Imps Face Toughest Test

21st September 2006

Lincoln City travel to Wycombe Wanderers on Saturday for a match that will seriously test their promotion credentials.

This is the third of the last four matches that have/will seriously test Lincoln City's promotion credentials. Their first against Shrewsbury Town saw them pass via a 1-0 victory. A few days later, Lincoln City proudly possessed the only unbeaten record inside the Football League after defeating Macclesfield Town.

Unfortunately, this record was ended last Saturday when Milton Keynes Dons visited Sincil Bank. Lincoln were to fail their promotion credential test as MK Dons recorded a 3-2 victory over The Imps. Mk Dons' tactics completely bamboozled The Imps for significant parts of the match, as City tried to out pass the "hit and hopers" from Milton Keynes.

Saturday should see Lincoln face another passing team, which should provide for an entertaining match. Wycombe were one of the pre-season favourites for promotion - a tag that they are living up to. They are currently on a run of eight consecutive victories in league and cup competitions.

Their success is built on the backbone of a side that should have won promotion last season. Sadly, their then manager John Gorman's personal tragedy seemingly impacted on Wycombe and they eventually drifted out of the promotion picture. Since last season, they have brought in a couple of new players, most notable Portuguese Under-21 goalkeeper Ricardo Batista, who is on loan from Premiership club Fulham - the club whom Wycombe shocked in Wednesday's League Cup tie via a 2-1 victory.

Lincoln City's Head Coach John Schofield has one selection worry ahead of the game. This concerns striker Mark Stallard, who sustained a hip injury in last week's battle against MK Dons. As yet, it is unclear whether Stallard will recover but it seems probable that Martin Griton will deputise for Stallard.

These two sides first met in a Conference fixture on November 7th 1987 when Lincoln won 2-1 at Wycombe. Please click here for a full historical round-up of the major results between these two clubs.

Odds for the game:

Wycombe 10/11
Draw 9/4
Lincoln 11/4

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