Portsmouth vs Lincoln City Live Stream, Predictions

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Portsmouth

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Portsmouth will play in this match following a 3-3 League One stalemate against Sheffield Wednesday.

For Portsmouth, the goalscorers were Connor Ogilvie (50'), Michael Jacobs (57') and Colby Bishop (64'). Marvin Johnson (8') and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (52', 81') scored for Sheffield Wednesday.

Portsmouth haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They’ve managed to rack up 14 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 13. That trend won’t necessarily follow through here, though.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Portsmouth:

• haven't lost in the league to Lincoln City in their previous 2 games.
• are undefeated in their last 10 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Lincoln City

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Previously, Lincoln City drew 1-1 in the League One tie with Exeter City.

The only scorer from Lincoln City was Tom Hopper (49'). Sam Nombe (14') was the scorer for Exeter City.

Lincoln City have been a threat going forward of late, having scored 10 times in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Lincoln City have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same matches.

Coming into this meeting, Lincoln City are without an away win for the past 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 22/10/2019 tells us that Portsmouth have won 5 of them and Lincoln City 1, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 from Pompey and 4 being from The Red Imps. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

🗞️ Team News: Portsmouth

Jayden Reid (Knee Injury) and Joe Morrell (Groin Injury) are not available for Portsmouth manager Danny Cowley.

ℹ️ Team News: Lincoln City

Lincoln City boss Mark Kennedy has multiple availability issues to deal with. Lewis Montsma (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Daniel Mandroiu (Ankle Injury) can’t be considered.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Lincoln City will surely be able to score a goal against this Portsmouth team, however it realistically won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We reckon that it will be a narrow 2-1 advantage for Portsmouth at the end of the 90 minutes. It really should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 02:50 02/08/2022