Ace Football previews the League One round 28 match between Lincoln City and Peterborough and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Mid-placed Lincoln City face relegation-threatened Peterborough at LNER Stadium in round 28 of the League One in a match that kick-offs this coming Saturday. The visitors have a lot more at stake, but are lacking in quality.
Sitting bottom of the table, Peterborough have claimed 27 points after 26 rounds, while Lincoln City have amassed 35 points. This places the latter as number 12 in the League One at the moment.
Team form: Lincoln City vs Peterborough
Lincoln City Form
Lincoln City hope for some consistency, as their fans saw their team win, lose and draw in their last three matches. A close game with Stevenage resulted in a 0-0 draw, followed by a 2-1 defeat against Birmingham, before beating Northampton by 0-1. Lincoln City only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent League One matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored six and conceded five goals.
Peterborough Form
Peterborough only managed two draws in their last three matches. They started by losing 2-0 at the hands of Everton, before drawing 0-0 with Leyton Orient. They secured another draw in their latest encounter against Exeter resulting 1-1. Peterborough came through their last six away games in the League One without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by 11 goals to five.
Betting facts for Lincoln City and Peterborough
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Lincoln City and Peterborough. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 14 of the last 16 Lincoln City matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 12 Lincoln City matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Lincoln City home matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In the last 3 Lincoln City matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In the last 5 Lincoln City home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Peterborough have lost 6 of the last 7 away matches in the League One while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Peterborough have lost 7 of the last 9 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 9 of the last 11 Peterborough away matches in the League One, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Peterborough matches in the League One, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Peterborough have lost 4 of the last 5 away matches and the sum of goals was under 3.5
In-form players: Lincoln City vs Peterborough
Tendayi Darikwa hit the target once in six League One, while Archie Collins scored a similar amount in his last six games. Both’ll be hoping to double that at LNER Stadium.
Popular markets: Lincoln City vs Peterborough
Full-time result
Lincoln City claimed four wins, drew two and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Peterborough won one, drew one and lost eight of their last 10 games away. Peterborough have not lost to Lincoln City in 7 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Lincoln City scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Curiously, Peterborough only scored the opening goal of the match in two of the last ten away games. Lincoln City managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Lincoln City, who scored an average of 0.7 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Peterborough, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.2 times goals per game themselves. Lincoln City’s last 3 matches had less than three goals.