Lincoln City look to get their promotion push back on track in a League One clash against Doncaster Rovers.
With the top five not in action, victory could put Lincoln top if win by a two-goal margin or more although a single-goal win would be enough to climb to second.
Doncaster can move up to 13th with a win if Burton Albion fail to beat Blackpool at home.
Team News
Lincoln City have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 2-0 Vertu Trophy win at Barnsley.
Ben House remains sidelined with a knee injury, whilst Dexter Lembikisa and Ivan Varfolomeev are away on international duty for Jamaica and Ukraine Under-21s respectively.
Doncaster will be without Charlie Crew and Sean Grehan due to international duty with Wales and Ireland Under-21s squads respectively.
When is Kick-Off?
Lincoln City host Doncaster at LNER Stadium on Saturday 15 November at 3pm GMT, live on Sky Sports+ in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Lincoln City are winless in their last five league meetings against Doncaster (D1, L4).
- Doncaster have lost nine of their last 14 league visits to Lincoln City (W2, D3, L9).
- Three of Lincoln City’s last four meetings against Doncaster have ended in 1-0 wins for the Donnies.
- Lincoln City have failed to score in four of their last five league matches (W1, D1, L3), except for a 1-0 win at home against Stevenage.
- Doncaster have claimed only one point in their last four away matches in League One (D1, L3).
Prediction
With just one win and one goal in their last five league matches, Lincoln City are lucky that those around them have hit a rut at the same time and with the top five not in action, this is a great opportunity to reset and put the pressure on them with a win and clinical performance.
Doncaster though are in worse form with just two points from their last eight league games and no clean sheets with their form looking like it’s in freefall at present with far too many defensive errors, which has to be of concern because they are sleepwalking towards a relegation scrap.
A huge improvement is therefore needed from both teams but given Doncaster’s away form against the Imps, it is hard to go against the hosts who should just edge this given that this is a psychological must-win to pressure their promotion rivals.
Prediction: Lincoln City 2-1 Doncaster
Result: Lincoln City 2-1 Doncaster
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