Lincoln vs Blackburn — Tips & Analysis

Under 2.5: Neither of these teams is scoring enough to worry us here. Lincoln have scored exactly one goal in each of their three Championship games since promotion. That is the clearest guide we have to how they cope at this level. Those games were a 1-3 at home to Portsmouth, a 1-2 at Middlesbrough and a 1-0 win at Bolton. Lincoln sit 17th on three points with a goal difference of minus two. The step up has taken some of the sting out of them. Blackburn are just as quiet. They score just over a goal a game and let in just over a goal a game. Their games have averaged just over 2 goals in total, and they have won by 2 or more goals only once in their last 15. Both sides are short of bodies too. Blackburn are missing five players, including M. Baradji, M. Jorgensen and A. Kargbo. Lincoln have lost J. Collins and T. Darikwa to knee trouble. A 1-1 is the honest read, and two goals sits on the right side of this bet. Neither attack looks like the one to break out. The warning is Lincoln's fuller record, which has plenty of high scoring games in it. Most of that came a division below. The two old meetings between these clubs averaged 3 goals as well, so we are happy to back the quieter game.