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

Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Lincoln City and their manager Michael Skubala will be looking to get one over on Garry Monk and his Cambridge United side on Saturday afternoon, as the pair clash at the Sincil Bank in the League One. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, statistics for the biggest betting market have been laid out below, with head-to-head history and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds from leading bookmakers are included as well.

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Lincoln City's next match is v L Orient at 15:00 on Saturday 15th February
Cambridge United's next match is v Exeter at 12:30 on Saturday 15th February
The last English League One meeting between Lincoln and Cambridge was on Saturday 8th February 2025
English League One
February 8th 2025
Lincoln 1
1 Cambridge
 
F. Draper 18'42' J. Gibbons
 
LIN
CMU
Shots On
2
4
Shots Off
6
1
Corners
4
3
Possession
53%
47%
Fouls
14
12
Yellow/red cards
4/1
1/0
 
LincolnCambridge
 
Z. Jeacock
P. O'Connor
A. Jackson
S. Roughan
T. Darikwa (D. Jeffries 78')
C. McGrandles
E. Hamilton (B. House 78')
T. Bayliss
J. Collins (J. Gardner 82')
R. Hackett-Fairchild
F. Draperfootball icon (J. Makama 67')
N. Bishop
(P. Digby 85') football iconJ. Gibbons
J. Okedina
K. Watts
M. Morrison
D. Andrew
J. Brophy
J. Stokes
J. Cousins
(D. Ballard 69') E. Kachunga
(B. Stevenson 79') R. Loft

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Lincoln or Cambridge are in the kind of form that would leave us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 75% chance of 2 goals or more.

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 Lincoln are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lincoln
53%
4/5
8%
4/5
6%
Draw
24%
23/10
8%
12/5
9%
Cambridge
23%
4/1
9%
19/5
4%
Lincoln 1-0
12%
5/1
8%
9/2
4%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2
7%
11/2
Lincoln 2-1
10%
8/1
6%
7/1
7%
Lincoln 2-0
10%
13/26/1
Draw 0-0
7%
7/1
16%
6/1
18%
Cambridge 1-0
7%
11/1
8%
17/2
5%
Cambridge 2-1
6%
16/112/1
Lincoln 3-0
5%
12/111/1
9%
Lincoln 3-1
5%
16/1
13%
12/1
8%
Draw 2-2
5%
16/114/1
Cambridge 2-0
4%
22/1
12%
18/1
Lincoln 3-2
3%
33/1
17%
22/1
10%
Lincoln 4-0
2%
28/1
12%
22/1
21%
Lincoln 4-1
2%
33/1
17%
25/1
24%
Cambridge 3-1
2%
40/128/1
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
6/5
10%
23/20
8%
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
13/20
8%
8/13
7%
Home 1st Goal
53%
1/2
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
42%
21/10-
No 1st Goal
5%
7/1
16%
-
BTTS - Yes
51%
1/1
3%
21/20
3%
BTTS - No
49%
3/4
3%
7/10
3%
BTTS - Home Win
23%
10/3
15%
16/5
11%
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/4
5%
19/5
4%
BTTS - Away Win
11%
10/18/1
Home/draw
77%
1/6
3%
2/11
1%
Away/draw
47%
19/20
9%
19/20
9%
Home/away
76%
1/3
3%
3/10
4%
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
4/11
5%
2/5
5%
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
2/1
12%
9/5
10%
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
3/1
14%
29/10
11%
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
2/9
5%
2/9
5%
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
8/1
29%
13/2
15%
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/14
3%
1/14
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
18/1
27%
14/1
15%
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/50
1%
1/80
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/12
2%
1/12
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
7/1
16%
6/1
18%
Home DNB
70%
2/7
3%
2/7
3%
Away DNB
40%
5/2
7%
9/4
10%
Lincoln win to nil
30%
7/4
5%
-
Cambridge win to nil
12%
7/1
11%
-
Lincoln / Lincoln
27%
15/8
10%
9/5
8%
Lincoln / Cambridge
2%
40/133/1
Lincoln / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Lincoln
18%
10/310/3
3%
Draw / Cambridge
9%
17/2
5%
15/2
11%
Draw / Draw
18%
15/4
14%
7/2
10%
Cambridge / Lincoln
3%
22/120/1
11%
Cambridge / Cambridge
11%
7/1
6%
13/2
Cambridge / Draw
6%
14/1
12%
12/1
13%
Win / draw / win League One table

Lincoln have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 6 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 6 fixtures. Lincoln have outscored their opponents by 35 goals to 29 goals.

Home League Performance

Lincoln have played 14 games at home winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Cambridge are in 24th position in the League One on 22 points having played 28 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

28 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 7 and won 5. Cambridge have conceded 50 goals, scored 29, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lincoln
Cambridge
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham2820623166 
l
 
1-3F
Mar 8
May 3
l
 
4-0A
2
Wycombe2917842559 
l
 
2-3F
Mar 29
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
3
Wrexham2916761855 
May 3
l
 
1-0A
Apr 1
d
 
2-2F
4
Stockport3115971754 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 26
Feb 22
l
 
2-0A
5
Charlton3014881150 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 5
Apr 12
l
 
2-1A
6
Huddersfield2914781549 
Apr 1
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-4A
Apr 18
7
L Orient29145101847 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 15
Apr 21
l
 
2-0A
8
Bolton3014511147 
Apr 21
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
9
Reading3013710246 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 18
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-0A
10
Barnsley3012711143 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 1
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
11
Blackpool309138140 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
4-4A
Mar 11
12
Lincoln Home30101010140 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
13
Stevenage2911711-240 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Mar 4
w
 
0-2F
14
Rotherham3010812-138 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
15
Mansfield2911414-337 
w
 
4-1F
Feb 18
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-1A
16
Wigan289712-134 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
Mar 8
17
Northampton308913-1633 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
Mar 29
d
 
0-00-0
18
Exeter299515-1332 
Mar 22
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 15
l
 
1-0A
19
Bristol R299515-1632 
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
20
Peterborough308616-1130 
w
 
5-1F
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
l
 
6-1A
21
Shrewsbury307617-1927 
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-1F
Apr 5
22
Crawley297616-2027 
Mar 4
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
Mar 1
23
Burton3051114-1426 
Feb 22
w
 
2-3A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
24
Cambridge Away305817-2523 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
-
-
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Lincoln 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Cambridge 24TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Lincoln have beaten Cambridge in 3 consecutive league meetings
4
Lincoln have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive league meetings with Cambridge
League games at Lincoln since 2005
Lincoln
Cambridge
Goals: Scored
9
3
Games: Scored
3 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
3 / 6
LIN
2
D
3
CMU
1
League games at Cambridge since 2004
Cambridge
Lincoln
Goals: Scored
4
13
Games: Scored
3 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
4 / 7
LIN
5
D
1
CMU
1
Goal Statistics

Lincoln City's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Cambridge United have conceded in each of their last 13 League One matches. A PG of 1.7 for M. Skubala's side suggests that run should continue.

Lincoln 12th Cambridge 24th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Lincoln will score 1 or more goals
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability that Cambridge will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Lincoln have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
-32
Cambridge have scored 32% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Lincoln
PG (predicted goals)
Cambridge
1.7
1
Attack rating
%
better
LIN
CMU
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
LIN
CMU
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
305310
S RoughanB HouseP O'ConnorP O'Connor
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Z Jeacock GLK7
-
A Jackson DEF1621
3
1
P O'Connor DEF2923
9
1
S Roughan DEF3012
3
-
C McGrandles MID26
7
-
T Darikwa MID2943
7
-
T Bayliss MID1813
1
-
E Hamilton MID19
1
-
R Hackett MID1712
3
-
F Draper FWD264
3
-
J Collins FWD42
1
-
Subs
G Wickens GLK24
3
-
L Montsma  DEF121
2
-
D Jefferies MID2312
2
-
S Clucas MID
-
B House FWD2551
10
-
J Makama FWD2723
3
-
J. Gardner FWD1
1
Cambridge League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27638
J BrophyE KachungaD AndrewD Andrew
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Bishop GLK2
1
-
J Okedina DEF22
1
1
M Morrison DEF251
3
1
K Watts DEF132
-
J Gibbons MID161
3
-
J Cousins MID2212
1
-
J Brophy MID301
5
-
D Andrew MID2813
8
-
E Kachunga FWD276
7
-
J Stokes FWD1632
1
-
R Loft FWD192
4
-
Subs
J Stevens GLK7
1
-
L. Bennett DEF261
5
-
E Longelo DEF1012
-
B Stevenson MID3
-
P Digby MID17
5
-
D Ballard FWD3
-
D. Barton FWD13
-