The football year has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, boom and bust resulting in mid-table places so far. Let's get ready for Lincoln City - Portsmouth!
- Lincoln City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
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 City and Portsmouth.
Lincoln City form and stats
All-inclusive League One stats playing at home this season for Lincoln City are 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Lincoln drew their last game, 0-0 away at Doncaster Rovers (placed 23rd). Defender Lewis Montsma got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Montsma won 5 of 6 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Bowers & Pitsea.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Accrington Stanley are coming to town in four days.
Lincoln City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. Lincoln have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Portsmouth form and stats
There's been little loot from Portsmouth's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the League One. Portsmouth only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Impressive finishing from Michael Jacobs and Marcus Harness secured the home win 2-1 against AFC Wimbledon in their previous game. Midfield player Michael Jacobs was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Jacobs scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Wycombe Wanderers.The schedule is very tough for Portsmouth now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Gillingham is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portsmouth as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Portsmouth have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Lincoln one win, zero draws and Portsmouth three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Scully 7 goals |  M. Harness 7 goals | J. Marquis 4 goals |
Lincoln City missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Lincoln City | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 71% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 44% | 61% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 50% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 65% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 35% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 5 | 5.1 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 6.2 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 12.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 45% | 29% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 33% |
| 13.5 | 12.4 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.2 | 10.8 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
- Lincoln City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 36 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 34 |
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 18 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 17 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -17 | 12 |