Lincoln City are welcoming Tranmere Rovers for another important game after their 2-0 result against 15th-placed Burton Albion.
Lincoln City and Tranmere Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Lincoln City form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Lincoln City at their home stadium (Sincil Bank) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Lincoln City are returning here after visiting Burton Albion in a League One game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Preceding that match was a FA Cup defeat to Ipswich Town (0-1).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Lincoln City matches with similar probabilities have ended with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from eight games).
Lincoln City has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Tranmere Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tranmere Rovers so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Tranmere Rovers's previous match, a League One home game that ended 1-1 vs Accrington Stanley (placed 18th). Before that, Tranmere Rovers secured a home win against Manchester United U21 with the score 3-2.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Tranmere Rovers when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tranmere Rovers as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. For Tranmere Rovers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's 4 Lincoln City victories, 2 draws and 2 Tranmere Rovers wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
T. Walker
7 goals
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S. Payne
4 goals
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O. Banks
3 goals
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Lincoln City missing players
Tranmere Rovers missing players
| Lincoln City | Tranmere Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 22 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 20 | 33 |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 56% |
| 17% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 39% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 56% |
| 39% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 204 | 79 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 89 | 226 |
| 64 | 25 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 30 | 72 |
| 31% | 40% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 23% | 31% |
- Tranmere Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tranmere Rovers 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 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 32 |
| 4 | Blackpool | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | Coventry City | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 8 | Rotherham United | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 17 |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 14 |
| 22 | Southend United | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -37 | 6 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 26 | -27 | 2 |