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Peter Green - January 9, 2022
Sunderland vs Lincoln City
England – League One
Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
Kick-off at 19:45UK / 20:45 CET
Venue: Stadium of Light.
Sunderland is currently in the zone for promotion to Championship at the second spot while Lincoln City is far down below in the relegation zone to League Two. The Black Cats are just below the table leaders Rotherham and a surprising loss would cost them the golden ticket for promotion. The Imps has never seen a victory in the past 7 league fixtures and come into this match hoping to turn the tables. The match is scheduled at Stadium of Light the coming Tuesday.
The Black Cats is at the top at 2nd spot on the standing with 49 points from 24 games. They won 15 times in the league while drawing on 4 and losing on 5 other occasions. They have the highest goals to conceding ratio on the table marking at 47:26.
Apart from losing to Arsenal at the EFL Cup on December, they are unbeaten in 9 League One games with the preceding fixture against Sheffield Wednesday ended in a 5-0 victory.
On the other side, The Imps reside at the 21st position on the table with only 22 points. Of the 22 matches played, they won only 5 games while drawing on 7 and losing on 10 other occasions. They certainly lack in attacking, scoring only 24 while conceding a sum of 31 so far in the league.
After drawing to Cheltenham, Lincoln City lost their momentum when facing the MK Dons on boxing day which ended in a last minute 2-3 loss. Looking at their form, they have been scored against in all of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides bagging 12 goals in all.
The visitors have not been beaten in their last 2 away league fixtures while the hosts haven’t lost in the league to Lincoln City in their last 3 matches.
We expect a home win as Sunderland are shining brightly at the Stadium of Light as they have won 10 out of 12 home games played this season which happens to be the best home record in League One so far.
