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

Thu 22nd Jan, 20:00 BST, Sincil Bank, Lincoln

The League One is the focus for both Lincoln City and Burton Albion on Thursday night, as bosses Michael Skubala and Gary Bowyer go head to head at the Sincil Bank. All of the important statistics for the tie, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across 17 markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Lincoln 54%	-	-
Draw 25%	-	-
Burton 22%	-	-
Lincoln 1-0 12%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Lincoln 2-0 10%	-	-
Lincoln 2-1 10%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Burton 1-0 7%	-	-
Lincoln 3-0 6%	-	-
Burton 2-1 6%	-	-
Lincoln 3-1 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Burton 2-0 3%	-	-
Lincoln 3-2 2%	-	-
Lincoln 4-0 2%	-	-
Lincoln 4-1 2%	-	-
Burton 3-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 41%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 49%	-	-
BTTS - No 51%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	-	-
Home/draw 78%	-	-
Away/draw 46%	-	-
Home/away 75%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 71%	-	-
Away DNB 39%	-	-
Lincoln win to nil 31%	-	-
Burton win to nil 12%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Lincoln have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 6 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Lincoln have outscored their opponents by 40 goals to 23 goals.

Home League Performance

Lincoln have played 13 games at home winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 26 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Burton are in 21st position in the League One on 27 points having played 24 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 17 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 3 and won 7. Burton have conceded 31 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 6 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	Lincoln Burton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Cardiff	24	16	3	5	18	51	w 2-1F	Mar 7	Jan 31	w 0-1F
2	Lincoln	25	14	6	5	14	48	-	-	l 0-1A	Jan 22
3	Bradford	24	13	7	4	9	46	Jan 27	d 0-00-0	Mar 21	w 1-2F
4	Huddersfield	25	11	6	8	11	39	d 1-1A	Mar 17	Jan 17	d 0-00-0
5	Bolton	24	10	9	5	9	39	Feb 14	d 1-1F	w 3-0F	Jan 27
6	Stockport	24	11	6	7	3	39	Mar 14	w 1-2F	Feb 14	l 2-1F
7	Stevenage	22	10	7	5	8	37	w 1-0F	Apr 18	Mar 7	d 2-2F
8	Luton	24	10	5	9	4	35	w 3-1F	Jan 17	l 0-3A	Feb 21
9	Reading	24	9	8	7	4	35	w 2-0F	Apr 6	Mar 17	l 2-0A
10	Wycombe	25	8	9	8	4	33	Apr 25	l 3-2A	d 0-00-0	Feb 28
11	Mansfield	23	9	5	9	3	32	d 1-1F	Feb 21	w 2-1F	Apr 6
12	Peterborough	24	10	2	12	-3	32	w 5-2A	w 0-3F	l 0-1A	Apr 18
13	AFC Wim	24	9	4	11	-6	31	Apr 3	l 2-0A	Apr 11	w 0-1F
14	Exeter	24	9	3	12	2	30	l 0-1A	Jan 10	Apr 25	-
15	Wigan	24	7	9	8	-1	30	d 2-2A	Jan 31	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
16	Plymouth	25	9	3	13	-7	30	w 3-2F	Feb 7	l 0-4A	l 3-0A
17	Barnsley	21	8	5	8	0	29	w 3-1F	w 0-2F	Apr 3	l 3-2F
18	Blackpool	25	8	5	12	-6	29	Feb 28	d 2-2F	w 1-0F	Mar 28
19	Northampton	24	8	5	11	-6	29	Feb 17	w 0-1F	w 5-1F	Mar 14
20	L Orient	24	8	4	12	-6	28	Apr 11	l 1-0A	l 0-4A	May 2
21	Burton	24	7	6	11	-11	27	Jan 22	w 0-1F	-	-
22	Rotherham	24	6	6	12	-13	24	Mar 21	l 3-0A	Feb 17	d 2-2F
23	Doncaster	24	6	5	13	-17	23	w 2-1F	Mar 28	Jan 10	d 1-1A
24	Port Vale	23	4	6	13	-13	18	w 1-0F	May 2	d 0-00-0	Feb 7

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Win / draw / win form

Lincoln have not lost in 7 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lincoln	5 - 2	Peterborough
Lincoln	1 - 1	Huddersfield
Lincoln	2 - 1	Cardiff
Lincoln	3 - 1	Barnsley
Lincoln	1 - 0	Port Vale
Lincoln	2 - 1	Doncaster
Lincoln	1 - 0	Stevenage
Lincoln	0 - 1	Exeter
Lincoln	3 - 1	Luton
Lincoln	2 - 2	Wigan
Lincoln	1 - 1	Mansfield
Lincoln	3 - 2	Plymouth
Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading
Lincoln	0 - 2	Wrexham
Lincoln	4 - 2	Bolton
Lincoln	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
Lincoln	1 - 0	Huddersfield
Lincoln	0 - 0	Exeter
Lincoln	5 - 0	Bristol R
Lincoln	4 - 1	Crawley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Lincoln	0 - 0	Bradford
A	Lincoln	0 - 1	L Orient
H	Lincoln	1 - 0	Stevenage
H	Lincoln	0 - 1	Exeter
A	Lincoln	3 - 0	Peterborough
H	Lincoln	3 - 1	Luton
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Burton
H	Lincoln	2 - 2	Wigan
H	Lincoln	1 - 1	Mansfield

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Plymouth	3 - 0	Burton
Reading	2 - 0	Burton
Stevenage	2 - 2	Burton
Wigan	1 - 0	Burton
Bradford	1 - 2	Burton
Rotherham	2 - 2	Burton
AFC Wim	0 - 1	Burton
Doncaster	1 - 1	Burton
Cardiff	0 - 1	Burton
Huddersfield	0 - 0	Burton
Stockport	2 - 1	Burton
Barnsley	3 - 2	Burton
Charlton	3 - 1	Burton
Exeter	0 - 0	Burton
Wrexham	3 - 0	Burton
Stockport	2 - 1	Burton
Shrewsbury	0 - 2	Burton
Wycombe	2 - 0	Burton
Lincoln	0 - 1	Burton
Stevenage	0 - 1	Burton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Burton	0 - 3	Plymouth
A	Burton	0 - 2	Reading
H	Burton	0 - 2	Wigan
H	Burton	5 - 1	Northampton
A	Burton	2 - 2	Stevenage
H	Burton	0 - 0	Wycombe
A	Burton	0 - 1	Wigan
H	Burton	0 - 4	L Orient
H	Burton	1 - 0	Blackpool
A	Burton	2 - 1	Bradford
A	Burton	2 - 2	Rotherham
A	Burton	1 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Burton	0 - 1	Peterborough
H	Burton	3 - 0	Bolton
A	Burton	1 - 1	Doncaster
A	Burton	1 - 0	Cardiff
H	Burton	0 - 4	Plymouth
A	Burton	0 - 0	Huddersfield
H	Burton	0 - 1	Lincoln
H	Burton	0 - 3	Luton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Burton have beaten Lincoln in 4 consecutive away league meetings

Burton have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive away league meetings with Lincoln

Lincoln

Burton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 8

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

5 / 8

LIN

BAL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lincoln
	0 - 1	Burton
	0 - 1	Burton
	0 - 1	Burton
	1 - 2	Burton
Lincoln	5 - 1
Lincoln	3 - 2
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Burton

Burton

Lincoln

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 9

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

4 / 9

LIN

BAL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Burton
	0 - 1	Lincoln
	2 - 3	Lincoln
	0 - 1	Lincoln
Burton	3 - 0
	1 - 2	Lincoln
	0 - 1	Lincoln
	0 - 2	Lincoln
Burton	3 - 1
Burton	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

Lincoln City have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 10 consecutive League One games. Their PG of 1.6 against Burton Albion on Thursday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Scoring more than 1 goal looks like a tall order for Burton Albion, with G. Bowyer's men failing to score in 3 consecutive League One games.

	Lincoln 2nd	Burton 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Lincoln will score 1 or more goals	0 39% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 76% probability of Burton scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+38 Lincoln have scored 38% more goals at home than predicted	-6 Burton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.1 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

37%

better

LIN

BAL

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Games scored	20		12
Failed to score	5		12
Scored first	16		11
Goals scored	40		23
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1
Avg. shots per game	9		8
Avg. shots per goal	5		8
Conversion rate for	19		12
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+37%

13%

better

LIN

BAL

view stats

Games conceded	17		17
Clean sheets	8		7
Conceded first	8		10
Goals conceded	26		34
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	13%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.5
KickOff rating		+13%

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

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	6	3	7
G Wickens	R Hackett	T Hamer	C McGrandles

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Wickens GLK	25		2	3 -
T Hamer DEF	25	1	3	5 -
F Draper FWD	25	4	1	4 -
S Bradley DEF	24	3	1	1 1
T Darikwa DEF	24	3	3	4 -
C McGrandles MID	24		1	7 -
R Street FWD	24	3	1	3 1
T Bayliss MID	22	2	2	4 -
R Hackett FWD	21	6	3	3 -
R Towler DEF	19		1	7 -
A Reach MID	18	4	3	1 -
J Collins FWD	18	4	1	2 -
J. Obikwu FWD	17	3	1	1 -
B House FWD	15	2	1	4 -
I Varfolomeev MID	14		1	-
F. Okoronkko FWD	13	1		-
J Moylan MID	11	1	2	1 -
A Jackson DEF	10			1 1
E Ring FWD	9			-
D Jefferies MID	8			1 -
D Lembikisa DEF	3			-
O. Thorn FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	15	3	4
R Hackett	F Draper	T Hamer	T Hamer

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Hackett FWD	6	11	3	4
F Draper FWD	4	15	1	2
A Reach MID	4	6	3	3
J Collins FWD	4	9	1	1
S Bradley DEF	3	6	1	3
T Darikwa DEF	3	6	3	3
R Street FWD	3	8	1	2
J. Obikwu FWD	3	5	1	2
T Bayliss MID	2	6	2	4
B House FWD	2	9	1	2
T Hamer DEF	1	3	3	4
F. Okoronkko FWD	1	1
J Moylan MID	1	7	2	2
G Wickens GLK			2	1
C McGrandles MID		1	1	1
R Towler DEF			1	1
I Varfolomeev MID		3	1	1
A Jackson DEF		2		1
O. Thorn FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1014	63	160
G Wickens	C McGrandles	T Hamer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Wickens GLK	1014	1	13
C McGrandles MID	819	63	154
S Bradley DEF	775	9	122
T Darikwa DEF	775	41	86
T Hamer DEF	648	29	160
T Bayliss MID	582	40	76
A Reach MID	579	35	71
R Hackett FWD	387	38	81
R Street FWD	342	30	128
F Draper FWD	294	23	130
R Towler DEF	266	16	46
A Jackson DEF	220	7	50
J Collins FWD	217	12	67
B House FWD	209	37	90
J Moylan MID	186	9	24
I Varfolomeev MID	168	12	24
J. Obikwu FWD	88	12	31
F. Okoronkko FWD	80	11	27
D Jefferies MID	63	5	9
E Ring FWD	32	2	6
D Lembikisa DEF	24	2	3
O. Thorn FWD	17	1	5

Burton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
23	7	4	5
K Lofthouse	J Beesley	K Lofthouse	U Godwin-Malife

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Lofthouse DEF	23	1	4	4 -
J Armer DEF	23	1		3 -
J Beesley FWD	23	7	4	2 -
K Chauke MID	20			2 -
T Shade FWD	20	5		1 -
A Hartridge DEF	19	1		2 -
B Collins GLK	18			3 -
F Tavares FWD	18	2	1	1 -
G Evans MID	17			4 -
T Sibbick DEF	16			1 -
D Willis DEF	16			2 -
U Godwin-Malife DEF	16	1		5 -
C Webster MID	16	4	3	1 -
J McKiernan MID	12		1	3 -
J. Larsson FWD	12		1	-
S Revan DEF	9			1 -
T Vancooten DEF	8		1	1 -
J Moon DEF	7			2 -
N. Akoto DEF	7			-
F Delap DEF	7			2 -
J. Newall FWD	7			-
J. Taroni DEF	6			-
J Amissah GLK	5			-
J Sraha DEF	3			-
K. Dudek GLK	1			-
J Hazlehurst MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	23	4	6
J Beesley	T Shade	K Lofthouse	C Webster

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Beesley FWD	7	16	4	5
T Shade FWD	5	23
C Webster MID	4	11	3	6
F Tavares FWD	2	6	1
K Lofthouse DEF	1	4	4	4
J Armer DEF	1	4		1
A Hartridge DEF	1	3		3
U Godwin-Malife DEF	1	3		1
K Chauke MID		1
G Evans MID		1		1
T Sibbick DEF		4
D Willis DEF		1		4
J McKiernan MID		1	1	1
J. Larsson FWD		2	1	2
S Revan DEF		1		6
T Vancooten DEF		4	1
J Moon DEF				2
N. Akoto DEF		1
F Delap DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
717	46	219
A Hartridge	K Lofthouse	J Beesley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hartridge DEF	717	33	98
J Armer DEF	596	34	97
G Evans MID	570	18	65
B Collins GLK	568	1	11
K Chauke MID	514	36	89
C Webster MID	505	20	77
U Godwin-Malife DEF	477	19	74
J Beesley FWD	449	25	219
K Lofthouse DEF	437	46	169
T Sibbick DEF	432	23	56
D Willis DEF	298	19	42
T Shade FWD	280	13	58
T Vancooten DEF	268	9	46
J Moon DEF	194	7	26
F Delap DEF	194	4	31
S Revan DEF	177	28	60
J Amissah GLK	166	1	3
J McKiernan MID	151	19	47
J. Larsson FWD	103	12	31
F Tavares FWD	95	4	18
N. Akoto DEF	45	8	11
K. Dudek GLK	37
J. Newall FWD	24	3	7
J. Taroni DEF	15	2	2
J Sraha DEF	15		4
J Hazlehurst MID	4