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

Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Lincoln City and their boss Michael Skubala will be hoping for victory against Conor Hourihane and his Barnsley side on Tuesday evening, as the pair clash at the Sincil Bank in the League One. Form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and the best odds are all published below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. Here we've gone for , but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

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Lincoln City's next match is v Blackpool at 15:00 on Saturday 13th December
Barnsley's next match is v L Orient at 15:00 on Saturday 13th December
The last English League One meeting between Lincoln and Barnsley was on Tuesday 9th December 2025
English League One
December 9th 2025
Lincoln 3
1 Barnsley
 
R. Hackett-Fairchild 36'67' D. Keillor-Dunn
T. Bayliss 68'
R. Hackett-Fairchild 71'
 
LIN
BAR
Shots On
8
4
Shots Off
5
5
Corners
7
8
Possession
32%
68%
Fouls
6
6
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
LincolnBarnsley
 
G. Wickens
T. Darikwa
A. Reach
T. Baylissfootball icon (I. Varfolomeev 82')
J. Moylan (J. Obikwu 82')
R. Hackett-Fairchildfootball iconfootball icon (E. Ring 90')
S. Bradley
C. McGrandles
T. Hamer
D. Jeffries (F. Okoronkko 72')
F. Draper (R. Street 72')
M. Cooper
J. Shepherd
M. Durand de Gevigney
T. Watson
A. Phillips
P. Kelly
(D. McGoldrick 79') J. Bland
football iconD. Keillor-Dunn
(N. Farrugia 46') V. Yoganathan
L. Connell
R. Cleary

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Lincoln or Barnsley are in a rich vein of form that would have us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 75% chance of two goals or more.

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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
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lincoln are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.10.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lincoln
46%
21/20
3%
1/1000
Draw
25%
12/5
3%
80/1
3%
Barnsley
28%
23/10
3%
750/1
3%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/219/5
Lincoln 1-0
10%
15/2
6%
5/4
Lincoln 2-1
9%
8/1
6%
15/2
Lincoln 2-0
8%
10/110/3
Barnsley 1-0
8%
11/111/2
5%
Barnsley 2-1
7%
11/1
8%
16/1
Draw 0-0
7%
10/119/5
Draw 2-2
5%
12/125/1
9%
Lincoln 3-1
5%
16/11/3
Barnsley 2-0
4%
18/112/1
Lincoln 3-0
4%
18/1
12%
12/1
Lincoln 3-2
3%
22/111/2
Barnsley 3-1
3%
25/1
10%
55/1
11%
Barnsley 3-2
2%
33/180/1
Lincoln 4-1
2%
33/15/1
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
17/20
3%
27/10
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
19/20
3%
1/4
3%
Home 1st Goal
51%
8/11
4%
19/20
1%
Away 1st Goal
45%
6/5
2%
6/4
No 1st Goal
4%
10/119/5
BTTS - Yes
54%
4/6
2%
8/5
BTTS - No
46%
11/10
2%
4/9
2%
BTTS - Home Win
22%
3/11/200
3%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
4%
33/1
BTTS - Away Win
14%
11/2100/1
Home/draw
72%
1/3
1%
1/1000
Away/draw
54%
8/1160/1
1%
Home/away
75%
3/10
1%
1/300
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
1/4
2%
4/7
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
11/4
7%
13/10
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
2/1
8%
10/1
4%
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
4/11
3%
1/33
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
5/1
8%
5/1
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/8
1%
1/9
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
12/1
15%
33/1
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/25
1%
1/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/202/13
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
10/1
8%
4/1
Home DNB
64%
1/2
4%
10/21
1%
Away DNB
46%
6/4
5%
29/20
2%
Lincoln win to nil
25%
11/4
7%
-
Barnsley win to nil
15%
11/2-
Lincoln / Lincoln
26%
12/5
5%
2/5
3%
Lincoln / Barnsley
3%
28/110/1
Lincoln / Draw
6%
12/119/5
Draw / Lincoln
16%
9/2
10%
16/1
4%
Draw / Barnsley
11%
13/220/1
Draw / Draw
14%
9/216/1
Barnsley / Lincoln
4%
22/190/1
Barnsley / Barnsley
14%
9/2
8%
60/1
Barnsley / Draw
6%
14/180/1
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Win / draw / win League One table

Lincoln have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 3 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 26 goals to 23 goals.

Home League Performance

Lincoln have played 9 games at home winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 15 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Barnsley are in 10th position in the League One on 25 points having played 15 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 10 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Barnsley have conceded 7 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lincoln
Barnsley
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff1812241538 
Dec 20
Mar 7
-
Jan 27
2
Bradford18972834 
Jan 27
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
d
 
2-2A
3
Lincoln191045734 
-
-
Dec 29
l
 
3-1A
4
Stockport18954432 
Mar 14
Dec 26
May 2
d
 
1-1F
5
Bolton18873931 
Feb 14
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
Feb 7
6
Stevenage17944731 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
Jan 31
-
7
Luton19847-128 
w
 
3-1F
Jan 17
w
 
5-0F
Apr 25
8
Huddersfield19838227 
Jan 1
Mar 17
w
 
3-1F
Feb 21
9
AFC Wim18828-326 
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
Feb 14
l
 
2-0A
10
Barnsley16745525 
w
 
3-1F
Dec 29
-
-
11
Wigan18675125 
d
 
2-2A
Jan 31
Mar 17
Jan 1
12
L Orient19748025 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
Dec 13
Feb 28
13
Wycombe19667524 
Apr 25
l
 
3-2A
Jan 10
d
 
2-2F
14
Northampton18738-124 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
-
Mar 28
15
Rotherham19667-324 
Mar 21
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
Apr 11
16
Mansfield18648-122 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 21
Dec 26
Mar 14
17
Reading18576-122 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 6
w
 
3-2F
Jan 24
18
Burton18648-822 
Jan 22
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-2A
Apr 3
19
Doncaster19649-922 
w
 
2-1F
Mar 28
Mar 21
w
 
1-2F
20
Exeter186210-120 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 10
Mar 7
Dec 20
21
Peterborough186111-519 
Jan 4
w
 
0-3F
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
22
Blackpool195410-819 
Feb 28
Dec 13
Jan 17
l
 
1-0A
23
Plymouth196112-1219 
w
 
3-2F
Feb 7
Apr 6
w
 
1-3F
24
Port Vale183510-1014 
w
 
1-0F
May 2
l
 
0-2A
Jan 4
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Lincoln have won 3 consecutive home league games
Lincoln 3RD
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lincoln1 - 0Port Vale
Lincoln2 - 1Doncaster
Lincoln1 - 0Stevenage
Lincoln0 - 1Exeter
Lincoln3 - 1Luton
Lincoln2 - 2Wigan
Lincoln1 - 1Mansfield
Lincoln3 - 2Plymouth
Lincoln2 - 0Reading
Lincoln0 - 2Wrexham
Lincoln4 - 2Bolton
Lincoln1 - 1Shrewsbury
Lincoln1 - 0Huddersfield
Lincoln0 - 0Exeter
Lincoln5 - 0Bristol R
Lincoln4 - 1Crawley
Lincoln0 - 1Burton
Lincoln1 - 1Cambridge
Lincoln0 - 2Blackpool
Lincoln5 - 1Peterborough
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ALincoln1 - 1Bolton
ALincoln1 - 0Northampton
HLincoln3 - 2Plymouth
ALincoln0 - 2AFC Wim
HLincoln2 - 0Reading
HLincoln0 - 2Wrexham
ALincoln2 - 3Stockport
Barnsley 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stockport1 - 1Barnsley
Doncaster1 - 2Barnsley
Bradford2 - 2Barnsley
Wycombe2 - 2Barnsley
Blackpool1 - 0Barnsley
AFC Wim2 - 0Barnsley
Peterborough0 - 1Barnsley
Plymouth1 - 3Barnsley
Reading2 - 4Barnsley
L Orient4 - 3Barnsley
Birmingham6 - 2Barnsley
Wigan1 - 1Barnsley
Mansfield2 - 1Barnsley
Charlton1 - 0Barnsley
Northampton1 - 2Barnsley
Rotherham0 - 1Barnsley
Stockport2 - 1Barnsley
Wycombe2 - 1Barnsley
Bristol R3 - 1Barnsley
Peterborough1 - 3Barnsley
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABarnsley1 - 1Stockport
HBarnsley5 - 0Luton
ABarnsley2 - 1Doncaster
HBarnsley0 - 1Rotherham
ABarnsley2 - 2Bradford
ABarnsley2 - 2Wycombe
HBarnsley0 - 2Port Vale
ABarnsley0 - 1Blackpool
HBarnsley3 - 2Reading
HBarnsley3 - 1Huddersfield
ABarnsley0 - 2AFC Wim
ABarnsley1 - 0Peterborough
HBarnsley1 - 1Bolton
HBarnsley3 - 2Burton
ABarnsley3 - 1Plymouth
ABarnsley4 - 2Reading
HBarnsley1 - 2Shrewsbury
HBarnsley1 - 1Peterborough
ABarnsley3 - 4L Orient
HBarnsley4 - 1Bolton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Lincoln since 2023
Lincoln
Barnsley
Goals: Scored
3
4
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
D
2
BAR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lincoln
1 - 2Barnsley
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Barnsley since 2022
Barnsley
Lincoln
Goals: Scored
5
9
Games: Scored
2 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
1 / 3
LIN
2
BAR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Barnsley4 - 3
1 - 5Lincoln
0 - 1Lincoln
Goal Statistics
Lincoln 3rd Barnsley 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Lincoln will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+22
Lincoln have scored 22% more goals at home than predicted
+20
Barnsley have scored 20% more goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Lincoln
PG (predicted goals)
Barnsley
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
LIN
BAR
7%
better
view stats
Games scored13
11
Failed to score5
4
Scored first11
9
Goals scored23
26
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.7
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for16
20
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
17%
better
LIN
BAR
view stats
Games conceded11
13
Clean sheets7
2
Conceded first6
6
Goals conceded18
19
Avg. goals conceded1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
14%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.6
KickOff rating
+17%

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

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19435
G WickensR HackettA ReachR Towler
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Wickens GLK191
2
-
T Darikwa DEF1812
4
-
T Hamer DEF192
2
-
S Bradley DEF1821
1
1
A Reach DEF1213
-
C McGrandles MID181
4
-
T Bayliss MID1921
3
-
R Hackett MID1541
2
-
J Moylan MID51
1
-
D Jefferies MID2
1
-
F Draper FWD1931
3
-
Subs
Z Jeacock GLK
-
R Towler DEF131
5
-
E Ring MID7
-
I Varfolomeev MID9
-
R Street FWD181
3
1
F. Okoronkko FWD121
-
J. Obikwu FWD1131
-
Barnsley League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16946
M. CooperD Keillor-DunnR ClearyL Connell
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M. Cooper GLK16
3
-
J. Bland DEF151
5
-
M Gevigney DEF81
-
J Shepherd DEF15
2
1
T Watson DEF141
1
-
A Phillips MID1423
-
L Connell MID1622
6
-
P Kelly MID1321
2
-
V. Yoganathan MID112
2
1
R Cleary MID1234
2
-
D Keillor-Dunn FWD1691
1
-
Subs
J Smith GLK
-
M Roberts DEF5
2
-
J Rooney DEF1
-
N Farrugia FWD9
1
-
L. Farrell FWD
-
C. Vickers FWD1321
-
D McGoldrick FWD152
2
-