The Imps go into tonight’s game against 4th placed Shrewsbury Town aiming for a sensational six wins in six. The Shrews meanwhile can go third tonight if they can follow their win against Tilson’s old club Southend United with another tonight. Yet should Lincoln win we will be just an incredible 8 points behind our opponents with 3 games still in hand. Not bad for a side rock bottom after that defeat to Wycombe on January 15th.
To the teams and schemes
Lincoln City
4-4-2
Carson
Hoyte Hone Watts Hunt
Kelly Howell O'Keefe McCallum
Grimes Facey
Shrewsbury 4-4-2
Smith
Grandison Sharps Candsell-Sherriff Sandler
Taylor Davies Wroe Wright
Harrold Ainsworth
History is not on the Imps side tonight with the Shrews winning 10 of the 20 previous games, compared to our 4 victories. Last seasons Sincil Bank encounter saw them coast to a 2-0 win
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 16 Oct | Shrewsbury Tn. | 2 - 0 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 17 Apr | Shrewsbury Tn. | 1 - 0 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Sep | Lincoln City | 0-2 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Apr | Shrewsbury Tn. | 0 - 0 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 22 Nov | Lincoln City | 0 - 0 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 02 Feb | Shrewsbury Tn. | 1 - 2 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | Lincoln City | 0 - 4 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Lincoln City's home form has been poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4, although to be fair we have been away in most of our games in the winning run.
Shrewsbury's away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Shrews's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
Lincoln City see themselves just below half way in the Npower League Two, showing a record of 34 points from their 26 games played so far, Shrewsbury Tn. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 45 points from 29 games. Beat them tonight however and we will be just 8 points behind our opponents with 3 games still in hand.
For a detailed analysis of form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Lincoln City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 |
| Shrewsbury Tn. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
Lincoln City Mad's Prediction ...
Neil Its one nil to the mighty Imps and the best quid a kid has ever spent.
Vic Erzantarz Another clean sheet but a long overdue draw 0-0
Ivan Impgrass Shrews are a big test and in better form than Vale so 1-2 to the Shrews
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Lincoln City | 9 games since last home draw. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Shrewsbury Tn. | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |