League One match prediction: Little separates Milton Keynes Dons and Lincoln City in quality

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Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium mk (30500 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the League One so far, with Milton Keynes Dons placed 14th and Lincoln City sitting in the 1st position.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Stadium mk, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Milton Keynes Dons last season were 14 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from 23 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadium mk.

In their previous game, the manager P. Tisdale led his Milton Keynes Dons to a defeat in the League One match away at Wycombe Wanderers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadium mk. Preceding that game was the away draw at AFC Wimbledon that finished 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Milton Keynes Dons perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Milton Keynes Dons as a small favourite), we find six games. Milton Keynes Dons has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Peterborough United in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadium mk.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Milton Keynes Dons at home. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Lincoln City form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 12 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 23 matches. The fact that Lincoln City have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Lincoln City, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Lincoln City are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the League One against Southend United. Prior to that result Lincoln City won their away game at Huddersfield Town in the Carabao Cup. The scoreline was 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lincoln City playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were 1 Lincoln City win, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Lincoln City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Doncaster Rovers is waiting in only four days.

Lincoln City has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings between the teams: Milton Keynes Dons won 3, Lincoln City won 2 and 1 draw. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Houghton
1 goals
J. Bowery
1 goals
R. Healey
1 goals

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Milton Keynes Dons Lincoln City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 1 0 Scored 0 2 8
3 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 33%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 33%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 9 7.3
8.5 8 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 11 7.3
0.5 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Milton Keynes Dons Last season Lincoln City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
46 23 7 Played 7 23 46
23 14 3 Won 2 12 23
10 5 2 Drew 2 6 16
13 4 2 Lost 3 5 7
71 35 6 Scored 8 38 73
49 14 5 Conceded 8 20 43
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 98%
76% 70% 57% Over 1.5 57% 74% 76%
41% 22% 0% Over 2.5 29% 39% 41%
24% 9% 0% Over 3.5 14% 13% 20%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 14% 9% 9%
52% 35% 29% BTTS 43% 48% 59%
37% 52% 43% Clean Sheets 14% 35% 28%
13% 13% 29% Failed To Score 43% 17% 15%
 
6.5 7 5.9 Corners For (avg) 6.6 5.5 5.8
5.7 4.8 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 6.4 5.4 4.7
1.7 1.3 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.7 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 3 5
Key stats last season:
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Milton Keynes Dons have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Milton Keynes Dons
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
26-07-19 CF Northampton Town 2 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons
30-07-19 CF St Neots Town 0 - 6 Milton Keynes Dons
10-08-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
13-08-19 CC AFC Wimbledon 2 - 2 Milton Keynes Dons
17-08-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 3 - 2 Milton Keynes Dons
20-08-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 18:45 Lincoln City
24-08-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 14:00 Peterborough United
27-08-19 CC Southend United 18:45 Milton Keynes Dons
31-08-19 LO Accrington Stanley 14:00 Milton Keynes Dons
03-09-19 EFL Stevenage 18:45 Milton Keynes Dons
Lincoln City
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Scunthorpe United 2 - 0 Lincoln City
03-08-19 LO Lincoln City 2 - 0 Accrington Stanley
10-08-19 LO Rotherham United 0 - 2 Lincoln City
13-08-19 CC Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Lincoln City
17-08-19 LO Lincoln City 4 - 0 Southend United
20-08-19 LO Milton Keynes Dons 18:45 Lincoln City
24-08-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 11:30 Lincoln City
27-08-19 EFL Lincoln City 18:45 Manchester United U21
28-08-19 CC Lincoln City 18:45 Everton
31-08-19 LO Lincoln City 14:00 Fleetwood Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 9
2 Blackpool 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 9
3 Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
4 Coventry City 3 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
5 Fleetwood Town 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 6
6 Rotherham United 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 6
7 Doncaster Rovers 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
8 Ipswich Town 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
9 Rochdale 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
10 Sunderland 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
11 Oxford United 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
12 Shrewsbury Town 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
14 Milton Keynes Dons 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
15 Portsmouth 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
16 Burton Albion 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
17 Gillingham 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 AFC Wimbledon 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
19 Accrington Stanley 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
20 Peterborough United 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
21 Bristol Rovers 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 1
22 Bolton Wanderers 3 0 1 2 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 1
24 Southend United 3 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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