Derby County vs Lincoln City prediction and betting tips on December 21, 2023
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Game Prediction
England is busy this week in terms of football. Nevertheless, Thursday will be a kind of exception even for this country – there will be only a couple of meetings, even taking into account the League One. However, there are now many exciting, well-known teams, such as Wigan, Portsmouth, Bolton, Charlton, Reading in the third division. And Derby County will host Lincoln City this evening. The analysts of the website have made a prediction for this match on December 21, 2023.
Derby County hopes for success in the current season
“The Rams” are a team with history and achievements – they are, after all, two-time champions of England. Lampard, not so long ago, was a little short of being able to once again raise the project to the Premier League. Being under the leadership of another legendary former footballer and novice coach, Rooney, the team lost its place in the Championship in 2022. There are, however, no questions for Wayne; he was just trying to do something against the backdrop of a financial hole. New owners appeared pretty soon, but all issues and prohibitions were settled only in the spring, hence 7th place in the previous cycle. This time, progress was expected from Paul Warne and his wards, but for now they are simply sticking to the general peloton of contenders. They could have strengthened their position after the match with Wycombe, but Wycombe “snatched” a 1-1 draw due to the penalty in the 8th added minute of the game.
Lincoln City is traditionally modest
“The Devils” finished in the top 5 of the second division of the country at the beginning of the previous century. And they have not been able to surpass even this result for 120 years. Moreover, back in the middle of the last decade, the team was completely “hanging” out at the semi-amateur level of the National League. Still, then there happened two promotions almost in a row. However, this progress has ended at the level of the current League One. Speaking about the previous season, the team took 11th place. It goes without saying that it can improve its performance, but it’s unlikely to be large-scale, although the 1-1 draw in the struggle with Reading extended the unbeaten streak to 5 matches.
Previous head-to-head matches
Lincoln got 4 points in 2 matches against Derby in the previous season. At the same time, “the Rams” won with a 2-0 score in the Football League Trophy at the home arena in September.
Free prediction for the match Derby County vs Lincoln City on December 21:
The hosts are considered to be the clear favourites of the following battle. Still, the guests are also in shape, so we bet on “both teams to score: yes” (odd: 2.11).