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Cardiff City v Lincoln City : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

the Cardiff City Stadium is the stage on Saturday lunch time, as Brian Barry-Murphy's Cardiff City welcome Michael Skubala's Lincoln City in the League One. Analysing both clubs' last 20 League One matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Cardiff City's next match is v Barnsley at 19:45 on Tuesday 10th March
Lincoln City's next match is v Exeter at 19:45 on Tuesday 10th March

The last English League One meeting between Cardiff and Lincoln was on Saturday 7th March 2026

English League One

March 7th 2026

Cardiff 0	2 Lincoln

	55' R. Street
	73' D. Jeffries

	CAR LIN
Shots On	3 4
Shots Off	3 2
Corners	6 2
Possession	78% 22%
Fouls	5 10
Yellow/red cards	4/0

Cardiff	Lincoln

W. Fish J. Bagan N. Trott G. Osho (D. Lawlor 76') R. Kpakio R. Wintle O. Kellyman (C. Willock 67') R. Colwill A. Robertson (D. Turnbull 90') J. Colwill (C. Robinson 67') O. Tanner (C. Ashford 76')	G. Wickens T. Darikwa R. Towler A. Reach C. McGrandles (D. Jeffries 67') R. Hackett-Fairchild S. Bradley T. Hamer I. Varfolomeev (A. Lloyd 81') R. Street (T. Bayliss 81') B. House

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The KickOff predictive algorithm suggests there is a 80% chance of Cardiff and Lincoln serving up a minimum of 2 goals in this League One tie. Recent form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it would appear that the bookmakers favour that outcome too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at a best price of 1.30.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cardiff are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.25.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cardiff 50%	1/1	750/1
Draw 23%	23/10	66/1
Lincoln 27%	27/10	1/1000
Draw 1-1 11%	5/1	11/4
Cardiff 2-1 10%	8/1	12/1
Cardiff 1-0 9%	13/2	7/2
Cardiff 2-0 8%	17/2	10/1
Lincoln 2-1 7%	12/1	19/4
Lincoln 1-0 6%	10/1	1/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	33/1
Cardiff 3-1 6%	16/1	45/1
Draw 0-0 5%	17/2	2/1
Cardiff 3-0 5%	18/1	28/1
Lincoln 2-0 4%	18/1	1/4
Cardiff 3-2 4%	25/1	150/1
Lincoln 3-1 3%	28/1	33/1
Cardiff 4-1 3%	33/1	125/1
Lincoln 3-2 2%	40/1	125/1
Over 2.5 Goals 58%	1/1	6/1
Under 2.5 Goals 42%	4/5	1/12
Home 1st Goal 53%	8/11	11/8
Away 1st Goal 45%	11/8	9/5
No 1st Goal 3%	17/2	2/1
BTTS - Yes 59%	4/5	17/2
BTTS - No 41%	19/20	1/25
BTTS - Home Win 26%	10/3	90/1
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	28/1
BTTS - Away Win 15%	13/2	9/2
Home/draw 73%	2/7	55/1
Away/draw 50%	4/5	1/1000
Home/away 77%	1/3	1/1000
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	3/10	8/11
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	12/5	21/20
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	12/5	40/1
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	3/10	1/200
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	6/1	125/1
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	1/10	1/1000
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	14/1	1/50
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	1/33	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/16	7/20
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	9/1	2/1
Home DNB 66%	4/9	10/21
Away DNB 43%	13/8	29/20
Cardiff win to nil 24%	5/2	-
Lincoln win to nil 12%	11/2	-
Cardiff / Cardiff 25%	9/4	14/1
Cardiff / Lincoln 3%	33/1	50/1
Cardiff / Draw 6%	12/1	28/1
Draw / Cardiff 16%	4/1	2/1
Draw / Lincoln 11%	7/1	27/10
Draw / Draw 16%	4/1	7/5
Lincoln / Cardiff 4%	22/1	45/1
Lincoln / Lincoln 14%	5/1	18/1
Lincoln / Draw 6%	14/1	28/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Cardiff have played 34 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 34 games against teams below in the table, having won 22, drawn 6 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 13 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Cardiff have outscored their opponents by 68 goals to 63 goals.

Home League Performance

Cardiff have played 17 games at home winning 14, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 42 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 18 goals at home.

Lincoln are in 2nd position in the League One on 71 points having played 34 matches so far this season. Lincoln have won all their 1 games against teams above them in the table and kept zero clean sheets in those games.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 7 clean sheets. They have scored 23 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

1 game have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 0 games, drawn 0 and won 1. Lincoln have conceded 1 goal, scored 2, scored in every game and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Cardiff Lincoln
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	35	22	8	5	34	74	l 0-2A	l 2-1A	-	-
2	Cardiff	35	22	6	7	30	72	-	-	w 2-1F	w 0-2F
3	Bolton	36	17	13	6	17	64	Apr 11	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F
4	Bradford	35	18	7	10	6	61	l 1-3A	w 1-2F	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0
5	Stockport	34	16	8	10	4	56	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	Mar 14	w 1-2F
6	Huddersfield	36	16	7	13	10	55	w 3-2F	Mar 28	d 1-1A	Mar 17
7	Reading	35	14	12	9	7	54	w 2-1A	Apr 18	w 2-0F	Apr 6
8	Stevenage	34	15	9	10	3	54	w 2-1A	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 18
9	Wycombe	36	14	11	11	13	53	Mar 17	d 1-1F	Apr 25	l 3-2A
10	Plymouth	35	15	4	16	0	49	w 4-0F	l 5-2A	w 3-2F	w 1-4A
11	Luton	35	13	8	14	1	47	w 3-1F	w 0-1F	w 3-1F	d 2-2F
12	Barnsley	33	13	8	12	0	47	w 4-0F	Mar 10	w 3-1F	w 0-2F
13	Peterborough	35	14	4	17	1	46	w 2-1A	Apr 6	w 5-2A	w 0-3F
14	AFC Wim	34	13	7	14	-6	46	w 4-1F	w 0-1F	Apr 3	l 2-0A
15	Exeter	35	11	9	15	-2	42	w 1-0F	Mar 14	l 0-1A	Mar 10
16	Mansfield	33	10	11	12	2	41	w 3-0F	May 2	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
17	Burton	36	10	10	16	-12	40	l 0-1A	d 2-2A	w 2-1F	w 0-1F
18	Doncaster	34	11	6	17	-20	39	w 4-3A	w 0-4F	w 2-1F	Mar 28
19	Wigan	34	9	11	14	-11	38	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	d 2-2A	w 0-1F
20	Blackpool	35	10	8	17	-14	38	Mar 21	l 3-1A	w 4-0F	d 2-2F
21	L Orient	34	10	6	18	-13	36	w 4-3F	d 1-1A	Apr 11	l 1-0A
22	Rotherham	35	9	8	18	-15	35	w 3-0F	w 0-3F	Mar 21	l 3-0A
23	Northampton	36	9	8	19	-17	35	Apr 25	w 1-3F	w 4-0F	w 0-1F
24	Port Vale	32	6	9	17	-18	27	Apr 3	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	May 2

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff	4 - 1	AFC Wim
Cardiff	3 - 1	Luton
Cardiff	4 - 0	Barnsley
Cardiff	1 - 1	Stockport
Cardiff	1 - 0	Wigan
Cardiff	2 - 1	Stevenage
Cardiff	1 - 0	Exeter
Cardiff	4 - 3	Doncaster
Cardiff	3 - 2	Huddersfield
Cardiff	3 - 0	Mansfield
Cardiff	2 - 1	Reading
Cardiff	4 - 3	L Orient
Cardiff	0 - 1	Burton
Cardiff	1 - 3	Bradford
Cardiff	4 - 0	Plymouth
Cardiff	3 - 0	Rotherham
Cardiff	2 - 1	Peterborough
Cardiff	0 - 0	West Brom
Cardiff	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Cardiff	0 - 1	Stoke

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

20 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

0 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cardiff	4 - 0	Doncaster
A	Cardiff	2 - 5	Plymouth
H	Cardiff	4 - 1	AFC Wim
H	Cardiff	3 - 1	Luton
A	Cardiff	3 - 0	Rotherham
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Burton
H	Cardiff	4 - 0	Barnsley
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Stockport
A	Cardiff	2 - 1	Bradford
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	L Orient
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Wigan
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Wycombe
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Stevenage
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	Lincoln
H	Cardiff	4 - 3	Doncaster
A	Cardiff	1 - 0	Stevenage
H	Cardiff	3 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Cardiff	3 - 0	Mansfield
A	Cardiff	3 - 1	Northampton

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mansfield	0 - 2	Lincoln
Plymouth	1 - 4	Lincoln
Wigan	0 - 1	Lincoln
Luton	2 - 2	Lincoln
Barnsley	0 - 2	Lincoln
Stockport	1 - 2	Lincoln
Blackpool	2 - 2	Lincoln
Wycombe	3 - 2	Lincoln
Rotherham	3 - 0	Lincoln
Bradford	0 - 0	Lincoln
L Orient	1 - 0	Lincoln
Peterborough	0 - 3	Lincoln
Burton	0 - 1	Lincoln
Bolton	1 - 1	Lincoln
Northampton	0 - 1	Lincoln
AFC Wim	2 - 0	Lincoln
Stockport	3 - 2	Lincoln
Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln
Charlton	2 - 2	Lincoln
Wycombe	1 - 0	Lincoln

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Lincoln	4 - 0	Blackpool
A	Lincoln	2 - 0	Mansfield
H	Lincoln	4 - 0	Northampton
H	Lincoln	1 - 1	Bolton
A	Lincoln	4 - 1	Plymouth
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Wigan
H	Lincoln	3 - 0	Bradford
H	Lincoln	2 - 1	Burton
A	Lincoln	2 - 2	Luton
H	Lincoln	5 - 2	Peterborough
H	Lincoln	1 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Lincoln	2 - 0	Barnsley
A	Lincoln	2 - 1	Stockport
H	Lincoln	2 - 1	Cardiff
A	Lincoln	2 - 2	Blackpool
H	Lincoln	3 - 1	Barnsley
H	Lincoln	1 - 0	Port Vale
A	Lincoln	2 - 3	Wycombe
H	Lincoln	2 - 1	Doncaster
A	Lincoln	0 - 3	Rotherham

Goal Statistics

Cardiff City have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 21 consecutive League One matches. Their PG of 1.8 against Lincoln City on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Cardiff 2nd	Lincoln 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 83% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Lincoln will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+16 Cardiff have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted	+24 Lincoln have scored 24% more goals when away than predicted
	2.2 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	31		29
Failed to score	3		5
Scored first	19		24
Goals scored	68		63
Avg. goals scored	2		1.9
Avg. shots per game	10		9
Avg. shots per goal	5		5
Conversion rate for	19		20
Avg. XG for	1.7		1.6
KickOff rating		+5%

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Games conceded	21		21
Clean sheets	13		13
Conceded first	14		9
Goals conceded	36		31
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		8
Conversion rate against	13%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.2
KickOff rating		+10%

Cardiff v Lincoln League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	7	9	7
N Trott	O Kellyman	O Tanner	J Bagan

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Trott GLK	32			2 -
R. Kpakio DEF	29	1	6	4 -
W Fish DEF	29	1		2 -
G Osho DEF	14			2 -
J Bagan DEF	34	1	3	7 -
R Wintle MID	31	1	4	3 1
A Robertson MID	23	4	2	5 -
O Tanner MID	18	1	9	3 -
J Colwill MID				-
R Colwill MID	20	3	4	3 -
O Kellyman FWD	25	7	1	3 -
Subs
C Chambers DEF	23	2		4 -
C. Scanlon DEF	3			-
D. Lawlor DEF	22	2	2	3 -
D Turnbull MID	30	2	4	2 -
C Willock MID	32	7	5	3 -
C. Ashford FWD	31	4	2	-
C Robinson FWD	32	6	1	1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	18	9	9
O Kellyman	R Colwill	O Tanner	O Tanner

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Kellyman FWD	7	17	1	2
Subs
C Willock MID	7	12	5	9
C Robinson FWD	6	17	1	3
A Robertson MID	4	11	2	3
Subs
C. Ashford FWD	4	13	2	5
R Colwill MID	3	18	4	7
Subs
C Chambers DEF	2	8		1
D. Lawlor DEF	2	3	2	3
D Turnbull MID	2	10	4	3
R. Kpakio DEF	1	4	6	3
W Fish DEF	1	1		4
J Bagan DEF	1	3	3	8
R Wintle MID	1	7	4	5
O Tanner MID	1	6	9	9
G Osho DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1856	56	141
J Bagan	J Bagan	J Bagan

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
J Bagan DEF	1856	56	141
R Wintle MID	1812	30	91
W Fish DEF	1425	21	100
Subs
C Chambers DEF	1239	22	85
D. Lawlor DEF	1203	15	70
N Trott GLK	1104		11
Subs
D Turnbull MID	1020	28	52
A Robertson MID	1005	32	105
R. Kpakio DEF	850	35	84
Subs
C Willock MID	753	30	85
R Colwill MID	735	20	83
G Osho DEF	560	20	75
Subs
C. Ashford FWD	559	24	93
O Tanner MID	395	22	63
O Kellyman FWD	372	27	118
Subs
C Robinson FWD	262	7	29
C. Scanlon DEF	19	3	5

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	8	6	8
G Wickens	R Hackett	R Hackett	T Darikwa

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Wickens GLK	35		2	5 -
T Hamer DEF	35	1	5	6 -
S Bradley DEF	34	3	1	2 1
R Towler DEF	29		1	7 -
T Darikwa MID	34	3	3	8 -
C McGrandles MID	34	1	3	8 -
I Varfolomeev MID	24	1	1	5 -
A Reach MID	28	4	3	2 -
R Hackett FWD	30	8	6	3 -
B House FWD	23	3	2	6 -
R Street FWD	34	8	3	4 1
Subs
Z Jeacock GLK				-
D Elerewe DEF				-
T Bayliss MID	30	3	2	5 -
J Moylan MID	20	7	4	1 -
D Jefferies MID	16	2	2	2 -
A Lloyd FWD	8		1	1 -
R One FWD	5	3		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	22	6	7
R Hackett	J Moylan	R Hackett	T Hamer

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Hackett FWD	8	16	6	5
R Street FWD	8	19	3	3
Subs
J Moylan MID	7	22	4	5
A Reach MID	4	9	3	3
S Bradley DEF	3	9	1	4
T Darikwa MID	3	6	3	3
B House FWD	3	12	2	4
Subs
T Bayliss MID	3	8	2	4
R One FWD	3	4		1
D Jefferies MID	2	5	2	2
T Hamer DEF	1	3	5	7
C McGrandles MID	1	4	3	2
I Varfolomeev MID	1	4	1	1
G Wickens GLK			2	1
R Towler DEF		1	1	1
Subs
A Lloyd FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1391	98	220
G Wickens	C McGrandles	C McGrandles

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
G Wickens GLK	1391	1	18
C McGrandles MID	1184	98	220
T Darikwa MID	1113	63	123
S Bradley DEF	1089	12	198
T Hamer DEF	980	41	218
A Reach MID	896	49	99
Subs
T Bayliss MID	663	47	87
R Hackett FWD	571	45	106
R Street FWD	492	43	195
I Varfolomeev MID	420	29	72
Subs
J Moylan MID	351	18	65
R Towler DEF	300	23	58
B House FWD	286	55	124
Subs
D Jefferies MID	126	11	26
R One FWD	29	2	8
A Lloyd FWD	29		8
Z Jeacock GLK	1