Lincoln City vs Wigan Athletic: Soccer match preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: LNER Stadium (10120 seats)

Lincoln City have fought quite a few losing battles for points this season. Could the team get something when Wigan Athletic come to visit LNER Stadium?

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in League One

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 Wigan Athletic.

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Lincoln City form and stats

With 5 League One wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Lincoln City are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The home team returns to LNER Stadium after drawing with Fleetwood Town (placed 19th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfielder McGrandles was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.51 (out of ten) in that game. McGrandles had 38 successful passes (of 47 total).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Charlton Athletic.

Lincoln aren't scoring a lot here at LNER Stadium in the league, with only 19 goals from 20 games. 25 goals have been conceded. 14 of these goals were conceded after the timer had passed one hour (more than 55 percent).

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 12-4-2 from 18 games.

The club members enjoyed Wigan Athletic's previous game versus Accrington Stanley (placed 14th), a 3-0 win played at home. Power got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, top player of the team. Power served one assist and hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Bolton Wanderers.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Burton Albion.

It's not easy to score on Wigan Athletic as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games. More than 50 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other already this season, with the final score Wigan Athletic - Lincoln 1-2 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Lincoln City three wins, zero draws and Wigan Athletic zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
20 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
12 goals
Lincoln CityA. Scully
A. Scully
9 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lincoln City Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 7 Played P 6 18 39
12 5 2 Won W 6 12 25
10 5 4 Drew D 0 4 8
19 10 1 Lost L 0 2 6
46 19 11 Scored S 13 36 70
54 25 8 Conceded C 4 16 35
95% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
76% 65% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 87%
46% 40% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 51%
20% 15% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 33% 21%
5% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 17% 13%
59% 50% 71% BTTS BTTS 50% 61% 59%
10% 10% 29% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 36%
37% 45% 14% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 8%
 
5.1 5.5 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 5.2 5.6
5.7 4.3 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 1.8 3.7 3.2
1.9 1.9 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.1 11.7 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 11.3 12.4
3 3.6 3.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.1 4.5
37% 26% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 49% 40%
 
14.3 14.2 17.6 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 9.4 8.9
4.2 4.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.7 2.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic have the the best goal difference (+20) away in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 39 25 8 6 70 35 21 13 4 4 34 19 18 12 4 2 36 16 35 83
2 Milton Keynes Dons 41 24 10 7 68 39 21 12 5 4 30 18 20 12 5 3 38 21 29 82
3 Rotherham United 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 41 23 8 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 27 77
5 Sheffield Wednesday 40 20 12 8 66 43 21 14 5 2 43 17 19 6 7 6 23 26 23 72
6 Wycombe Wanderers 41 20 12 9 68 48 21 12 5 4 36 26 20 8 7 5 32 22 20 72
7 Sunderland 40 20 10 10 67 48 20 14 2 4 40 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 19 70
8 Oxford United 41 20 9 12 75 52 20 12 5 3 44 24 21 8 4 9 31 28 23 69
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 13 11 59 41 21 10 8 3 32 20 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 64
10 Portsmouth 39 16 12 11 54 40 19 10 5 4 34 20 20 6 7 7 20 20 14 60
11 Bolton Wanderers 41 17 9 15 62 51 20 10 6 4 37 22 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 60
12 Cheltenham Town 41 12 15 14 60 71 20 9 6 5 29 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -11 51
13 Cambridge United 41 13 12 16 49 63 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 6 5 10 25 39 -14 51
14 Accrington Stanley 41 14 9 18 52 72 21 11 5 5 39 32 20 3 4 13 13 40 -20 51
15 Charlton Athletic 41 14 8 19 48 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 20 5 4 11 20 27 -4 50
16 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 12 17 41 39 20 9 5 6 26 18 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 48
17 Burton Albion 40 13 8 19 48 63 19 9 4 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 47
18 Lincoln City 41 12 10 19 46 54 20 5 5 10 19 25 21 7 5 9 27 29 -8 46
19 Fleetwood Town 40 8 14 18 54 69 19 5 7 7 27 28 21 3 7 11 27 41 -15 38
20 Morecambe 41 9 11 21 52 80 21 7 7 7 32 33 20 2 4 14 20 47 -28 38
21 Gillingham 41 8 13 20 31 61 20 4 6 10 12 33 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 37
22 AFC Wimbledon 41 6 16 19 42 65 20 2 12 6 22 28 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 34
23 Doncaster Rovers 41 8 6 27 28 76 20 5 3 12 15 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -48 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 41 6 7 28 32 76 21 4 4 13 18 38 20 2 3 15 14 38 -44 25

Lincoln City:
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England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 39 25 8 6 70 35 21 13 4 4 34 19 18 12 4 2 36 16 35 83
2 Milton Keynes Dons 41 24 10 7 68 39 21 12 5 4 30 18 20 12 5 3 38 21 29 82
3 Rotherham United 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 41 23 8 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 27 77
5 Sheffield Wednesday 40 20 12 8 66 43 21 14 5 2 43 17 19 6 7 6 23 26 23 72
6 Wycombe Wanderers 41 20 12 9 68 48 21 12 5 4 36 26 20 8 7 5 32 22 20 72
7 Sunderland 40 20 10 10 67 48 20 14 2 4 40 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 19 70
8 Oxford United 41 20 9 12 75 52 20 12 5 3 44 24 21 8 4 9 31 28 23 69
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 13 11 59 41 21 10 8 3 32 20 20 7 5 8 27 21 18 64
10 Portsmouth 39 16 12 11 54 40 19 10 5 4 34 20 20 6 7 7 20 20 14 60
11 Bolton Wanderers 41 17 9 15 62 51 20 10 6 4 37 22 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 60
12 Cheltenham Town 41 12 15 14 60 71 20 9 6 5 29 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -11 51
13 Cambridge United 41 13 12 16 49 63 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 6 5 10 25 39 -14 51
14 Accrington Stanley 41 14 9 18 52 72 21 11 5 5 39 32 20 3 4 13 13 40 -20 51
15 Charlton Athletic 41 14 8 19 48 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 20 5 4 11 20 27 -4 50
16 Shrewsbury Town 41 12 12 17 41 39 20 9 5 6 26 18 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 48
17 Burton Albion 40 13 8 19 48 63 19 9 4 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 47
18 Lincoln City 41 12 10 19 46 54 20 5 5 10 19 25 21 7 5 9 27 29 -8 46
19 Fleetwood Town 40 8 14 18 54 69 19 5 7 7 27 28 21 3 7 11 27 41 -15 38
20 Morecambe 41 9 11 21 52 80 21 7 7 7 32 33 20 2 4 14 20 47 -28 38
21 Gillingham 41 8 13 20 31 61 20 4 6 10 12 33 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 37
22 AFC Wimbledon 41 6 16 19 42 65 20 2 12 6 22 28 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 34
23 Doncaster Rovers 41 8 6 27 28 76 20 5 3 12 15 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -48 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 41 6 7 28 32 76 21 4 4 13 18 38 20 2 3 15 14 38 -44 25

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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.