Lincoln City and Burton Albion are set to exchange tackles this weekend at LNER Stadium in the League One fixture. The match will begin at 18:00 EAT.
Michael Appleton’s side sits in the 16th spot on the table with 31 points after 26 league matches. They won three of their recent five Leagues on fixtures, scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes home and away, shipping 8 goals on the way.
Lincoln will be entering this match with highest of spirits, following the 1-2 League One victory over Plymouth Argyle. Lincoln had 46% possession, eighteen shots with five of them on target and goals by John Marquis (51′) and Max Melbourne (92′). Plymouth Argyle got eighteen shots with eight of them on target and a goal score by Luke Jephcott (43’).
On the other side, Burton Albion occupies the 11th position on the table with 36 points from 27 matches. Out of the 5 matches played, they won on 2 games while drawing on two and losing on 1. They score 10 goals in their last six matches and have been scored against in six of the same games.
Coming into this fixture, The Brewers are looking forward to wining after a 0-1 defeat to MK Dons. In that match, Burton had 34% possession, nine shots with four of them on target. MK Dons got 22 shots with seven of them on target and a goal scored by Scott Twine (95′).
Lincoln City vs Burton Albion head to head
This will be the ninth head to head encounter since 2009. Lincoln has picked up five wins, one match ended in stalemate and Burton picked up three victories.
- Burton 1-2 Lincoln 25/09/21
- Burton 0-1 Lincoln 20/04/21
- Lincoln 5-1 Burton 26/12/20
- Lincoln 3-2 Burton 07/03/20
- Burton 0-2 Lincoln 07/12/19
Home
- Plymouth 1-2 Lincoln
- Lincoln 0-1 Cambridge
- Sunderland 1-3 Lincoln
- Lincoln 2-0 Oxford
- Lincoln 2-3 Milton Keynes
Away
- Burton 0-1 Milton Keynes
- Burton 1-1 Wimbledon
- Gillingham 1-3 Burton
- Cheltenham 1-1 Burton
- Burton 4-1 Crewe
Lincoln City team news
Michael Appleton will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game with a fully injury-free group to choose from.
Burton Albion team news
Jimmy Hasselbaink has zero fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match.
Prediction and Odds
- Lincoln win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score