Lincoln City will aim to climb through the middle of the League One table and towards the playoff spots on Saturday, when they host Burton Albion at LNER Stadium.

While the Imps currently find themselves 14th in the table after an away defeat last weekend, they do boast games in hand on every side around them in a crowded mid-table, while their visitors are just two points worse off in 18th position.

Lincoln City head into the weekend on the back of a mixed start to their latest League One campaign, as they currently sit on 15 points from their opening 10 matches through a record of four wins, three draws and three defeats.

Mark Kennedy’s side have now suffered two defeats in their last three matches, firstly falling just short in a 2-1 defeat away at league leaders Portsmouth before beating Cheltenham Town 2-0 through Lasse Sorensen’s early brace.

Then following the unfortunate suspension of their game away at Leyton Orient, the Imps’ last league match came away to Peterborough United last weekend, and they would suffer a 2-0 defeat as David Ajiboye and Joel Randall scored second-half goals to send Kennedy’s side down to 14th place.

However, that may be seen as somewhat a false position at this stage, having only played 10 league matches so far while every other League One side have played 11 or 12, with just a point gap up to the top 10 and a five-point gap to the playoff spots.

Now on the back of a 2-0 EFL Trophy victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 on Tuesday through goals from Hakeeb Adelakun and Jovon Makama, the Imps will turn their focus back to theeir league campaign with the aim of quickly climbing through the pack with the majority of side not in action due to the international break.

They face a Burton Albion side who are fighting to continue an impressive upturn in form in their trip to LNER Stadium, with the Brewers having bounced back in style after a tough start to the League One campaign.

In their opening seven games of the season, Burton picked up just two points while scoring just two goals and conceding 11 in that time, before securing a first win at the eighth attempt away at Port Vale in mid-September, with Beryly Lubala, Steve Seddon and Kwadwo Baah on the scoresheet.

That result has since formed the foundations of an unbeaten run for Burton, who have now not lost in any of their last five league matches, firstly following that away win up with back-to-back draws with Fleetwood Town and Reading, before returning to winning ways at home to Wigan Athletic at the beginning of October, initially trailing 1-0 at halftime before Joe Powell turned the game around with a brace in the final 25 minutes.

Cambridge United were then the latest visitors to the Pirelli Stadium on Monday, and Dino Maamria’s side produced a second straight 2-1 victory to continue their impressive run, with Josh Walker and Deji Oshilaja scoring in the first half.

Having quickly put their dismal start behind them to move up to 18th place with 13 points to their name, the Brewers will be keen to continue building at the weekend with a victory at LNER Stadium which would see them leapfrog their hosts and could trigger a climb into the top half.

Lincoln City vs. Burton Albion Head to head

In the 12 previous meetings between these two teams, Lincoln City have claimed five victories while Burton Albion have won six, and they have drawn once. Burton have scored 16 goals and conceded 15 in the process.

• 20/04/2021
  Burton Albion

  0

  Lincoln City

  1
  League One
• 25/09/2021
  Burton Albion

  1

  Lincoln City

  2
  League One
• 29/01/2022
  Lincoln City

  1

  Burton Albion

  2
  League One
• 26/12/2022
  Burton Albion

  3

  Lincoln City

  0
  League One
• 25/04/2023
  Lincoln City

  0

  Burton Albion

  1
  League One