Lincoln City favourites for feisty fight facing Shrewsbury Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sun Hat Villas & Resorts Stadium

Lincoln City have harvested 8 of their 19 in total here in their home stadium. Will they win more points versus Shrewsbury Town?

Insights:
  • Lincoln City have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town have yet to win a game away.

These are full days for the hometeam, as they were in action only four days ago in the League One. That game was an away game at Wigan Athletic, so at least Lincoln City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Lincoln City form and stats

Overall League One statistics at home this season for Lincoln City are 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Lincoln enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Wigan Athletic's place. The match ended 2-1 with Dan N'Lundulu and Timothy Eyoma scoring. Defender Timothy Eyoma got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.52/10. Eyoma scored one goal and won 9 of 17 duels.

1-1 away at Sheffield Wednesday before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lincoln City handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and five defeats.

Lincoln are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 games. Lincoln City have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shrewsbury Town so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Shrewsbury Town are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

The supporters enjoyed Shrewsbury's previous game versus Cambridge United (placed 17th), a League One 4-1 win played at home. It's hard not to mention Ryan Bowman's lethal finishing against Cambridge United. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. The attacker Ryan Bowman got a match rating of 9.22 in that game. Bowman scored three goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Oxford United's place.

We have checked recent matches where Shrewsbury have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were four victories, four draws and five defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Shrewsbury's away league games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. Shrewsbury Town have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Lincoln, three draws and four wins for Shrewsbury Town. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

LincolnA. Scully
A. Scully
7 goals
Shrewsbury TownR. Bowman
R. Bowman
4 goals
Lincoln CityL. Fiorini
L. Fiorini
3 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Lincoln City Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 5 7 15
5 2 2 Won W 0 0 4
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
6 3 0 Lost L 4 6 9
19 7 4 Scored S 3 3 14
19 8 2 Conceded C 7 11 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 73%
47% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 29% 47%
20% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
67% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 43% 53%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 57% 40%
 
4.8 5.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.3 5.4
6.2 4.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 3.6 4.2
1.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.7 11.7 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 9.4 10.9
2.7 3.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.4 3.6
48% 28% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 18% 26%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Lincoln City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Lincoln City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shrewsbury Town have scored away.
  • Lincoln City have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shrewsbury Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Shrewsbury Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Shrewsbury Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Shrewsbury Town have yet to win a game away.
  • Shrewsbury Town 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 Plymouth Argyle 15 8 6 1 26 13 8 5 3 0 14 5 7 3 3 1 12 8 13 30
2 Wycombe Wanderers 14 9 3 2 22 13 6 6 0 0 13 6 8 3 3 2 9 7 9 30
3 Wigan Athletic 14 9 1 4 25 11 8 4 1 3 10 8 6 5 0 1 15 3 14 28
4 Sunderland 13 9 1 3 24 13 7 6 0 1 14 4 6 3 1 2 10 9 11 28
5 Rotherham United 14 8 3 3 23 10 8 4 2 2 14 8 6 4 1 1 9 2 13 27
6 Oxford United 14 7 3 4 23 16 8 5 2 1 15 7 6 2 1 3 8 9 7 24
7 Milton Keynes Dons 14 6 4 4 23 20 7 4 1 2 10 9 7 2 3 2 13 11 3 22
8 Burton Albion 15 6 4 5 16 19 8 4 2 2 12 11 7 2 2 3 4 8 -3 22
9 Sheffield Wednesday 14 5 6 3 15 13 6 3 2 1 7 4 8 2 4 2 8 9 2 21
10 Ipswich Town 14 5 5 4 29 22 8 3 4 1 19 14 6 2 1 3 10 8 7 20
11 Accrington Stanley 14 6 2 6 19 25 6 4 1 1 9 8 8 2 1 5 10 17 -6 20
12 Lincoln City 15 5 4 6 19 19 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 3 2 3 12 11 0 19
13 Bolton Wanderers 15 5 4 6 22 25 7 2 3 2 9 13 8 3 1 4 13 12 -3 19
14 Cheltenham Town 14 5 3 6 17 24 7 4 1 2 9 8 7 1 2 4 8 16 -7 18
15 AFC Wimbledon 14 4 5 5 20 23 7 1 4 2 10 11 7 3 1 3 10 12 -3 17
16 Portsmouth 14 4 4 6 17 20 6 3 1 2 10 8 8 1 3 4 7 12 -3 16
17 Cambridge United 14 3 7 4 19 24 8 2 4 2 11 13 6 1 3 2 8 11 -5 16
18 Morecambe 14 4 3 7 24 25 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 1 1 5 12 16 -1 15
19 Gillingham 15 3 6 6 15 21 7 2 2 3 7 11 8 1 4 3 8 10 -6 15
20 Shrewsbury Town 15 4 2 9 14 21 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 0 1 6 3 11 -7 14
21 Fleetwood Town 13 3 4 6 21 21 6 2 1 3 9 8 7 1 3 3 12 13 0 13
22 Charlton Athletic 14 3 3 8 16 23 7 1 2 4 8 13 7 2 1 4 8 10 -7 12
23 Doncaster Rovers 14 3 2 9 10 24 7 3 2 2 8 8 7 0 0 7 2 16 -14 11
24 Crewe Alexandra 14 1 5 8 10 24 6 1 2 3 6 11 8 0 3 5 4 13 -14 8

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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.