Lincoln City vs Plymouth Argyle full preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sun Hat Villas & Resorts Stadium

Lincoln City will pray that their home advantage is enough to get at least a draw from this demanding duel, vs passionate Plymouth Argyle.

Insights:
  • Lincoln City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Plymouth Argyle have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) 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.

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Lincoln City form and stats

1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Lincoln City so far this season.

Lincoln City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Morecambe. The versatile forward Anthony Scully outperformed all others in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Scully hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Burton Albion.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lincoln, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Sunderland is only three days away.

Lincoln have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Plymouth Argyle playing as the away team in the League One this season.

There were no winners in Plymouth's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Crewe Alexandra (placed 22nd). Midfield player Ryan Broom was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Broom served one assist, hit one key pass and had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Doncaster Rovers.

Plymouth are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. 4 goals have been conceded by Plymouth Argyle in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Lincoln one win, one draw and Plymouth Argyle three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleR. Hardie
R. Hardie
7 goals
LincolnA. Scully
A. Scully
6 goals
Plymouth ArgyleL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
4 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Lincoln City Plymouth Argyle
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 4 2 Played P 1 4 10
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 5
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 4
5 2 1 Lost L 0 1 1
12 3 1 Scored S 3 6 15
13 4 2 Conceded C 0 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
40% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 10%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 40%
40% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 10%
 
4.4 4.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4 5.3
6.2 4.5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 11 8.8 6.1
1.2 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 10 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.5 12.5
2.1 2.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 4.9
57% 33% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 46% 31%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Lincoln City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Plymouth Argyle have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Plymouth Argyle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Plymouth Argyle have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

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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.