The Glovers could really use a successful afternoon on home soil to give themselves a bit of breathing space between themselves and the drop zone as they kick off just three points from safety. Lincoln aren’t going to roll up and do them any favourites though as their solid season continues and their tough defence is going to be hard for the home side to break down. Lincoln are 6/5 to get themselves maximum points out on the road, with Yeovil a big old 11/4 punt to win this home game.
Football League Two – Huish Park, Yeovil – Saturday 28th October – 15:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 5/2 at Betfair |
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Yeovil
Lincoln City FCYeovil Form
The Glovers have won only one of their last seven league games now and that lone win did happen at home against Stevenage back at the end of October. They are doing alright on home soil it has to be said with a W4 D4 L2 record on the board and they have lost only one of their last four there (W2 D1). So they do have that going for them. What they don’t have going for them is a reliable defence as they have conceded in six of their last seven league games. But then, they have conceded 39 goals this season in the league, but only nine of them have been on home soil and only 40% of their home fixtures have gone over 2.5 goals. 80% of their points for the season have been earned on home soil.
Lincoln Form
The Imps snapped back to back losses with a good 3-1 home win over Port Vale last weekend, one of the sides beneath Yeovil in the league table. Lincoln have had a strong season overall and that has been on the back of their defence which is the third best in the division. So they are going to be tough to break down and they have three clean sheets in their last five road games. On the two occasions in that sequence when they didn’t keep a clean sheet, they lost. Overall they are W4 D2 L4 away from Sincil Bank this season in the league but have only shipped the eleven goals.
Head to Head News
There have only been the four previous games between the two sides and the last time they were together in the league was back in the 2004/05 League Two season when they both won their home games. Yeovil have won three of their four previous games against Lincoln, scoring exactly three goals in each of those wins, and Lincoln netted three as well in their lone win over the Glovers.
Top Betting Tips
Lincoln may have enough defensively to hold out for a narrow win in this one. You wouldn’t expect it to come by anything other than a 1-0 scoreline really as they are not a high scoring side themselves, but are decent enough at the back to hold their out against a side who can’t haul themselves far away from the drop zone.