Our prediction for this League 1 match:
Barnsley will be aiming to move closer to the automatic promotion berth when they face Lincoln in the League One round 37. Following three consecutive league wins, Barnsley shared the spoils with Bolton in midweek and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play against the Imps. Both Robbie Cundy and Matty Wolfe are sidelines with injuries, while both Nicky Cadden and John McAtee are back to contention.
The visitors, on the other hand, are eager to revive their playoffs chances and given their signs of improvement in front of goal, over 2.5 goals betting option should be considered. In the first half of the season Lincoln and Barnsley played out a 2-2 draw at LNER stadium and yet another high-scoring game is on the cards. There are no fresh injury worries in the visiting team ahead of Saturday’s encounter.
Highlighted Player (Teddy Bishop):
Having joined Ipswich as an eight-year-old, Teddy Bishop rose through the ranks at Portman Road to become one of the key players for the Tractor Boys. Bishop’s road to prominence hit a serious roadblock in his first year of the academy scholarship when he endured a serious back injury, but it was in 2014 that he went from strength to strength – proving his worth at the club and emerging as one of the most promising players in the squad.
The total of 36 appearances in his debut season with the first team were more than enough to make an impression on the fans and the club hierarchy which offered him a new long-term deal.
This deep-lying midfielder in characterized by impressive passing accuracy, vision and great reading of the play. Bishop is an asset defensively as well, but he is most comfortable sitting just above the back line, spraying balls around. As a two-footed midfielder, Teddy Bishop is regularly being watched by a number of Premier League biggest clubs.
Highlighted Team (Barnsley):
Barnsley are an English club nicknamed the Tykes. The club was founded in 1887 and it has to be noted that they spend more seasons in the Championship than any other club in the history. The Tykes played in the Sheffield and District League from 1890, but in 1895 they were part of the Midland League. Barnsley play their home games at Oakwell, the stadium that was built in 1887.
The capacity of the stadium is 23,009 and it was opened back in 1888, just one year after the club’s foundation. The Tykes made it to the FA Cup final in 1910, but Newcastle United proved to be a big catch for the Oakwell outfit in the title game.
Nonetheless, Barnsley won the FA cup trophy in 1912 and that is considered the club’s biggest success. Barnsley defeated West Bromwich Albion in the two-legged tie (0-0, 1-0) to clinch the prestigious trophy for the first and only time in their history.