League One match preview and statistics: Oxford United fight Lincoln City

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Fri 26.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Kassam Stadium (12500 seats)

Oxford United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Lincoln City.

Insights:
  • Lincoln City have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in League One

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Northampton Town, so at least Oxford are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Oxford United form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Oxford United are 8-4-5 (wins-draw-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 225 minutes without scoring a league goal. O. Shodipo was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Oxford United in their previous match, an away game at Northampton Town that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Blackpool that was lost 0-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Oxford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost four.

The Oxford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 17 matches. Oxford are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Kassam Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 17 matches.

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Lincoln City form and stats

Lincoln City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Lincoln City, who have the most points (35) away in League One, collect 35 points from their 17 away matches in the League One. 10 victories and 5 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Lincoln has drawn their two previous away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sunderland (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 1-1. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Gillingham.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Lincoln City in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Lincoln, six draws and four defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Lincoln City's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 17 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Lincoln City as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Lincoln City - Oxford United 2-0, played this season. Oxford-Lincoln City H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Oxford United three wins, Lincoln City four wins, zero draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

OxfordM. Taylor
M. Taylor
13 goals
Lincoln CityJ. Grant
J. Grant
11 goals
Oxford UnitedO. Shodipo
O. Shodipo
9 goals

Oxford United missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Oxford United Lincoln City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 17 7 Played P 7 17 36
15 8 1 Won W 3 10 18
8 4 3 Drew D 3 5 8
13 5 3 Lost L 1 2 10
49 22 4 Scored S 10 26 54
42 14 6 Conceded C 6 12 38
86% 82% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 82% 92%
78% 71% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 59% 72%
39% 35% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 41% 53%
25% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 18% 22%
17% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 12% 8%
42% 29% 14% BTTS BTTS 43% 41% 47%
31% 47% 43% Clean Sheets C S 57% 53% 39%
42% 41% 71% Failed to Score F T 29% 24% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.8 11.8 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.9 11.3
4.5 4.4 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.9 2.4 2.6
30% 30% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 65% 59%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Lincoln City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Lincoln City have the most points (35) away in League One
  • Lincoln City have the most scored goals in the second half (37) 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 Hull City 37 21 6 10 62 30 18 11 2 5 21 9 19 10 4 5 41 21 32 69
2 Peterborough United 36 20 6 10 58 37 17 13 2 2 36 14 19 7 4 8 22 23 21 66
3 Sunderland 35 17 13 5 54 27 18 8 6 4 24 17 17 9 7 1 30 10 27 64
4 Lincoln City 36 18 8 10 54 38 19 8 3 8 28 26 17 10 5 2 26 12 16 62
5 Doncaster Rovers 34 17 6 11 53 44 18 11 4 3 32 19 16 6 2 8 21 25 9 57
6 Blackpool 34 16 8 10 42 30 16 8 5 3 20 14 18 8 3 7 22 16 12 56
7 Charlton Athletic 37 15 11 11 54 50 18 6 5 7 30 33 19 9 6 4 24 17 4 56
8 Portsmouth 35 16 7 12 51 38 19 7 5 7 25 20 16 9 2 5 26 18 13 55
9 Gillingham 37 16 6 15 53 49 19 8 3 8 27 28 18 8 3 7 26 21 4 54
10 Ipswich Town 35 16 6 13 39 37 19 10 3 6 20 16 16 6 3 7 19 21 2 54
11 Oxford United 36 15 8 13 49 42 17 8 4 5 22 14 19 7 4 8 27 28 7 53
12 Accrington Stanley 35 15 8 12 49 44 18 9 4 5 24 16 17 6 4 7 25 28 5 53
13 Milton Keynes Dons 37 14 9 14 54 52 18 7 7 4 29 23 19 7 2 10 25 29 2 51
14 Crewe Alexandra 36 14 9 13 44 46 18 9 5 4 27 19 18 5 4 9 17 27 -2 51
15 Fleetwood Town 37 13 11 13 41 32 19 8 7 4 24 13 18 5 4 9 17 19 9 50
16 Plymouth Argyle 37 13 9 15 47 58 19 10 4 5 29 27 18 3 5 10 18 31 -11 48
17 Shrewsbury Town 34 11 13 10 39 39 16 4 7 5 21 21 18 7 6 5 18 18 0 46
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 46 61 18 5 2 11 23 36 18 6 6 6 23 25 -15 41
19 Swindon Town 37 11 4 22 44 65 19 7 1 11 21 30 18 4 3 11 23 35 -21 37
20 Northampton Town 37 9 9 19 32 53 19 6 4 9 15 22 18 3 5 10 17 31 -21 36
21 Bristol Rovers 37 9 7 21 36 59 18 6 2 10 21 26 19 3 5 11 15 33 -23 34
22 Wigan Athletic 36 9 7 20 39 64 17 3 4 10 18 35 19 6 3 10 21 29 -25 34
23 AFC Wimbledon 35 7 12 16 35 59 16 3 4 9 18 30 19 4 8 7 17 29 -24 33
24 Rochdale 36 7 11 18 46 67 18 1 8 9 20 38 18 6 3 9 26 29 -21 32

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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 Hull City 37 21 6 10 62 30 18 11 2 5 21 9 19 10 4 5 41 21 32 69
2 Peterborough United 36 20 6 10 58 37 17 13 2 2 36 14 19 7 4 8 22 23 21 66
3 Sunderland 35 17 13 5 54 27 18 8 6 4 24 17 17 9 7 1 30 10 27 64
4 Lincoln City 36 18 8 10 54 38 19 8 3 8 28 26 17 10 5 2 26 12 16 62
5 Doncaster Rovers 34 17 6 11 53 44 18 11 4 3 32 19 16 6 2 8 21 25 9 57
6 Blackpool 34 16 8 10 42 30 16 8 5 3 20 14 18 8 3 7 22 16 12 56
7 Charlton Athletic 37 15 11 11 54 50 18 6 5 7 30 33 19 9 6 4 24 17 4 56
8 Portsmouth 35 16 7 12 51 38 19 7 5 7 25 20 16 9 2 5 26 18 13 55
9 Gillingham 37 16 6 15 53 49 19 8 3 8 27 28 18 8 3 7 26 21 4 54
10 Ipswich Town 35 16 6 13 39 37 19 10 3 6 20 16 16 6 3 7 19 21 2 54
11 Oxford United 36 15 8 13 49 42 17 8 4 5 22 14 19 7 4 8 27 28 7 53
12 Accrington Stanley 35 15 8 12 49 44 18 9 4 5 24 16 17 6 4 7 25 28 5 53
13 Milton Keynes Dons 37 14 9 14 54 52 18 7 7 4 29 23 19 7 2 10 25 29 2 51
14 Crewe Alexandra 36 14 9 13 44 46 18 9 5 4 27 19 18 5 4 9 17 27 -2 51
15 Fleetwood Town 37 13 11 13 41 32 19 8 7 4 24 13 18 5 4 9 17 19 9 50
16 Plymouth Argyle 37 13 9 15 47 58 19 10 4 5 29 27 18 3 5 10 18 31 -11 48
17 Shrewsbury Town 34 11 13 10 39 39 16 4 7 5 21 21 18 7 6 5 18 18 0 46
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 46 61 18 5 2 11 23 36 18 6 6 6 23 25 -15 41
19 Swindon Town 37 11 4 22 44 65 19 7 1 11 21 30 18 4 3 11 23 35 -21 37
20 Northampton Town 37 9 9 19 32 53 19 6 4 9 15 22 18 3 5 10 17 31 -21 36
21 Bristol Rovers 37 9 7 21 36 59 18 6 2 10 21 26 19 3 5 11 15 33 -23 34
22 Wigan Athletic 36 9 7 20 39 64 17 3 4 10 18 35 19 6 3 10 21 29 -25 34
23 AFC Wimbledon 35 7 12 16 35 59 16 3 4 9 18 30 19 4 8 7 17 29 -24 33
24 Rochdale 36 7 11 18 46 67 18 1 8 9 20 38 18 6 3 9 26 29 -21 32

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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.