Gamblers believe Portsmouth will defeat Lincoln City at Fratton Park

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

A total of 41 league matches have been played and Portsmouth are 17 points ahead of Lincoln City. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Portsmouth saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League One. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rotherham United, was also a home game here at Fratton Park. The away team is better rested.

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Portsmouth form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Portsmouth have managed 11 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 20 games.

Portsmouth's last game was hosting Rotherham United (placed 3rd) and winning 3-0. Hirst, who usually features in attack, was the top performer for the side in that match, earning a rating of 8.82 (out of 10). Hirst scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cheltenham Town (0-1).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Portsmouth matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, three draws and three defeats (from seven games).

Portsmouth are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Morecambe awaits in three days.

Portsmouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fratton Park with 37 goals in 20 league matches.

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Lincoln City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 7 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats.

Lincoln City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Wigan Athletic (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-3.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Fleetwood Town.

After this away game Lincoln City return home for a League One game against Cheltenham Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Lincoln City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 27 away goals from 21 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Lincoln have seen the ball go into their own net 29 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H encounter ended Lincoln City - Portsmouth 0-3, earlier this season. Portsmouth-Lincoln City H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Portsmouth four wins, Lincoln City one win, zero draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
11 goals
Lincoln CityA. Scully
A. Scully
10 goals
PortsmouthG. Hirst
G. Hirst
9 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Lincoln City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 21 42
17 11 5 Won W 2 7 12
12 5 1 Drew D 1 5 10
12 4 0 Lost L 3 9 20
57 37 15 Scored S 10 27 47
41 20 5 Conceded C 10 29 57
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
61% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 86% 76%
51% 65% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 52% 48%
29% 35% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 24% 21%
10% 10% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 5%
41% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 60%
44% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 10%
29% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 36%
 
5.2 5.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.7 5.1
5.3 4.8 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 7 5.7
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
12.8 13.6 17.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.7 11.1
3.4 4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.5 3
40% 46% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 59% 51% 37%
 
12.1 11.1 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 14.4 14.4
3.9 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.3 4.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 42 23 9 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 21 9 6 6 35 26 27 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
6 Sunderland 41 21 10 10 69 49 20 14 2 4 40 15 21 7 8 6 29 34 20 73
7 Wycombe Wanderers 42 20 13 9 69 49 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 20 73
8 Oxford United 42 20 9 13 76 54 21 12 5 4 45 26 21 8 4 9 31 28 22 69
9 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
10 Portsmouth 41 17 12 12 57 41 20 11 5 4 37 20 21 6 7 8 20 21 16 63
11 Bolton Wanderers 42 17 10 15 63 52 21 10 7 4 38 23 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 61
12 Cheltenham Town 42 13 15 14 61 71 21 10 6 5 30 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 54
13 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
14 Accrington Stanley 42 15 9 18 54 73 21 11 5 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 54
15 Charlton Athletic 42 15 8 19 49 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 21 6 4 11 21 27 -3 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 13 17 42 40 21 9 6 6 27 19 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 49
17 Burton Albion 42 13 10 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 49
18 Lincoln City 42 12 10 20 47 57 21 5 5 11 20 28 21 7 5 9 27 29 -10 46
19 Fleetwood Town 41 8 14 19 55 71 20 5 7 8 28 30 21 3 7 11 27 41 -16 38
20 Morecambe 42 9 11 22 53 82 21 7 7 7 32 33 21 2 4 15 21 49 -29 38
21 Gillingham 42 8 14 20 32 62 21 4 7 10 13 34 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 42 6 17 19 43 66 21 2 13 6 23 29 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 42 9 6 27 30 76 21 6 3 12 17 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -46 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 42 6 7 29 32 78 21 4 4 13 18 38 21 2 3 16 14 40 -46 25

Portsmouth:
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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 Wigan Athletic 41 26 9 6 73 36 21 13 4 4 34 19 20 13 5 2 39 17 37 87
2 Milton Keynes Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 21 12 5 4 30 18 21 12 6 3 39 22 29 83
3 Rotherham United 41 24 8 9 64 29 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 35 80
4 Plymouth Argyle 42 23 9 10 67 40 21 14 3 4 32 14 21 9 6 6 35 26 27 78
5 Sheffield Wednesday 41 20 13 8 67 44 21 14 5 2 43 17 20 6 8 6 24 27 23 73
6 Sunderland 41 21 10 10 69 49 20 14 2 4 40 15 21 7 8 6 29 34 20 73
7 Wycombe Wanderers 42 20 13 9 69 49 21 12 5 4 36 26 21 8 8 5 33 23 20 73
8 Oxford United 42 20 9 13 76 54 21 12 5 4 45 26 21 8 4 9 31 28 22 69
9 Ipswich Town 42 17 14 11 60 42 21 10 8 3 32 20 21 7 6 8 28 22 18 65
10 Portsmouth 41 17 12 12 57 41 20 11 5 4 37 20 21 6 7 8 20 21 16 63
11 Bolton Wanderers 42 17 10 15 63 52 21 10 7 4 38 23 21 7 3 11 25 29 11 61
12 Cheltenham Town 42 13 15 14 61 71 21 10 6 5 30 26 21 3 9 9 31 45 -10 54
13 Cambridge United 42 14 12 16 51 64 21 8 7 6 26 25 21 6 5 10 25 39 -13 54
14 Accrington Stanley 42 15 9 18 54 73 21 11 5 5 39 32 21 4 4 13 15 41 -19 54
15 Charlton Athletic 42 15 8 19 49 52 21 9 4 8 28 25 21 6 4 11 21 27 -3 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 13 17 42 40 21 9 6 6 27 19 21 3 7 11 15 21 2 49
17 Burton Albion 42 13 10 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 21 4 4 13 17 39 -15 49
18 Lincoln City 42 12 10 20 47 57 21 5 5 11 20 28 21 7 5 9 27 29 -10 46
19 Fleetwood Town 41 8 14 19 55 71 20 5 7 8 28 30 21 3 7 11 27 41 -16 38
20 Morecambe 42 9 11 22 53 82 21 7 7 7 32 33 21 2 4 15 21 49 -29 38
21 Gillingham 42 8 14 20 32 62 21 4 7 10 13 34 21 4 7 10 19 28 -30 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 42 6 17 19 43 66 21 2 13 6 23 29 21 4 4 13 20 37 -23 35
23 Doncaster Rovers 42 9 6 27 30 76 21 6 3 12 17 30 21 3 3 15 13 46 -46 33
24 Crewe Alexandra 42 6 7 29 32 78 21 4 4 13 18 38 21 2 3 16 14 40 -46 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.