Week 32 brings us a match on Feb 14th, where Derby County will host Lincoln City in a meeting of these two League One teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 4th placed Derby County is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Wycombe Wanderers. Sam Vokes struck first for Wycombe Wanderers in the 11th minute, but James Collins got the equalizer for Derby County in the 66th minute , but fortunately for Wycombe Wanderers it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Derby County is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while lincoln City sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Bristol Rovers. Regan Poole scored the first goal for Lincoln City in the 14th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bristol Rovers couldn’t muster any offence and Lincoln City ran away with the shutout win. Lincoln City is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Derby County and Lincoln City last played eachother at the Lner Stadium on Sep 13th. Lincoln City was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Jack Diamond struck first for Lincoln City in the 12th minute on a penalty, then Ben House added another in the 68th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Derby County couldn’t manage to score, and Lincoln City took the shutout win.
Daniel Mandroiu and Teddy Bishop are the top scorers for Lincoln City in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Derby County is fortunate enough to have David McGoldrick in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.