Balanced ball game between Lincoln City and Portsmouth expected

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 23.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: LNER Stadium (10120 seats)

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!

Insights:
  • 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.

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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.

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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

LincolnA. Scully
A. Scully
7 goals
PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
7 goals
PortsmouthJ. Marquis
J. Marquis
4 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Lincoln City Portsmouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid 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
Key stats in League One this season:
  • 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

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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.