The Imps travel to Broadhall Way today to take on Stevenage in League One. Today’s referee for the 15:00 kick-off is David Rock, who oversaw 37 matches during the 2023/24 season, showing 132 yellow cards (3.57) and 10 red cards. So far this season, he has refereed four, showing 21 yellow cards (5.25) and 1 red card.
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Opening matches: Stevenage currently sit in 11th position following one win, one draw and one defeat, while City sit 6th with two wins and a defeat. Both sides are out of the League Cup, with the hosts losing 4-3 to Championship side Norwich City and The Imps losing 2-1 to League Two side Harrogate Town. Today’s hosts have played one more match than City as their EFL Trophy campaign started on Tuesday evening with a 1-0 win at home against Crystal Palace U21s.
Stevenage (11th in League One):
Stevenage 1-0 Shrewsbury Town (League One, 3,357)
Norwich City 4-3 Stevenage (League Cup, 13,054)
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Stevenage (League One, 18,529)
Stevenage 1-0 Crystal Palace U21s (EFL Trophy, 903)
Burton Albion 0-0 Stevenage (League One, 2,378)
Lincoln City (6th in League One):
Burton Albion 2-3 Lincoln City (League One, 5,027)
Lincoln City 1-2 Harrogate Town (League Cup, 3,507)
Lincoln City 1-2 Barnsley (League One, 9,768)
Lincoln City 4-1 Mansfield Town (League One, 9,809)
Last season: Today’s hosts missed out on the League One play-offs last season by five points having massively overachieved under then-manager Steve Evans, while City missed out on the final day of the season by just a couple of points. They finished the season with an average attendance of 4,835, up from the 3,691 during the previous season, while City had an average of 8,424, down slightly from 8,486 during the 2022/23 season.
Summer Transfers:
Stevenage
In: 11 Out: 5
In:
Goalkeeper: Dean Bouzanis, 33 (on loan from Reading until January)
Goalkeeper: Murphy Cooper, 22 (season loan from Queens Park Rangers)
Defender: Charlie Goode, 28 (Brentford)
Defender: Lewis Freestone, 24 (Cheltenham Town)
Midfielder: Dan Kemp, 25 (Milton Keynes Dons)
Midfielder: Daniel Phillips, 23 (St Johnstone)
Midfielder: Eli King, 21 (season loan from Cardiff City)
Striker: Louis Apéré, 25 (Northampton Town)
Striker: Jake Young, 23 (Bradford City)
Striker: Tyreece Simpson, 22 (Huddersfield Town)
Striker: Ken Aboh, 19 (season loan from Norwich City)
Out:
Defender: Terence Vancooten, 26 (Burton Albion)
Midfielder: Alex MacDonald, 34 (Rotherham United)
Midfielder: Harry Anderson, 27 (Colchester United)
Striker: Kane Hemmings, 32 (Crewe Alexandra)
Striker: Theo Alexandrou, 19 (St Ives Town)
Lincoln City
In: 13 Out: 11
In:
Goalkeeper: Zach Jeacock, 23 (free agent)
Goalkeeper: Jamie Pardington, 23 (Cheltenham Town)
Goalkeeper: George Wickens, 22 (Fulham)
Defender: Tendayi Darikwa, 32 (Apollon Limassol – Cyprus)
Defender: Tom Hamer, 24 (Burton Albion)
Defender: Saxon Earley, 21 (season loan from Plymouth Argyle)
Midfielder: Conor McGrandles, 28 (Charlton Athletic)
Midfielder: Tom Bayliss, 25 (Shrewsbury Town)
Midfielder: Dom Jefferies, 22 (Gillingham)
Midfielder: JJ McKiernan, 22 (Morecambe)
Midfielder: Erik Ring, 22 (AIK – Sweden)
Striker: Rob Street, 22 (Cheltenham Town)
Striker: Bailey Cadamarteri, 19 (season loan from Sheffield Wednesday)
Out:
Goalkeeper: Lukas Jensen, 25 (Millwall)
Goalkeeper: Jordan Wright, 25 (Grimsby Town)
Goalkeeper: Sam Long, 21 (Bromley)
Defender: Jaden Brown, 25 (St Mirren)
Defender: TJ Eyoma, 24 ()
Defender: Lasse Sørensen, 24 (Huddersfield Town)
Defender: Elicha Ahui, 20 (Drogheda United)
Defender: Hayden Cann, 20 (Dundalk)
Midfielder: Hakeeb Adelakun, 27 ()
Midfielder: Teddy Bishop, 27 (Colchester United)
Midfielder: Danny Mândroiu, 25 (Shamrock Rovers)
Starting XI (once again, I’m with TrickyImps!):
“Wickens
Jackson – O’Connor – Roughan
Darikwa – McGrandles – Erhahon – Bayliss – Jefferies
House – Makama
I’d like to think Cadamarteri will feature at some point. Perhaps even Ring, albeit I don’t know if he’s got clearance yet.
3-0 win!”
Score prediction: Although I believe we will pick up all three points on the road today, I don’t think it’ll be quite as comfortable as the 3-0 predicted by Tricky, so I’m going for 2-1 to City.
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) August 31, 2024
