Championship (England) WON 0–1
Sat, Sep 12 · 16:00 · Deepdale
Preston Home
VS
Lincoln Away
Preston vs Lincoln — Championship
Tipster's pick Draw or Lincoln
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.53 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate65%
This price needs65%
Expert analysis

Lincoln Draws Strength From Recent Form At Preston

Preston’s recent run includes four losses in six matches and they have given up more than two goals a game on average this season. Lincoln sit more solidly with two draws in their last five outings and have kept clean sheets in two of those games. The visitors also won the only previous meeting between these sides. Preston face further disruption from multiple ankle and other injuries to key midfield and defensive players. Lincoln’s defensive record away from home has held up better than Preston’s leaky home defense. These trends point to a contest where Lincoln could avoid defeat. Preston’s attacking output remains limited despite playing at Deepdale.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
0–1 WON

Our pick “Draw or Lincoln” at odds 1.53 won — final score 0–1.

Match timeline
  1. Second half
  2. Harry Clarke 54'
  3. Ivan Varfolomeev ↓ Tom Bayliss 58'
  4. F. Draper ↓ Robert Nicholas Street 59'
  5. Leo Leroy ↓ Liam Gibbs 64'
  6. Jusef Erabi ↓ Callum Lang 64'
  7. Delano Burgzorg ↓ Johnny Kenny 64'
  8. Chiedozie Ogbene ↓ Reeco Hackett-Fairchild 68'
  9. Dom Jefferies ↓ Daniel Oyegoke 68'
  10. Thierry Small ↓ Andrija Vukčević 72'
  11. Andrew Hughes ↓ Stanley Mills 78'
  12. F. Draper assist Andrei Coubiș 81'
  13. Dom Jefferies 86'
  14. Ryley Towler ↓ Adam Reach 88'
This season
Preston Lincoln
Over 2.5 goals 0% 0%
Clean sheet 0% 40%
Failed to score 17% 20%
Scored per game 1.0 0.8
Conceded per game 2.0 1.2
Scored home / away 1.3 / 0.7 0.7 / 1.0

Across 6 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
18 BLA Blackburn 6 1 2 3 5
19 LIN Lincoln ▲ 5 1 2 2 5
20 CAR Cardiff 6 0 4 2 4
21 BOL Bolton 6 1 1 4 4
22 DER Derby 6 1 1 4 4
23 BUR Burnley 6 0 3 3 3
24 PRE Preston ▲ 6 1 0 5 3
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Preston LLLWL
L vs Everton 0–4 Aug 26
L @ Charlton 0–1 Aug 29
L vs Bristol City 1–3 Sep 1
W vs Blackburn 2–1 Sep 5
L @ Watford 1–2 Sep 8
Lincoln WWDDL
W @ Blackpool 4–1 Aug 25
W @ Bolton 1–0 Aug 29
D vs Blackburn 0–0 Sep 1
D vs Southampton 1–1 Sep 5
L @ Bournemouth 0–4 Sep 8
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Preston
Scored 0.8 avg
0 0 1 2 1
Conceded 2.2 avg
4 1 3 1 2
Lincoln
Scored 1.2 avg
4 1 0 1 0
Conceded 1.2 avg
1 0 0 1 4
Head-to-head · last meetings
0 Preston
0 Draws
1 Lincoln
Jul 2024 Preston 0–1 Lincoln Lincoln

Over 2.5 goals in 0 of the last 1 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Preston 4-4-2
  • 1 D. Iversen G
  • 20 L. Gibbs D
  • 14 J. Storey D
  • 24 O. Offiah D
  • 3 A. Vukčević D
  • 4 H. Clarke M
  • 17 S. Mills M
  • 15 J. Thompson M
  • 7 A. Devine M
  • 10 C. Lang F
  • 38 J. Kenny F
Bench L. Nicholls, T. Small, Pol Valentín, D. Burgzorg, J. Erabi, A. Hughes, L. Leroy, L. Lindsay, A. Moran

P. Heckingbottom

Lincoln 3-4-2-1
  • 1 G. Wickens G
  • 25 D. Elerewe D
  • 4 A. Coubiș D
  • 15 S. Bradley D
  • 33 D. Oyegoke M
  • 8 T. Bayliss M
  • 14 C. McGrandles M
  • 3 A. Reach M
  • 7 R. Hackett M
  • 18 B. House M
  • 17 R. Street F
Bench I. Varfolomeev, F. Draper, J. Gauci, D. Jefferies, Y. Konak, C. Ogbene, I. Olaofe, M. Ladefoged, R. Towler

Chris Cohen

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Preston
  • OUT A. McCann Injury
  • OUT B. Potts Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT T. Carroll Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT A. Hughes Inactive
  • OUT A. McCann Injury
  • OUT B. Potts Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT T. Carroll Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT A. Hughes Inactive
Lincoln
  • OUT T. Darikwa Knee Injury
  • OUT M. Melia Thigh Injury
  • DOUBT T. Hamer Health problems
  • OUT T. Darikwa Knee Injury
  • OUT M. Melia Thigh Injury
  • DOUBT T. Hamer Health problems