League One high-flyers Lincoln City hope to score a historic win over Club World Cup champions Chelsea at the LNER Stadium in Lincoln on Tuesday.

Michael Skubala’s Lincoln City, known as the Imps, are 5W-3D-1L to start the third-tier season and have not lost since a Week 2 trip to AFC Wimbledon.

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Lincoln are led by captain Tendayi Darikwa and well-traveled Irish international James Collins, who has four goals and an assist this season. They also boast a pair of Premier League loanees Francis Okoronkwo (Everton) and Dexter Lembikisa (Wolves).

Chelsea, perhaps quietly, are winless in three following a draw with Brentford, Champions League loss at Bayern Munich, and 10-man set back at Manchester United on Saturday.

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