Evenly matched teams: Lincoln City vs Wycombe Wanderers match preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: LNER Stadium (10120 seats)

Moving closer to the top clubs is the target when these two mid-table clubs fight it out. Both will be aiming to strenghten their league status, Lincoln City in 12th and Wycombe Wanderers in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in League One
  • Wycombe Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This looks to be an absorbing game with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Lincoln City form and stats

Lincoln City have played 9 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-7-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Lincoln City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Shrewsbury Town (0-2). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league matches. Virtue-Thick (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.2/10. Virtue-Thick hit one key pass.

A 1-1 result against Morecambe (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) before that one, played at their own home stadium in the EFL Trophy.

Low on goals? In this team's last 10 league games, 9 have contained two goals or less.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lincoln, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Everton U21 is only three days away.

Lincoln City has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Lincoln City have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Impressive finishing from Mehmeti and McCleary secured the home win 2-0 against Portsmouth in their previous game. Mehmeti got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Mehmeti scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Cheltenham Town's place.

Wanderers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Wycombe Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Wycombe Wanderers have put together a streak of 7 consecutive matches without losing (3-4-0) when playing Lincoln City.

Top Goalscorers

Wycombe WanderersA. Mehmeti
A. Mehmeti
8 goals
Lincoln CityB. House
B. House
5 goals
LincolnJ. Diamond
J. Diamond
5 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Lincoln City Wycombe Wanderers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 3 10 20
6 2 0 Won W 1 4 8
8 7 1 Drew D 0 1 4
5 0 0 Lost L 2 5 8
21 11 1 Scored S 2 11 27
23 8 1 Conceded C 4 13 24
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 75%
26% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 50%
16% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 25%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
47% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 50%
26% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 35%
37% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 15%
 
4.5 5.3 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 6
6.1 5.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 7.8 6.5
1.8 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.1 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.5 14.1
2.4 2.6 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.1 5.1
46% 48% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 26%
 
12.1 11.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 18.3 16.9 14.6
3.8 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5.2 4.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Lincoln City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in League One
  • Lincoln City have the most matches under the total-line (14) in League One
  • Wycombe Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wycombe Wanderers 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 20 13 4 3 39 24 10 9 0 1 19 7 10 4 4 2 20 17 15 43
2 Ipswich Town 20 12 6 2 39 20 10 5 4 1 17 8 10 7 2 1 22 12 19 42
3 Sheffield Wednesday 20 12 5 3 35 16 10 6 3 1 23 11 10 6 2 2 12 5 19 41
4 Barnsley 19 10 3 6 25 16 9 5 1 3 13 9 10 5 2 3 12 7 9 33
5 Bolton Wanderers 19 9 5 5 22 16 10 6 2 2 14 8 9 3 3 3 8 8 6 32
6 Peterborough United 20 10 1 9 35 25 10 7 1 2 22 6 10 3 0 7 13 19 10 31
7 Derby County 19 8 6 5 23 16 9 5 2 2 14 10 10 3 4 3 9 6 7 30
8 Portsmouth 18 7 8 3 26 20 9 3 6 0 14 8 9 4 2 3 12 12 6 29
9 Port Vale 20 8 5 7 23 28 10 4 3 3 12 11 10 4 2 4 11 17 -5 29
10 Wycombe Wanderers 20 8 4 8 27 24 10 4 3 3 16 11 10 4 1 5 11 13 3 28
11 Exeter City 20 7 5 8 32 30 10 5 1 4 17 15 10 2 4 4 15 15 2 26
12 Lincoln City 19 6 8 5 21 23 9 2 7 0 11 8 10 4 1 5 10 15 -2 26
13 Shrewsbury Town 20 7 5 8 19 21 10 4 2 4 10 11 10 3 3 4 9 10 -2 26
14 Oxford United 20 6 7 7 26 22 10 3 3 4 13 11 10 3 4 3 13 11 4 25
15 Bristol Rovers 20 6 7 7 31 34 10 3 4 3 15 17 10 3 3 4 16 17 -3 25
16 Cheltenham Town 19 7 4 8 16 21 10 5 1 4 11 12 9 2 3 4 5 9 -5 25
17 Charlton Athletic 20 5 9 6 30 28 10 4 4 2 20 13 10 1 5 4 10 15 2 24
18 Fleetwood Town 20 4 11 5 21 20 10 2 5 3 9 8 10 2 6 2 12 12 1 23
19 Accrington Stanley 20 5 6 9 20 31 10 2 4 4 13 17 10 3 2 5 7 14 -11 21
20 Cambridge United 20 6 2 12 19 32 10 4 1 5 9 13 10 2 1 7 10 19 -13 20
21 Forest Green Rovers 20 4 5 11 18 39 10 3 0 7 7 18 10 1 5 4 11 21 -21 17
22 Milton Keynes Dons 19 4 3 12 18 29 10 1 2 7 8 18 9 3 1 5 10 11 -11 15
23 Burton Albion 20 3 6 11 26 41 10 2 3 5 10 18 10 1 3 6 16 23 -15 15
24 Morecambe 20 2 9 9 16 31 10 1 5 4 7 15 10 1 4 5 9 16 -15 15

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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.