Lincoln City vs Cambridge United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Lincoln City

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Lincoln City prepare for this fixture following a 0-0 League One draw against MK Dons.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Lincoln City have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Lincoln City have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals along the way.

Going into this one, Lincoln City have not registered a win against Cambridge United in their last 2 matches in the league.

Cambridge United

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After a losing effort in their last game against Shrewsbury Town in League One action, Cambridge United and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

The only scorer from Cambridge United was Joe Ironside (69'). Luke Leahy (33', 91'), Jordan Shipley (45'), Matthew Pennington (57') and Christian Saydee (71') scored for Shrewsbury Town.

The forward players for Cambridge United have failed to get amongst the goals over their last 6 encounters, recording the poor return of just 4. In those fixtures, The U's have also seen the overall goal aggregate of their opponents equal 14. While that may be of interest, it remains to be seen if that pattern shall continue on in this next match or not.

Analysis of their past results shows that Cambridge United:

• remain unbeaten by Lincoln City when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 5 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 09/02/2018, there has been little to separate the clubs with Lincoln City winning 2 of those games, Cambridge United 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

In all, 14 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 for The Red Imps and 6 netted by The U's. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league match featuring these sides was League One match day 7 on 03/09/2022 which ended up with the score at Cambridge United 2-0 Lincoln City.

The referee was Sam Allison.

ℹ️ Team News: Lincoln City

Regarding absentees, there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Lincoln City boss Mark Kennedy to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Lewis Montsma (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) is sidelined.

📋 Team News: Cambridge United

Thanks to a mainly healthy squad, there is only the lone fitness issue for the Cambridge United manager Mark Bonner to be concerned about. Adam May (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Cambridge United could find themselves up against it to be putting a goal past this Lincoln City side who we think will get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

Our tip is therefore for a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 win for Lincoln City when all is said and done.

Should be a close one.

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Renata Leite, 02:14 24/01/2023