Match Report
Lincoln City, 17th on 52 points, faced a 32-point deficit to Sunderland (5th, 84). Lincoln City ranked 13th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Per game in the league, Lincoln City were scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.37, Sunderland 1.72 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Sunderland carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Lincoln City 3, draws 2, Sunderland 3, at 2.88 goals per meeting.
LNER Stadium in Lincoln staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,780. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.