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

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sincil Bank Stadium (10120 seats)

Lincoln City and Gillingham have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the League One.

The visiting Gillingham played their last game only four days ago, a League One match. That game was also an away game, at Southend United. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Lincoln City form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Lincoln City have managed 9 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

The fans are hoping that Lincoln City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 3-4 away loss in the League One game against Accrington Stanley (placed 14th). In the match before that, Lincoln City hosted Milton Keynes Dons and drew the game 1-1.

A goal frenzy last time out for Lincoln City, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Accrington Stanley. Fun stuff to watch! The defeat against Accrington Stanley was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by S. Finley).

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 nine games. Lincoln City has won three of these, drawn three and lost three.

The Lincoln City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 15 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Gillingham form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 10 draws and 3 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Gillingham as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the AFC Wimbledon game have they lost an away game, meaning Gillingham has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Gillingham play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Southend United (placed 22nd). Before that, Gillingham secured a home win against Doncaster Rovers with the score 2-1.

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

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Gillingham - Lincoln City 1-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Lincoln City victories, zero draws and two Gillingham wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityH. Anderson
H. Anderson
5 goals
GillinghamB. Hanlan
B. Hanlan
4 goals
GillinghamC. Ogilvie
C. Ogilvie
4 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lincoln City Gillingham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 15 4 Played P 6 16 32
11 9 2 Won W 1 3 12
5 2 0 Drew D 4 10 13
17 4 2 Lost L 1 3 7
41 25 4 Scored S 4 13 39
44 16 7 Conceded C 6 15 30
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 75% 88%
70% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 62%
36% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 25% 38%
21% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 22%
12% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
42% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 47%
27% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 38%
33% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 28%
 
4.9 4.3 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 6.6 6.5
5.1 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.4 4.1
1.7 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
356 179 47 Total Shots T S 55 176 390
119 58 15 Shots on Target S O 14 50 122
34% 43% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 32%

  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 31 17 6 8 56 32 16 8 4 4 30 15 15 9 2 4 26 17 24 57
2 Coventry City 30 15 12 3 43 28 15 10 4 1 20 10 15 5 8 2 23 18 15 57
3 Wycombe Wanderers 32 16 8 8 41 36 17 12 3 2 31 19 15 4 5 6 10 17 5 56
4 Peterborough United 33 16 7 10 65 39 16 11 3 2 39 13 17 5 4 8 26 26 26 55
5 Sunderland 31 15 9 7 42 26 16 9 6 1 29 10 15 6 3 6 13 16 16 54
6 Portsmouth 30 15 8 7 45 30 15 10 5 0 28 12 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 53
7 Ipswich Town 32 14 10 8 45 31 14 6 5 3 23 15 18 8 5 5 22 16 14 52
8 Fleetwood Town 30 14 9 7 46 35 16 9 6 1 24 13 14 5 3 6 22 22 11 51
9 Gillingham 32 12 13 7 39 30 16 9 3 4 26 15 16 3 10 3 13 15 9 49
10 Oxford United 31 13 9 9 52 34 15 9 3 3 28 12 16 4 6 6 24 22 18 48
11 Doncaster Rovers 31 13 9 9 47 31 18 9 5 4 27 18 13 4 4 5 20 13 16 48
12 Burton Albion 31 11 10 10 42 42 15 6 6 3 16 11 16 5 4 7 26 31 0 43
13 Bristol Rovers 31 11 9 11 35 42 16 6 6 4 21 18 15 5 3 7 14 24 -7 42
14 Accrington Stanley 31 10 9 12 45 46 15 7 2 6 31 23 16 3 7 6 14 23 -1 39
15 Lincoln City 33 11 5 17 41 44 15 9 2 4 25 16 18 2 3 13 16 28 -3 38
16 Blackpool 30 9 10 11 39 39 14 7 2 5 22 19 16 2 8 6 17 20 0 37
17 Shrewsbury Town 30 8 11 11 25 36 14 5 5 4 16 18 16 3 6 7 9 18 -11 35
18 Milton Keynes Dons 31 9 6 16 33 42 16 8 1 7 19 20 15 1 5 9 14 22 -9 33
19 Rochdale 31 9 6 16 35 51 14 4 4 6 15 19 17 5 2 10 20 32 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 7 9 16 37 51 16 5 7 4 18 18 16 2 2 12 19 33 -14 30
21 Tranmere Rovers 30 5 8 17 28 53 17 3 6 8 19 26 13 2 2 9 9 27 -25 23
22 Southend United 32 3 7 22 33 79 15 1 4 10 13 38 17 2 3 12 20 41 -46 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 29 5 8 16 24 61 16 4 7 5 17 23 13 1 1 11 7 38 -37 11

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  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 31 17 6 8 56 32 16 8 4 4 30 15 15 9 2 4 26 17 24 57
2 Coventry City 30 15 12 3 43 28 15 10 4 1 20 10 15 5 8 2 23 18 15 57
3 Wycombe Wanderers 32 16 8 8 41 36 17 12 3 2 31 19 15 4 5 6 10 17 5 56
4 Peterborough United 33 16 7 10 65 39 16 11 3 2 39 13 17 5 4 8 26 26 26 55
5 Sunderland 31 15 9 7 42 26 16 9 6 1 29 10 15 6 3 6 13 16 16 54
6 Portsmouth 30 15 8 7 45 30 15 10 5 0 28 12 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 53
7 Ipswich Town 32 14 10 8 45 31 14 6 5 3 23 15 18 8 5 5 22 16 14 52
8 Fleetwood Town 30 14 9 7 46 35 16 9 6 1 24 13 14 5 3 6 22 22 11 51
9 Gillingham 32 12 13 7 39 30 16 9 3 4 26 15 16 3 10 3 13 15 9 49
10 Oxford United 31 13 9 9 52 34 15 9 3 3 28 12 16 4 6 6 24 22 18 48
11 Doncaster Rovers 31 13 9 9 47 31 18 9 5 4 27 18 13 4 4 5 20 13 16 48
12 Burton Albion 31 11 10 10 42 42 15 6 6 3 16 11 16 5 4 7 26 31 0 43
13 Bristol Rovers 31 11 9 11 35 42 16 6 6 4 21 18 15 5 3 7 14 24 -7 42
14 Accrington Stanley 31 10 9 12 45 46 15 7 2 6 31 23 16 3 7 6 14 23 -1 39
15 Lincoln City 33 11 5 17 41 44 15 9 2 4 25 16 18 2 3 13 16 28 -3 38
16 Blackpool 30 9 10 11 39 39 14 7 2 5 22 19 16 2 8 6 17 20 0 37
17 Shrewsbury Town 30 8 11 11 25 36 14 5 5 4 16 18 16 3 6 7 9 18 -11 35
18 Milton Keynes Dons 31 9 6 16 33 42 16 8 1 7 19 20 15 1 5 9 14 22 -9 33
19 Rochdale 31 9 6 16 35 51 14 4 4 6 15 19 17 5 2 10 20 32 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 32 7 9 16 37 51 16 5 7 4 18 18 16 2 2 12 19 33 -14 30
21 Tranmere Rovers 30 5 8 17 28 53 17 3 6 8 19 26 13 2 2 9 9 27 -25 23
22 Southend United 32 3 7 22 33 79 15 1 4 10 13 38 17 2 3 12 20 41 -46 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 29 5 8 16 24 61 16 4 7 5 17 23 13 1 1 11 7 38 -37 11

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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.