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

Tue 10th Mar, 19:45 BST, St James Park, Exeter

Exeter City and Lincoln City go head to head at the St James Park on Saturday afternoon, with both Gary Caldwell and Michael Skubala aiming for victory in the League One. We have odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for the 17 biggest betting markets as well as predictions, stats and head-to-head data for the two sides. You can access it all using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to to get the win in this one, but what is clear is that the odds suggest it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis says the same. Exeter and Lincoln have delivered a host of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance stats point towards more of the same. We feel confident predicting under 3.5 goals on Saturday afternoon, and the bookies have it priced at 1.22.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Exeter are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 3.10.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Exeter
38%
21/10
3%
-
Draw
28%
11/5-
Lincoln
34%
5/4
5%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1
8%
-
Exeter 1-0
12%
8/1
6%
-
Lincoln 1-0
11%
13/2
7%
-
Draw 0-0
10%
15/2-
Exeter 2-1
8%
11/1-
Lincoln 2-1
7%
17/2-
Exeter 2-0
7%
14/1-
Lincoln 2-0
6%
10/1
10%
-
Draw 2-2
4%
14/1
12%
-
Exeter 3-1
3%
25/1
10%
-
Exeter 3-0
3%
33/1-
Lincoln 3-1
3%
18/1-
Lincoln 3-0
2%
20/1-
Exeter 3-2
2%
33/1
17%
-
Lincoln 3-2
2%
28/1
15%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
11/10
5%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
7/10
3%
-
Home 1st Goal
48%
6/5
2%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
5/6
2%
-
No 1st Goal
6%
15/2-
BTTS - Yes
47%
10/11
2%
-
BTTS - No
53%
10/11
6%
-
BTTS - Home Win
15%
11/2
7%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
14%
4/1-
Home/draw
66%
8/13
3%
-
Away/draw
62%
4/11-
Home/away
72%
4/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
4/11-
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
2/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
11/4
6%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
1/4
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
7/1
11%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/12
1%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
18/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/50-
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/14-
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
15/2-
Home DNB
57%
6/5
2%
-
Away DNB
54%
8/13
3%
-
Exeter win to nil
23%
4/1
9%
-
Lincoln win to nil
20%
11/4
7%
-
Exeter / Exeter
17%
4/1
9%
-
Exeter / Lincoln
3%
25/1
10%
-
Exeter / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Exeter
12%
6/1-
Draw / Lincoln
15%
9/2-
Draw / Draw
18%
15/4-
Lincoln / Exeter
2%
33/1-
Lincoln / Lincoln
22%
11/4
4%
-
Lincoln / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win League One table

Exeter have played 25 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 2 and won 5. Exeter have conceded 13 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Exeter have played 12 games at home, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 20 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Lincoln lay in 2nd place on 49 points in the League One league table having played 26 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored 40 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lincoln have conceded 27 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Lincoln have played 13 away games, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Exeter
Lincoln
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff2617451955 
Mar 14
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
Mar 7
2
Lincoln2614751449 
Mar 10
w
 
0-1F
-
-
3
Bradford251375846 
May 2
l
 
1-0A
Jan 27
d
 
0-00-0
4
Stockport261367545 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
Mar 14
w
 
1-2F
5
Bolton2711106843 
Feb 28
l
 
2-1F
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
6
Huddersfield2711610839 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
Mar 17
7
Luton261169539 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 17
w
 
3-1F
d
 
2-2F
8
Stevenage251087438 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
9
Wycombe26998536 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
Apr 25
l
 
3-2A
10
Mansfield241059635 
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
d
 
1-1F
Feb 21
11
Reading25988235 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 27
w
 
2-0F
Apr 6
12
Peterborough2611213-235 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 21
w
 
5-2A
w
 
0-3F
13
Exeter2510312533 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
Mar 10
14
Plymouth2610313-633 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 11
w
 
3-2F
Feb 7
15
Barnsley22958132 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 7
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-2F
16
L Orient269512-432 
Mar 28
l
 
2-1F
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
17
AFC Wim259412-731 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
18
Wigan25799-230 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 21
d
 
2-2A
Jan 31
19
Burton258611-930 
-
Apr 25
Jan 22
w
 
0-1F
20
Blackpool268513-729 
w
 
4-1F
Apr 3
Feb 28
d
 
2-2F
21
Northampton258512-729 
Feb 14
l
 
2-0A
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
22
Doncaster257513-1626 
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
Mar 28
23
Rotherham256613-1424 
Jan 31
l
 
1-0A
Mar 21
l
 
3-0A
24
Port Vale244614-1618 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 24
w
 
1-0F
May 2
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Exeter 20TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Exeter1 - 0Luton
Exeter3 - 0Barnsley
Exeter1 - 0AFC Wim
Exeter1 - 1Wigan
Exeter2 - 0Plymouth
Exeter1 - 1Reading
Exeter0 - 1Huddersfield
Exeter0 - 2Port Vale
Exeter3 - 0Peterborough
Exeter1 - 2Mansfield
Exeter4 - 1Blackpool
Exeter3 - 1Huddersfield
Exeter0 - 0Burton
Exeter1 - 1Wigan
Exeter0 - 2Stockport
Exeter0 - 2Wrexham
Exeter2 - 0Mansfield
Exeter2 - 0Shrewsbury
Exeter1 - 1Northampton
Exeter2 - 6L Orient
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AExeter2 - 2Huddersfield
HExeter1 - 0Luton
AExeter1 - 0AFC Wim
AExeter0 - 1Cardiff
HExeter3 - 0Barnsley
AExeter1 - 2Bolton
HExeter1 - 0AFC Wim
AExeter0 - 1Bradford
AExeter1 - 2L Orient
HExeter1 - 1Wigan
HExeter2 - 0Plymouth
AExeter0 - 1Stockport
HExeter1 - 1Reading
AExeter1 - 0Lincoln
HExeter0 - 1Huddersfield
AExeter1 - 2Stevenage
HExeter0 - 2Port Vale
AExeter0 - 1Rotherham
HExeter3 - 0Peterborough
AExeter0 - 2Northampton
Lincoln 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley0 - 2Lincoln
Stockport1 - 2Lincoln
Blackpool2 - 2Lincoln
Wycombe3 - 2Lincoln
Rotherham3 - 0Lincoln
Bradford0 - 0Lincoln
L Orient1 - 0Lincoln
Peterborough0 - 3Lincoln
Burton0 - 1Lincoln
Bolton1 - 1Lincoln
Northampton0 - 1Lincoln
AFC Wim2 - 0Lincoln
Stockport3 - 2Lincoln
Reading0 - 1Lincoln
Charlton2 - 2Lincoln
Wycombe1 - 0Lincoln
Birmingham1 - 0Lincoln
Barnsley4 - 3Lincoln
Mansfield0 - 3Lincoln
L Orient3 - 2Lincoln
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLincoln5 - 2Peterborough
HLincoln1 - 1Huddersfield
ALincoln2 - 0Barnsley
ALincoln2 - 1Stockport
HLincoln2 - 1Cardiff
ALincoln2 - 2Blackpool
HLincoln3 - 1Barnsley
HLincoln1 - 0Port Vale
ALincoln2 - 3Wycombe
HLincoln2 - 1Doncaster
ALincoln0 - 3Rotherham
ALincoln0 - 0Bradford
ALincoln0 - 1L Orient
HLincoln1 - 0Stevenage
HLincoln0 - 1Exeter
ALincoln3 - 0Peterborough
HLincoln3 - 1Luton
ALincoln1 - 0Burton
HLincoln2 - 2Wigan
HLincoln1 - 1Mansfield
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Exeter have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with Lincoln
League games at Exeter since 2008
Exeter
Lincoln
Goals: Scored
9
7
Games: Scored
5 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
2 / 7
EXE
4
D
2
LIN
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Exeter
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Exeter2 - 1
0 - 3Lincoln
Exeter3 - 1
Exeter1 - 0
Exeter2 - 1
League games at Lincoln since 2009
Lincoln
Exeter
Goals: Scored
6
6
Games: Scored
4 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
4 / 8
EXE
2
D
4
LIN
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lincoln
0 - 1Exeter
Draw0 - 0Draw
Lincoln1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Lincoln3 - 2
0 - 1Exeter
Goal Statistics
Exeter 20th Lincoln 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Exeter will score no more than 1 goal
0
33%
1
37%
2
21%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Lincoln will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+1
Exeter’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+28
Lincoln have scored 28% more goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Exeter
PG (predicted goals)
Lincoln
1.2
1.1
Attack rating
EXE
LIN
24%
better
view stats
Games scored17
21
Failed to score8
5
Scored first12
17
Goals scored28
42
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.6
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for16
19
Avg. XG for1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
4%
better
EXE
LIN
view stats
Games conceded16
18
Clean sheets9
8
Conceded first13
8
Goals conceded23
28
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
8
Conversion rate against11%
13%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+4%

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

Exeter League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25977
J WhitworthJ WarehamI NiskanenJ Doyle-Hayes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Whitworth GLK25
3
-
E Brierley MID2513
3
-
I Niskanen MID2517
3
-
J Wareham FWD2591
5
-
J McMillan DEF241
3
-
J Fitzwater DEF2411
5
-
J Aitchison MID2312
2
-
P Sweeney DEF191
5
-
R Cole MID1942
2
-
E Turns DEF18
1
-
J Doyle-Hayes MID181
7
-
J Magennis FWD174
1
-
A. Higgins FWD151
-
S Cox FWD151
2
-
L Woodhouse DEF121
-
K McDonald MID111
-
D Andrew DEF10
1
-
E Francis MID9
-
S Swinkels DEF7
2
-
J Yfeko DEF7
1
-
L. Oakes MID7
1
-
C Mendes FWD7
-
T. Dean MID5
1
-
R Rydel DEF41
-
Lincoln League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
26648
G WickensR HackettT HamerC McGrandles
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Wickens GLK262
3
-
T Hamer DEF2614
5
-
F Draper FWD2651
5
-
S Bradley DEF2531
1
1
T Darikwa DEF2533
4
-
C McGrandles MID251
8
-
R Street FWD2541
4
1
T Bayliss MID2222
4
-
R Hackett FWD2263
3
-
R Towler DEF201
7
-
A Reach MID1943
1
-
J Collins FWD1841
2
-
J. Obikwu FWD1731
1
-
I Varfolomeev MID151
1
-
B House FWD1521
4
-
F. Okoronkko FWD131
-
J Moylan MID1213
1
-
A Jackson DEF10
1
1
E Ring FWD10
-
D Jefferies MID9
2
-
D Lembikisa DEF3
-
O. Thorn FWD3
-