Oxford United come to Sincil Bank tonight full of confidence, despite a 0-2 home defeat to Hereford United on Saturday. Chris Wilder looks set to name an unchanged side with the U’s sights set on a top seven playoff birth if they beat us. He also has striker Alfie Potter, winger Simon Hackney and midfielders Josh Payne and Jack Midson waiting in the wings.
The Imps meanwhile look set to play Mustapha Carayol out wide with Howells moving into the centre at the expense of either Fuseini or O’Keefe. Should we win tonight we will be just 6 points behind Oxford with two games in hand.
The Teams & Schemes
Lincoln City 4-4-2
Carson
Kelly Hone Watts Hunt
Carayol Howell Fuseini McCallum
Grimes Facey
Oxford Utd 4-3-3
Clarke
Tonkin Wright Batt Worley
McLaren Hall Heslop
MacLean Constable Cradock
Oxford United - The Form Of The Foe
Home Record 9th
P 17 W 8 D 2 L 7 F 22 A 19 GD 3 PTS 26
Away Record 9th
P 16 W 5 D 6 L 5 F 20 A 21 GD -1 PTS 21
Overall Record 9th
P 33 W 13 D 8 L 12 F 42 A 40 GD 2 PTS 27
Last 3
Tue 15/2 A - Stevenage D 0 - 0 L2
Sat 19/2 A - Morecambe W 0 - 3 L2
Sat 26/2 H- Hereford L 0 - 2 L2 Last 6
Last 6
L-W-D-W-D-L
Seasonal Highs & Lows
Biggest Home Win 4-0 Morecambe
Biggest Away Win Morecambe 3-0
Heaviest Home Defeat 0-2 Torquay United, 0-2 Southend United , 0-2 Hereford United
Heaviest Away Defeat Bradford City 0-5
Highest Aggregate Score Torquay United 3-4
Current Losing / winless Sequence 1 game: Hereford United
Ker - Ching
Highest Gate 9440 Macclesfield Town
Lowest Gate 6004 Barnet
Average Attendance 7205
Total Turnstile Clicks 122495
Goal Machines
13 James Constable
11 Tom Craddock
6 Jack Midson
5 Simon Heslop
Assists
6 James Constable Steven MacLean
3 Tom Craddock, Simon Heslop, Damian Batt, Alfie Potter, Matthew Green,
Keeper Corner
Ryan Clarke
Games 37 Saves 158 Clean sheets 8 Yellows 1
Cards
Yellows 52
Top collectors
6 Harry Worley,
5 Asa Hall, Tom Craddock,
4 James Constable, Simon Heslop, Josh Payne,
Red 4
1 James Constable, Jake Wright, Damian Batt, Mark Creighton
Forthcoming Fixtures
Tue 1/3 A - Lincoln City 19:45 L2
Sat 5/3 A - Stockport 15:00 L2
Sat 12/3 A - Port Vale 15:00 L2
Recent matches
The last time the two teams met at Sincil Bank was back in August 2005, over five years ago, the Imps running out 2-1 winners in a League Two match. Of the 14 games played, we have 7 wins, and Oxford Utd. have 4 victories.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Fri 16 Dec | Oxford Utd. | 0 - 1 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Lincoln City | 2-1 | Oxford Utd. | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Feb | Lincoln City | 3 - 0 | Oxford Utd. | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Oxford Utd. | 0 - 1 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Jan | Oxford Utd. | 0 - 0 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 09 Aug | Lincoln City | 0 - 1 | Oxford Utd. | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Lincoln City | 0 - 1 | Oxford Utd. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Lincoln City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While The Red Imps have scored 8, a worringly large 13 have been leaked at the other end.
Oxford Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The U's's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Lincoln City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 38 points from their 31 matches. Oxford Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower League Two, picking up 47 from their 33 games so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Lincoln City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 |
| Oxford Utd. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neil: Always have to be optimistic 1-0 to the Mighty Imps
Vic - Craddock and Constable will be too strong for Watts and Hone best we can hope for is that we have a couple of goals in us because they will get at least two tonight. Away Win.
Ivan Impgrass A 2-2 Draw tonight
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Lincoln City | 12 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Oxford Utd. | Undefeated in last 3 away games. |