Lincoln City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s adversaries. The home side are currently 21 points behind Ipswich Town.
- Lincoln City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (46) in League One
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lincoln City form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Lincoln City at their home stadium (LNER Stadium) is 2 wins, 9 draws and 0 defeats. Lincoln City have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The spoils were shared in Lincoln City's previous game, also at home. Visiting Bolton Wanderers (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Midfield player Virtue-Thick got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Virtue-Thick dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Burton Albion.Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 13 league matches, 11 have seen two goals or less.
Lincoln has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, Lincoln City have conceded only 9 goals.
Ipswich Town form and stats
Ipswich Town's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Ipswich Town collect 24 points from their 12 away matches in the League One. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Ipswich Town are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Portsmouth (placed 10th). Midfielder Evans was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.0. Evans served one assist, hit one key pass and had 79 successful passes (of 91 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Oxford United.Ipswich Town have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the sides met previously this campaign; Ipswich Town - Lincoln 0-1. Stats for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Lincoln City, two draws and four wins for Ipswich Town. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Chaplin 9 goals |  F. Ladapo 7 goals |   B. House 6 goals |
Lincoln City missing players
Ipswich Town missing players
| Lincoln City | Ipswich Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 24 | 46 |
| 27 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 86% | 82% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 82% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 58% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 12% |
| 45% | 73% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 54% |
| 27% | 27% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 41% | 18% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9.9 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 15.4 | 16.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 34% | 31% |
| 11.7 | 10.6 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
- Ipswich Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ipswich Town have scored more than double the goals of Lincoln City.
- Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (24) away in League One
- Ipswich Town have the most scored goals (46) in League One
- Ipswich Town have the the best goal difference (+9) away in League One
- Ipswich Town have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Ipswich Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lincoln City have not yet lost a 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 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 53 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 49 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 40 |
| 5 | Derby County | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 38 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 35 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -7 | 32 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 29 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 28 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 26 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 25 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 24 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 22 |
| 21 | Burton Albion | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -13 | 22 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -11 | 21 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -26 | 20 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 18 |
