hat Villas & Resorts Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Shrewsbury Town (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (placed 23rd) on their last time out; the Carabao Cup game ended 2-2. Attacking player Anthony Scully bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Scully hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. Opportunity lost for Lincoln in the Shrewsbury Town (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Gillingham that finished 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lincoln handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and five defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lincoln City, as the League One home game vs Bolton Wanderers is only three days away.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

Let's have a look at how Fleetwood Town performed last season in the League One: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 12 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 12 with 23/29 goals scored/conceded.

There might be some fixture complaints from Fleetwood Town as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Carabao Cup match against Stoke City (1-2). Brad Halliday got a match rating of 7.11 in that game, top player of the team. Halliday dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 0-1 loss hosting Portsmouth before that.

We have checked recent matches where Fleetwood have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, three draws and one defeat.

The schedule is very tough for Fleetwood now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Sheffield Wednesday is waiting in only three days.

Head 2 Head

Lincoln City-Fleetwood Town H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Lincoln City one win, Fleetwood Town two wins, two draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

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Lincoln City missing players

Fleetwood Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lincoln City Fleetwood Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Lincoln City Last season Fleetwood Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
49 24   Played P   23 46
23 10   Won W   7 16
11 5   Drew D   4 12
15 9   Lost L   12 18
73 37   Scored S   23 49
54 30   Conceded C   29 46
92% 96%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 87%
71% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 57%
55% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 28%
24% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 17%
8% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 11%
49% 50%   BTTS BTTS   43% 41%
41% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 35%
18% 21%   Failed to Score F T   35% 37%
 
5.7 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.1
4.6 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.4
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.1 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 11.1
2.7 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.6
56% 54%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 AFC Wimbledon 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Sunderland 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Wycombe Wanderers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Burton Albion 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Portsmouth 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bolton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Milton Keynes Dons 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
9 Ipswich Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Morecambe 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Cambridge United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cheltenham Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Gillingham 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Lincoln City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Oxford United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
17 Charlton Athletic 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
19 Accrington Stanley 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Wigan Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
22 Fleetwood Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
23 Shrewsbury Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
24 Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 46 27 8 11 80 38 23 14 4 5 32 14 23 13 4 6 48 24 42 89
2 Peterborough United 46 26 9 11 83 46 23 15 5 3 52 22 23 11 4 8 31 24 37 87
3 Blackpool 46 23 11 12 60 37 23 12 7 4 30 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 23 80
4 Sunderland 46 20 17 9 70 42 23 9 8 6 32 25 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 77
5 Lincoln City 46 22 11 13 69 50 23 9 5 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 77
6 Oxford United 46 22 8 16 77 56 23 13 4 6 39 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 21 74
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 23 8 7 8 36 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 23 9 5 9 29 24 23 12 4 7 36 27 14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 23 12 5 6 25 18 23 7 7 9 21 28 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 23 10 5 8 31 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 23 8 6 9 32 42 -5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 23 10 7 6 32 30 23 8 5 10 24 31 -5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 23 10 7 6 36 28 23 8 4 11 28 34 2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 23 11 4 8 34 32 23 8 3 12 29 35 -4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 23 9 8 6 26 17 23 7 4 12 23 29 3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 23 7 4 12 32 42 23 8 8 7 29 31 -12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 23 5 8 10 28 31 23 8 7 8 22 26 -7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 23 11 4 8 31 39 23 3 7 13 22 41 -27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 23 5 10 8 22 31 -16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 23 5 6 12 26 42 23 8 3 12 28 35 -23 48
21 Rochdale 46 11 14 21 61 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 23 7 5 11 34 36 -17 47
22 Northampton Town 46 11 12 23 41 67 23 8 5 10 20 26 23 3 7 13 21 41 -26 45
23 Swindon Town 46 13 4 29 55 89 23 8 1 14 25 38 23 5 3 15 30 51 -34 43
24 Bristol Rovers 46 10 8 28 40 70 23 7 2 14 23 32 23 3 6 14 17 38 -30 38

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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 Rotherham United 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 AFC Wimbledon 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Sunderland 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Wycombe Wanderers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Burton Albion 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Portsmouth 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Bolton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Milton Keynes Dons 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
9 Ipswich Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Morecambe 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Cambridge United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cheltenham Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Gillingham 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Lincoln City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Oxford United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
17 Charlton Athletic 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
19 Accrington Stanley 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Wigan Athletic 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
22 Fleetwood Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
23 Shrewsbury Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
24 Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.