Soccer preview: Home fans have high hopes when Sheffield Wednesday host Lincoln City

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

The bragging rights belong to Sheffield Wednesday so far, with the 2nd spot in the League One table and eagerly waiting for Lincoln City (who are sitting at 14th).

Insights:
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (30) in League One
  • Lincoln City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in League One

Sheffield have less rest than Lincoln City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League One game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Cheltenham Town.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

Sheffield Wednesday are steadily winning League One games and points here at Hillsborough Stadium. 13 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 19 games. In general it's been a long time since Sheffield Wednesday tasted defeat here at Hillsborough Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 15 home games in the league.

Sheffield Wednesday travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cheltenham Town that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Cheltenham Town as Sheffield Wednesday were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Gregory popped out and made it level in the 87th minute. Sheffield's goalie Stockdale played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Cheltenham Town with a stunning six saves.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Forest Green Rovers.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sheffield Wednesday home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (42 in 19 games), Sheffield Wednesday's attacking play is working. Sheffield are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hillsborough Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 19 matches.

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Lincoln City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L9 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Recent form does not give Lincoln City much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Sheffield Wednesday will be a tough nut to crack.

Lincoln play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Fleetwood Town (placed 13th). Midfielder Bishop was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.31. Bishop served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).

A loss against Peterborough United was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Few goals the story here? 21 of this side's last 28 league matches have had two or less goals.

The attacking power of Lincoln City when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored from 19 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 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 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other before this match year: Lincoln City - Sheffield Wednesday 1-1. Sheffield Wednesday-Lincoln City H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Sheffield Wednesday two wins, Lincoln City one win, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayJ. Windass
J. Windass
11 goals
Sheffield WednesdayM. Smith
M. Smith
10 goals
Sheffield WednesdayL. Gregory
L. Gregory
9 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Lincoln City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Lincoln City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 5 19 37
23 13 4 Won W 2 5 9
10 5 2 Drew D 1 5 18
5 1 0 Lost L 2 9 10
66 42 9 Scored S 3 18 34
30 14 4 Conceded C 7 26 40
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 84% 81%
63% 68% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 68% 68%
39% 47% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 42% 30%
26% 37% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 11% 8%
16% 26% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 3%
37% 37% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 37% 46%
55% 58% 67% Clean Sheets C S 40% 32% 35%
13% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 38%
 
5.7 5.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.2 4.4
3.2 2 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.7 5.6
1.7 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.5 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
14.4 15.2 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 8.4 9.4
4.7 5.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.7 2.4
37% 42% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 38%
 
9.5 8.3 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 11.9 11.7
3.1 2.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 3.9 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Lincoln City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lincoln City have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in League One
  • Lincoln City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in League One
  • Lincoln City have the most matches under the total-line (26) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lincoln City have scored away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals (30) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have the most clean sheets (21) in League One
  • Sheffield Wednesday have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
2 Sheffield Wednesday 38 23 10 5 66 30 19 13 5 1 42 14 19 10 5 4 24 16 36 79
3 Ipswich Town 37 21 12 4 72 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 41 75
4 Barnsley 37 22 6 9 61 34 18 13 1 4 36 18 19 9 5 5 25 16 27 72
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Derby County 38 18 10 10 59 39 19 12 4 3 37 16 19 6 6 7 22 23 20 64
7 Peterborough United 38 20 3 15 65 47 19 12 2 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 63
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 7 13 51 36 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 61
9 Portsmouth 38 15 13 10 53 44 19 7 9 3 30 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 9 58
10 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 7 14 47 41 18 10 2 6 28 22 19 6 5 8 19 19 6 55
11 Exeter City 38 14 10 14 56 49 19 9 5 5 32 21 19 5 5 9 24 28 7 52
12 Charlton Athletic 38 12 13 13 53 50 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 3 49
13 Fleetwood Town 38 12 13 13 41 39 19 6 6 7 19 19 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 49
14 Lincoln City 37 9 18 10 34 40 18 4 13 1 16 14 19 5 5 9 18 26 -6 45
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Port Vale 38 12 9 17 40 55 19 7 4 8 20 25 19 5 5 9 20 30 -15 45
17 Cheltenham Town 38 12 8 18 34 49 19 7 5 7 19 23 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 44
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 18 5 3 10 26 41 -23 41
19 Milton Keynes Dons 38 11 6 21 34 54 19 4 4 11 13 25 19 7 2 10 21 29 -20 39
20 Oxford United 37 9 10 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 19 4 7 8 17 23 -10 37
21 Accrington Stanley 38 8 11 19 30 63 19 5 5 9 20 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -33 35
22 Morecambe 39 7 13 19 37 63 20 6 8 6 25 26 19 1 5 13 12 37 -26 34
23 Cambridge United 37 8 6 23 28 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 18 2 2 14 11 36 -31 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 38 6 8 24 29 71 19 5 1 13 14 32 19 1 7 11 15 39 -42 26

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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 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
2 Sheffield Wednesday 38 23 10 5 66 30 19 13 5 1 42 14 19 10 5 4 24 16 36 79
3 Ipswich Town 37 21 12 4 72 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 41 75
4 Barnsley 37 22 6 9 61 34 18 13 1 4 36 18 19 9 5 5 25 16 27 72
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Derby County 38 18 10 10 59 39 19 12 4 3 37 16 19 6 6 7 22 23 20 64
7 Peterborough United 38 20 3 15 65 47 19 12 2 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 63
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 7 13 51 36 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 61
9 Portsmouth 38 15 13 10 53 44 19 7 9 3 30 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 9 58
10 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 7 14 47 41 18 10 2 6 28 22 19 6 5 8 19 19 6 55
11 Exeter City 38 14 10 14 56 49 19 9 5 5 32 21 19 5 5 9 24 28 7 52
12 Charlton Athletic 38 12 13 13 53 50 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 3 49
13 Fleetwood Town 38 12 13 13 41 39 19 6 6 7 19 19 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 49
14 Lincoln City 37 9 18 10 34 40 18 4 13 1 16 14 19 5 5 9 18 26 -6 45
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Port Vale 38 12 9 17 40 55 19 7 4 8 20 25 19 5 5 9 20 30 -15 45
17 Cheltenham Town 38 12 8 18 34 49 19 7 5 7 19 23 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 44
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 18 5 3 10 26 41 -23 41
19 Milton Keynes Dons 38 11 6 21 34 54 19 4 4 11 13 25 19 7 2 10 21 29 -20 39
20 Oxford United 37 9 10 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 19 4 7 8 17 23 -10 37
21 Accrington Stanley 38 8 11 19 30 63 19 5 5 9 20 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -33 35
22 Morecambe 39 7 13 19 37 63 20 6 8 6 25 26 19 1 5 13 12 37 -26 34
23 Cambridge United 37 8 6 23 28 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 18 2 2 14 11 36 -31 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 38 6 8 24 29 71 19 5 1 13 14 32 19 1 7 11 15 39 -42 26

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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.