- 林肯在本赛季的12场比赛中只输了一场，在过去的10场比赛中都避免了失败
- 切尔西已经打了三场比赛没有赢，前两场都输了
- 自2008-09赛季被二线伯恩利点球击败以来，蓝军还没有被低级别联赛俱乐部淘汰出EFL杯
活泼的林肯可能会给切尔西带来麻烦
从纸面上看，英甲林肯队和一支十亿英镑的切尔西队之间的冲突只会以一种方式结束。然而，蓝军度过了艰难的一周，可能会发现周二前往蓝纳球场的比赛比预期的更艰难。
当法比奥·卡瓦略（Fabio Carvalho）在布伦特福德（Brentford）的一个迟到的进球让切尔西（Chelsea）失去了全部三分时，一个糟糕的一周开始了，最终在老特拉福德（Old Trafford）以2比1输给了一支糟糕的曼联队，罗伯特·桑切斯（Robert Sanchez）在第五分钟的红牌对事情没有任何帮助。
夹在这些结果之间的是在拜仁慕尼黑以3比1惨败，虽然通常与联赛一方的EFL杯比赛会为英超巨头提供喘息的机会，但事实证明林肯是一支难以击败的球队。
后蓝军在对阵勇敢的小鬼的比赛中认输
小鬼队在十场比赛中保持不败，整个赛季只输了一场比赛，在那场轰动一时的比赛中赢得了八场比赛，他们完全有理由梦想着制造一场巨大的混乱。
恩佐·马雷斯卡将为这场比赛带来变化，虽然切尔西的许多替补球员都渴望发挥作用，但他们的后卫不够值得信赖，无法保证在林肯郡不失球。
两支球队在过去十场比赛中的七场比赛中都取得了胜利，应该会再次登陆。
- Lincoln have lost just one of their 12 matches this season, avoiding defeat in each of the last ten
- Chelsea have gone three games without a win, losing each of the last two
- The Blues haven’t been knocked out of the EFL Cup by lower-league club since being beaten on penalties by second-tier Burnley in the 2008-09 season
Lively Lincoln can trouble Chelsea
On paper, a clash between League One Lincoln and a billion-pound Chelsea team will only end one way. However, the Blues have had a tough week and may find Tuesday’s trip to the Lner Stadium tougher than expected.
A poor week started when a late Fabio Carvalho goal cost Chelsea all three points at Brentford and culminated with a 2-1 defeat to a poor Manchester United side at Old Trafford, where Robert Sanchez’s fifth-minute red card did nothing to help matters.
Sandwiched between those results was a bruising 3-1 defeat at Bayern Munich and while usually an EFL Cup clash to a League One side would provide respite for a Premier League juggernaut, Lincoln are proving to be a tough side to beat.
Back Blues to concede against plucky Imps
The Imps are unbeaten in ten matches, have lost just one game all season and, having won eight of the fixtures in that sensational run, have every right to be dreaming of causing an almighty upset.
Enzo Maresca will ring the changes for this clash and while many of Chelsea’s bench players will be keen to make an impact, their defenders are not trustworthy enough to guarantee a clean sheet in Lincolnshire.
Both teams to score has been a winning bet in seven of the pair’s last ten combined games and should land again.
