Bristol City and Lincoln City meet in a league game for the first time in over 40 years in what promises to be an intriguing clash at Ashton Gate.
Both clubs have made solid starts to the new Championship season and any result other than a draw will see one of these sides in the top six heading into the weekend.
Bristol City v Lincoln City Tips Summary
Best Bet - Under 2.5 goals @ 4/5
Alternative Bet - Corners race to 3 - Bristol City @ 4/5
Bet Builder - Under 4 cards, Over 4 Bristol City corners & Lorent Tolaj 2+ shots on target @ 5/1
Bristol City v Lincoln City Prediction
Best Bet: Under 2.5 goals @ 4/5
Lincoln are making a good fist at showing their critics they have the nous to cope in the second tier.
Firm favourites to be relegated after winning promotion from League One, the Imps find themselves 16th with eight points taken from their last four games.
And any side that can almost keep Southampton at bay - that 1-1 draw against the Saints at Sincil Bank surely as good as either of their two wins - has a defensive structure to be admired.
The goals are going in at both ends at Bristol City, but Lincoln look like just the sort of side who can turn off the taps. Their games are averaging 1.8 goals a time and this could be a low-scorer.
Alternative Bet: Corners race to 3 - Bristol City @ 4/5
Lincoln have won just six corners in their last four away games and have conceded 40 corners in the last three of those.
They have comfortably lost the race to three corners in each of those last three and the 4/5 that the Robins get to three corners first looks like a must-bet.
Bristol City v Lincoln City Bet Builder Tip
Under 4 cards
Over 4 Bristol City corners
Lorent Tolaj 2+ shots on target
Pays 5/1
There have been 18 cards in Bristol City's three Championship games this season at exactly three per game, while there have been 20 in Lincoln's at 3.2 per game.
There is nothing in those stats to suggest a bloodbath incoming at Ashton Gate, with under four cards the first pick for the Bet Builder.
Preston managed to pile up 16 corners against Lincoln at the weekend, who also conceded five at Middlesbrough and 14 at Bolton on their two previous away-days.
They certainly invite pressure, so take the hosts to rack up over four corners.
Robins frontman Lorent Tolaj piled up seven shots in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Southampton, quite the feat against that level of opposition.
Tolaj's side should do the lion's share of attacking in this game, so take the former Plymouth hotshot to have two or more efforts on target.
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Key Match Stats
Bristol City's three-game winning streak was ended on Saturday by a 4-1 drubbing at Southampton.
Lincoln City have won four of their six away games this season in all competitions, culminating in Saturday's 1-0 success at Preston.
Bristol have yet to keep a clean sheet this season with seven games played, while both teams have scored in each of their last five.
Lincoln are the Championship's lowest scorers with five goals scored in six matches and have had the joint-least shots on target (18).
Robins left-back Rio Cardines has had an assist in each of his side's last five games.
The Imps have scored 11 goals in all competitions this season with 10 different scorers.
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