Blackpool take on Lincoln City at the LNER Stadium this weekend.

Ian Evatt is hopeful Blackpool will be able to throw a spanner in the works when they take on in-form Lincoln City this weekend.

The Imps are currently enjoying an impressive League One campaign, sitting second in the third tier, with a 10 point gap currently existing between them and third-place Bolton Wanderers.

You have to go back to November to find the last league defeat for Michael Skubala’s side, as they look to continue their current 16-game unbeaten run.

Evatt believes Lincoln have done a good job in following a style of play set by others to find success throughout the campaign so far.

“What they’ve done is follow a blueprint of what others have done in terms of having that real pragmatic approach and having real experienced heads around the team,” the Blackpool boss said.

“They just do the basics really well, and of course have some talent in there as well - players like (Jack) Moylan, who’s having a great season.

“They can get you in different ways, but I’ll go back to the blueprint of Rotherham teams of the past. They go up in that manner, and then the difficulty for them is how they evolve and change things if they get promoted. That’s not for me to decide, it’s down to them.

“I’ll congratulate them on a fabulous season so far, but we want to go there on Saturday and throw a spanner in the works.

“This is as tough a game as we could have at the moment. I’ve watched a lot of Lincoln, and they’ve done incredibly well.

“Their recruitment has been excellent, they’ve got a really experienced back line and are a physically dominant team, and they've got some really good footballers that can hurt you.

“In terms of a task or challenge in this division, it’s probably as tough as you can get at the moment, but we’ve shown when we’ve got players available we’re capable of matching anybody.”

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