The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Lincoln City leading Shrewsbury Town by 18 points. Match preview to follow:
- Lincoln City has the most clean sheets (9) 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
Lincoln City, who have the most clean sheets (9) in League One, have collected 15 points from their League One home games so far after 5-0-3.
The Lincoln fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at Sincil Bank Stadium: A 0-4 defeat against Sunderland (placed 8th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Shrewsbury Town and winning 4-1.
As you see from the result above, Lincoln City suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Lincoln's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won five matches, drawn two and lost one.
The manager M. Appleton will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Northampton Town in only four days.
The Lincoln fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Shrewsbury Town play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Hull City (placed 1st). Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Lincoln City.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Shrewsbury when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing two and winning zero games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sunderland in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shrewsbury Town as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Shrewsbury in these games.
Head 2 Head
Lincoln-Shrewsbury Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lincoln City two wins, Shrewsbury Town four wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Grant 7 goals | L. Montsma 4 goals |  T. Hopper 3 goals |
Lincoln City missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Lincoln City | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 14 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 94% |
| 62% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 69% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 12% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 69% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 19% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.9 | 11 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 71% | 65% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | 35% |
- Lincoln City has the most clean sheets (9) in League One
- Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Hull City | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 21 | Swindon Town | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 16 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 14 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 13 |