Possible nail-biting contest in Lincoln City - Wycombe Wanderers game

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: LNER Stadium (10120 seats)

The visiting Wycombe Wanderers team are probably the strongest party at Lincoln City, as the guests own a 19 point edge from their 30 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Lincoln City have the fewest clean sheets (2) 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 and Wycombe Wanderers.

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Lincoln City form and stats

Lincoln City's struggle is real here at LNER Stadium with only 15 points collected from 15 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-3-8.

Lincoln City's last game was hosting Morecambe (placed 21st) and winning 2-1. McGrandles (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. McGrandles dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Milton Keynes Dons.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lincoln City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lincoln City as a small favourite), we find eight games. Lincoln City has won five of these, drawn zero and lost three.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lincoln City, as the League One home game vs Doncaster Rovers is only three days away.

20 goals have been conceded.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Wycombe Wanderers aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 216 league minutes without a goal. Grimmer was the last player to find the net.

Wanderers's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Shrewsbury Town that finished 0-0. Jacobson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.54. Jacobson hit three key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

A loss against Milton Keynes Dons was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wycombe Wanderers playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Wycombe Wanderers wins, two draws and one defeat.

Wycombe Wanderers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Wycombe Wanderers have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These sides encountered each other earlier this match year: Wycombe Wanderers - Lincoln City 1-0. Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Lincoln City, three draws and five wins for Wycombe Wanderers. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityA. Scully
A. Scully
8 goals
Wycombe WanderersS. Vokes
S. Vokes
8 goals
Wycombe WanderersG. McCleary
G. McCleary
6 goals

Lincoln City missing players

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Lincoln City Wycombe Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
9 4 1 Won W 2 6 15
7 3 2 Drew D 1 5 8
13 8 1 Lost L 1 4 7
35 15 7 Scored S 9 22 46
39 20 6 Conceded C 7 16 34
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
76% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
52% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 47% 50%
21% 13% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 30%
7% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 13% 17%
62% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 50%
7% 7% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 37%
34% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 23%
 
5.1 5.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.7 5.5
5.5 4.3 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.3 4.8
1.8 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.9 11.9 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 11.7 14.4
3.1 3.6 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 4.5
39% 28% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 42% 34%
 
14.2 14 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 13.9 13.1
4.5 4.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 4.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Lincoln City have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in League One
  • Lincoln City have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League One
  • 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 Rotherham United 30 20 5 5 55 18 15 11 2 2 34 13 15 9 3 3 21 5 37 65
2 Wigan Athletic 27 17 5 5 48 26 13 7 3 3 19 13 14 10 2 2 29 13 22 56
3 Milton Keynes Dons 31 16 8 7 51 34 15 8 3 4 20 15 16 8 5 3 31 19 17 56
4 Sunderland 31 16 6 9 55 43 15 11 1 3 32 11 16 5 5 6 23 32 12 54
5 Oxford United 31 15 8 8 54 38 16 10 4 2 33 17 15 5 4 6 21 21 16 53
6 Wycombe Wanderers 30 15 8 7 46 34 15 9 3 3 24 18 15 6 5 4 22 16 12 53
7 Sheffield Wednesday 30 14 10 6 42 32 14 9 4 1 23 10 16 5 6 5 19 22 10 52
8 Plymouth Argyle 29 14 8 7 51 36 13 7 3 3 19 13 16 7 5 4 32 23 15 50
9 Ipswich Town 31 13 8 10 49 38 15 7 6 2 26 19 16 6 2 8 23 19 11 47
10 Bolton Wanderers 30 12 6 12 44 39 15 8 4 3 28 18 15 4 2 9 16 21 5 42
11 Portsmouth 29 11 8 10 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 15 15 4 5 6 14 16 3 41
12 Accrington Stanley 30 11 7 12 37 46 16 8 4 4 25 22 14 3 3 8 12 24 -9 40
13 Charlton Athletic 30 11 6 13 40 37 15 7 3 5 24 17 15 4 3 8 16 20 3 39
14 Burton Albion 30 11 6 13 36 38 15 7 3 5 23 17 15 4 3 8 13 21 -2 39
15 Cambridge United 30 9 10 11 38 43 15 5 6 4 19 19 15 4 4 7 19 24 -5 37
16 Cheltenham Town 30 8 12 10 36 49 16 6 6 4 19 23 14 2 6 6 17 26 -13 36
17 Lincoln City 29 9 7 13 35 39 15 4 3 8 15 20 14 5 4 5 20 19 -4 34
18 Shrewsbury Town 31 8 10 13 28 32 15 7 4 4 18 14 16 1 6 9 10 18 -4 34
19 Fleetwood Town 30 7 11 12 44 51 16 5 5 6 26 25 14 2 6 6 18 26 -7 32
20 AFC Wimbledon 30 6 12 12 36 46 15 2 9 4 18 21 15 4 3 8 18 25 -10 30
21 Morecambe 31 7 8 16 42 60 16 5 5 6 24 27 15 2 3 10 18 33 -18 29
22 Gillingham 31 5 10 16 25 52 16 4 4 8 12 28 15 1 6 8 13 24 -27 25
23 Crewe Alexandra 30 5 7 18 25 52 15 4 4 7 15 25 15 1 3 11 10 27 -27 22
24 Doncaster Rovers 31 6 4 21 22 59 16 4 3 9 12 25 15 2 1 12 10 34 -37 22

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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.