FootyMAD's Brentford match preview

History of the Lincoln City v Brentford fixture

Lincoln City play host to Brentford at Sincil Bank Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 15 of the 21 contests.

The last time the two teams met at Lincoln City was amazingly over twenty years ago, in September 1985, with Lincoln City running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a Third Division match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008	Sat 27 Oct	Brentford	1 - 0	Lincoln City	LGE2
1985/1986	Tue 22 Apr	Brentford	0 - 1	Lincoln City	LGE1
1985/1986	Sat 21 Sep	Lincoln City	3-0	Brentford	LGE1
1984/1985	Sat 13 Apr	Lincoln City	1 - 1	Brentford	LGE1
1984/1985	Sat 10 Nov	Brentford	2 - 2	Lincoln City	LGE1
1983/1984	Wed 01 Feb	Lincoln City	2 - 0	Brentford	LGE1
1983/1984	Sat 10 Sep	Brentford	3 - 0	Lincoln City	LGE1

Recent respective form guides

Lincoln City are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the The Red Imps in those games, with 6 conceded.

Brentford have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Bees have hit 6 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Lincoln City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 52 points from their 43 matches. Brentford's 59 points from 43 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Lincoln City	6	2	0	4	7	14	6
Brentford	6	3	1	2	9	9	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

This is certainly an intriguing match for the The Red Imps, and one in which the FootyMad team are tentatively suggesting a drawn game. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Lincoln City	10 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 19 .
Brentford	11 games since last away draw.