Lincoln City vs Cambridge United Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Lincoln City

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Lincoln City will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-3 League One success vs Sunderland.

The only player to score from Lincoln City was Chris Maguire (31', 57', 75'). Ross Stewart (68') scored for Sunderland.

It has not been often in recent games that Lincoln City have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Lincoln City have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals on the way.

Going into this encounter, Lincoln City haven't been beaten in the league by Cambridge United in their previous 6 games.

Cambridge United

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Cambridge United come into this clash after a 2-1 EFL Trophy win as they beat Portsmouth in their previous outing.

A series of dependable performances by the Cambridge United defensive players has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 clashes overall. In that time, their own forwards have managed to score 8. That trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, though.

Their previous form shows that Cambridge United:

• have not emerged victorious against Lincoln City when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league games. Not good.
• remain unbeaten by Lincoln City when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 18/04/2014 tells us that Lincoln City have won 3 of these games and Cambridge United 0, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined sum of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from The Red Imps and 3 belonging to The U's. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

ℹ️ Team News: Lincoln City

The Lincoln City boss Michael Appleton has zero fitness concerns at all before this game thanks to a fully healthy group available for selection.

📰 Team News: Cambridge United

Owing to a fully injury-free group ready to go, the Cambridge United boss Mark Bonner has no fitness worries to report ahead of this match.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Cambridge United will likely be able to score against this Lincoln City team, but that isn’t expected to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re tipping a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Lincoln City by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. It really should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:56 11/01/2022