Home advantage could prove decisive in Portsmouth - Lincoln City battle

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Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 22.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

Portsmouth hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 19th position in the League One table. Visiting Lincoln City holds 12th place with 17 pts.

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 Portsmouth and Lincoln City.

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Portsmouth form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Portsmouth have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

The fans are hoping that Portsmouth will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League One game against AFC Wimbledon (placed 22nd). Before that, Portsmouth drew at home versus Gillingham.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portsmouth handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D5-L2.

Portsmouth are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Bristol Rovers awaits in four days.

Portsmouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fratton Park with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Lincoln City form and stats

Lincoln City have only collected 4 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-1-5 (7 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Lincoln City have lost on their last two travels.

Lincoln City's last game was the home draw against Shrewsbury Town (0-0). A 0-2 defeat away at Peterborough United before that.

We have checked recent matches where Lincoln City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W2-D0-L1.

After this away game Lincoln City return home for a League One game against Bolton Wanderers. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Lincoln City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lincoln City have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Lincoln CityT. Walker
T. Walker
7 goals / 1 assists
PortsmouthR. Curtis
R. Curtis
2 goals
PortsmouthG. Evans
G. Evans
2 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Portsmouth Lincoln City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 7 14
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 5
4 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 0 0 Lost L 1 5 7
12 8 1 Scored S 1 7 17
12 5 0 Conceded C 2 12 19
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
55% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
36% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 43%
18% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
45% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 36%
27% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 43%
36% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 29%
 
5.6 6.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 3 5.1 5.1
3.7 3 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 5.1 4.9
2.3 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.4
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Lincoln City's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Portsmouth have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portsmouth have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Portsmouth
All EFL Trophy League One Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs mid
28-09-19 LO Portsmouth 1 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
05-10-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 1 - 2 Portsmouth
08-10-19 EFL Oxford United 2 - 2 Portsmouth
12-10-19 LO Portsmouth 0 - 0 Gillingham
19-10-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 1 - 0 Portsmouth
22-10-19 LO Portsmouth 20:45 Lincoln City
26-10-19 LO Bristol Rovers 16:00 Portsmouth
02-11-19 LO Portsmouth 16:00 Oxford United
05-11-19 LO Portsmouth 20:45 Southend United
16-11-19 LO Portsmouth 16:00 Fleetwood Town
Lincoln City
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
27-09-19 LO Blackpool 2 - 1 Lincoln City
01-10-19 EFL Lincoln City 0 - 1 Manchester United U21
05-10-19 LO Lincoln City 2 - 0 Sunderland
12-10-19 LO Peterborough United 2 - 0 Lincoln City
18-10-19 LO Lincoln City 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
22-10-19 LO Portsmouth 20:45 Lincoln City
26-10-19 LO Lincoln City 16:00 Bolton Wanderers
02-11-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 16:00 Lincoln City
12-11-19 EFL Lincoln City 20:45 Rotherham United
16-11-19 LO Gillingham 16:00 Lincoln City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 12 8 3 1 21 7 5 3 2 0 10 3 7 5 1 1 11 4 14 27
2 Wycombe Wanderers 13 7 5 1 22 13 8 6 2 0 18 10 5 1 3 1 4 3 9 26
3 Peterborough United 13 7 3 3 30 16 6 4 1 1 17 7 7 3 2 2 13 9 14 24
4 Fleetwood Town 12 7 2 3 24 15 7 5 1 1 13 6 5 2 1 2 11 9 9 23
5 Oxford United 14 6 4 4 29 18 6 4 1 1 15 7 8 2 3 3 14 11 11 22
6 Coventry City 13 5 6 2 16 15 7 5 1 1 10 5 6 0 5 1 6 10 1 21
7 Bristol Rovers 13 6 3 4 15 14 7 4 3 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 4 9 1 21
8 Blackpool 13 5 5 3 17 15 6 3 1 2 8 8 7 2 4 1 9 7 2 20
9 Doncaster Rovers 12 5 4 3 15 13 8 5 1 2 13 8 4 0 3 1 2 5 2 19
10 Sunderland 12 5 4 3 16 15 5 3 2 0 9 5 7 2 2 3 7 10 1 19
11 Rotherham United 12 5 3 4 19 12 6 2 2 2 12 6 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 18
12 Lincoln City 14 5 2 7 17 19 7 4 1 2 10 7 7 1 1 5 7 12 -2 17
13 Shrewsbury Town 12 4 5 3 10 13 5 2 2 1 5 6 7 2 3 2 5 7 -3 17
14 Rochdale 13 4 4 5 17 22 6 1 3 2 5 8 7 3 1 3 12 14 -5 16
15 Bolton Wanderers 11 0 4 7 3 28 6 0 4 2 2 9 5 0 0 5 1 19 -25 16
16 Burton Albion 11 4 3 4 15 13 4 1 1 2 2 2 7 3 2 2 13 11 2 15
17 Gillingham 13 3 5 5 18 16 7 3 1 3 14 8 6 0 4 2 4 8 2 14
18 Accrington Stanley 13 3 5 5 17 21 6 2 2 2 10 10 7 1 3 3 7 11 -4 14
19 Portsmouth 11 3 4 4 12 12 5 2 3 0 8 5 6 1 1 4 4 7 0 13
20 Tranmere Rovers 13 3 4 6 17 22 7 2 3 2 14 10 6 1 1 4 3 12 -5 13
21 Milton Keynes Dons 13 4 1 8 12 19 8 3 1 4 5 11 5 1 0 4 7 8 -7 13
22 AFC Wimbledon 14 3 3 8 19 24 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 1 0 6 11 15 -5 12
23 Southend United 13 1 2 10 14 33 6 0 1 5 5 16 7 1 1 5 9 17 -19 5

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