It's time for Lincoln City - Morecambe! Even with their varied results, this game should be a riot!
- Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in League One
- Morecambe have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in League One
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
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, 7 draws and 0 defeats. So many draws at home for Lincoln, an amazing four in a row now.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Plymouth Argyle last time out and are looking for a win here. The Lincoln City goalkeeper Rushworth was crucial in the match against Plymouth Argyle last time out, making six saves. Midfielder Sanders was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.12 (out of ten) in that game. Sanders scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).
Before that game, a fine away victory at Bristol City. A Carabao Cup game. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lincoln have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Trench warfare? In this club's last 11 league games, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Morecambe in only two days. This game is also played here at LNER Stadium.
Lincoln City has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Lincoln have conceded only 7 goals.
Morecambe form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Morecambe so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose). The last three matches for Morecambe have all ended in a draw.
Morecambe's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Portsmouth that finished 1-1. Strange, but true: this team has played three consecutive league games with the score 1-1! O'Connor was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.0. The defender O'Connor won 1 of 4 duels.
A loss, in the Carabao Cup away at Milton Keynes Dons, before that. Morecambe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.
The schedule is very tough for Morecambe now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A EFL Trophy game at Lincoln City is waiting in only two days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Morecambe as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Morecambe have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Lincoln City-Morecambe H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lincoln City five wins, Morecambe three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Diamond 5 goals |  B. House 4 goals |   J. Weir 4 goals |
Lincoln City missing players
Morecambe missing players
| Lincoln City | Morecambe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 78% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 6.3 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.5 | 8 | 7.6 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 10.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.2 | 9.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| 12.4 | 11.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.5 | 16.9 | 17.8 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
- Lincoln City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in League One
- Lincoln City have the most matches under the total-line (13) in League One
- Lincoln City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Morecambe have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in League One
- Morecambe have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in League One
- Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Derby County | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Oxford United | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Fleetwood Town | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -9 | 14 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 13 |
| 24 | Forest Green Rovers | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -22 | 13 |
