Blackpool vs Lincoln — Tips & Analysis

Blackpool +0.5: Blackpool have been hard to beat on their own patch, and that is the case here in one line. They have not lost in seven home games, winning five of them. At Bloomfield Road they let in under a goal a game and score more than one. They have won four of their last five games overall. Lincoln are the side finding life harder. They have lost both league games since going up, letting in three at home to Portsmouth and two at Middlesbrough. Their captain Tendayi Darikwa left the Portsmouth game on crutches and is expected to miss this one. Lincoln still carry a threat. They score 2 goals a game and their last three games produced four, three and three goals, so they will make chances. Both defences are giving something away, which points at an open tie rather than a dull one. We see Blackpool winning it 2-1, and that result does the job for our pick of the game. The warning is simple. Lincoln won 4-0 at Bloomfield Road in February, they have won 10 of their last 14 games, and they knocked Derby out in the first round. They are a level above Blackpool now and are perfectly capable of winning here. We still want Blackpool.