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

Sat 29th Nov, 15:00 BST, Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Michael Skubala welcomes Darren Moore to the Sincil Bank on Saturday afternoon, as their Lincoln City and Port Vale charges go head to head in the League One. Our goal is for you to win betting on this match, so every stats you could realistically need to make a sound selection is laid out below. Go between 17 betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds for it all.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Lincoln 50%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Port Vale 24%	-	-
Lincoln 1-0 13%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Lincoln 2-0 10%	-	-
Lincoln 2-1 9%	-	-
Draw 0-0 9%	-	-
Port Vale 1-0 8%	-	-
Port Vale 2-1 6%	-	-
Lincoln 3-0 5%	-	-
Lincoln 3-1 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Port Vale 2-0 4%	-	-
Lincoln 3-2 2%	-	-
Port Vale 3-1 2%	-	-
Lincoln 4-0 2%	-	-
Lincoln 4-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 44%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 56%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 53%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 47%	-	-
BTTS - No 53%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 20%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	-	-
Home/draw 76%	-	-
Away/draw 50%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 70%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 30%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 23%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 77%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Home DNB 68%	-	-
Away DNB 42%	-	-
Lincoln win to nil 30%	-	-
Port Vale win to nil 14%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Lincoln have played 16 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 16 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 4 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Lincoln have outscored their opponents by 20 goals to 11 goals.

Home League Performance

Lincoln have played 8 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 14 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Port Vale are in 22nd position in the League One on 14 points having played 16 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 9 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Port Vale have conceded 19 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 9 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 Port Vale
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	16	8	4	4	5	28	-	-	May 2	Nov 29
2	Stockport	15	8	4	3	5	28	Mar 14	Dec 26	l 0-3A	Apr 11
3	Bradford	15	7	6	2	6	27	Jan 27	d 0-00-0	Dec 9	Dec 29
4	Bolton	15	7	5	3	8	26	Feb 14	d 1-1F	Mar 21	l 4-0A
5	Cardiff	14	8	2	4	8	26	Dec 20	Mar 7	d 0-00-0	Apr 3
6	Stevenage	13	8	2	3	7	26	w 1-0F	Apr 18	l 1-2F	Feb 17
7	AFC Wim	15	8	1	6	-1	25	Apr 3	l 2-0A	Jan 27	d 1-1A
8	Luton	15	7	2	6	3	23	w 3-1F	Jan 17	Feb 28	Dec 13
9	Mansfield	15	6	4	5	5	22	d 1-1F	Feb 21	w 2-1F	Jan 17
10	Huddersfield	14	7	1	6	2	22	Jan 1	Mar 17	Mar 14	Dec 26
11	Rotherham	16	6	4	6	0	22	Mar 21	l 3-0A	Apr 6	l 2-1A
12	Burton	16	6	4	6	-3	22	Jan 22	w 0-1F	Feb 7	d 0-00-0
13	Barnsley	13	6	3	4	2	21	Dec 9	Dec 29	Jan 4	w 0-2F
14	Wycombe	16	5	5	6	5	20	Apr 25	Nov 22	d 0-00-0	Mar 28
15	Northampton	15	6	2	7	-2	20	Feb 17	w 0-1F	d 0-00-0	Jan 10
16	L Orient	16	6	2	8	-4	20	Apr 11	l 1-0A	l 2-3F	Jan 31
17	Wigan	15	4	6	5	-1	18	d 2-2A	Jan 31	Apr 18	l 1-0A
18	Reading	15	4	6	5	-3	18	w 2-0F	Apr 6	Feb 21	l 1-0A
19	Doncaster	16	5	3	8	-8	18	w 2-1F	Mar 28	l 0-1A	Feb 14
20	Exeter	16	5	2	9	-1	17	l 0-1A	Jan 10	Jan 24	w 0-2F
21	Blackpool	16	4	3	9	-8	15	Feb 28	Dec 13	Jan 1	Mar 17
22	Port Vale	16	3	5	8	-8	14	Nov 29	May 2	-	-
23	Peterborough	14	4	1	9	-7	13	Jan 4	w 0-3F	Dec 20	Mar 7
24	Plymouth	15	4	1	10	-10	13	w 3-2F	Feb 7	Nov 22	Apr 25

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Lincoln	0 - 1	Burton
Lincoln	1 - 1	Cambridge
Lincoln	0 - 2	Blackpool
Lincoln	5 - 1	Peterborough
Lincoln	0 - 0	Stevenage

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Lincoln	1 - 1	Bolton
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Northampton
H	Lincoln	3 - 2	Plymouth
A	Lincoln	0 - 2	AFC Wim
H	Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading
H	Lincoln	0 - 2	Wrexham
A	Lincoln	2 - 3	Stockport
H	Lincoln	4 - 2	Bolton
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Reading

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bolton	4 - 0	Port Vale
Wigan	1 - 0	Port Vale
AFC Wim	1 - 1	Port Vale
Barnsley	0 - 2	Port Vale
Exeter	0 - 2	Port Vale
Reading	1 - 0	Port Vale
Burton	0 - 0	Port Vale
Rotherham	2 - 1	Port Vale
AFC Wim	0 - 2	Port Vale
Carlisle	3 - 2	Port Vale
Walsall	2 - 3	Port Vale
Crewe	0 - 1	Port Vale
Colchester	2 - 1	Port Vale
Fleetwood	1 - 1	Port Vale
Tranmere	1 - 1	Port Vale
Swindon	3 - 3	Port Vale
Chesterfield	1 - 1	Port Vale
Doncaster	1 - 2	Port Vale
Grimsby	3 - 0	Port Vale
Bradford	2 - 1	Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Wycombe
A	Port Vale	0 - 4	Bolton
H	Port Vale	0 - 3	Stockport
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Wigan
A	Port Vale	1 - 1	AFC Wim
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Northampton
A	Port Vale	2 - 0	Barnsley
H	Port Vale	2 - 1	Mansfield
A	Port Vale	2 - 0	Exeter
H	Port Vale	2 - 3	L Orient
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Reading
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	Doncaster
H	Port Vale	1 - 2	Stevenage
A	Port Vale	0 - 0	Burton
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Cardiff
A	Port Vale	1 - 2	Rotherham
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	Gillingham
A	Port Vale	2 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Port Vale	2 - 2	Grimsby
A	Port Vale	2 - 3	Carlisle

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Lincoln have not lost to Port Vale in 5 consecutive home league meetings

Lincoln

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

Clean sheets

1 / 7

LIN

PTV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lincoln
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Lincoln	3 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Lincoln	3 - 1
Lincoln	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Port Vale
	0 - 1	Port Vale

Port Vale

Lincoln

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

2 / 7

LIN

PTV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Port Vale
	0 - 2	Lincoln
Port Vale	1 - 0
	2 - 6	Lincoln
Port Vale	1 - 0
Port Vale	2 - 1
Port Vale	4 - 0
	0 - 1	Lincoln

Goal Statistics

Scoring more than 1 goal looks like a tall order for Port Vale, with D. Moore's men failing to score in 3 consecutive League One outings.

	Lincoln 1st	Port Vale 22nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Lincoln will score 1 or more goals	0 39% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 76% probability of Port Vale scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+19 Lincoln have scored 19% more goals at home than predicted	+6 Port Vale’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.8 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

35%

better

LIN

PTV

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Games scored	10		7
Failed to score	5		8
Scored first	9		5
Goals scored	18		11
Avg. goals scored	1.1		0.7
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		14
Conversion rate for	15		7
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.4
KickOff rating		+35%

19%

better

LIN

PTV

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Games conceded	9		10
Clean sheets	6		5
Conceded first	5		7
Goals conceded	14		19
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	12%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1
KickOff rating		+19%

Lincoln v Port Vale 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
16	4	2	5
G Wickens	J Collins	T Darikwa	R Towler

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Wickens GLK	16			2 -
T Hamer DEF	16		1	2 -
T Bayliss MID	16	1	1	3 -
F Draper FWD	16	2	1	3 -
J Collins FWD	16	4	1	2 -
S Bradley DEF	15	2		1 1
T Darikwa DEF	15	1	2	4 -
C McGrandles MID	15		1	4 -
R Street FWD	15	1		2 1
B House FWD	13	2	1	3 -
R Towler DEF	12		1	5 -
R Hackett FWD	12	1	1	1 -
A Jackson DEF	10			1 1
F. Okoronkko FWD	10	1		-
A Reach MID	9	1	1	-
I Varfolomeev MID	8			-
J. Obikwu FWD	8	2	1	-
E Ring FWD	6			-
O. Thorn FWD	3			-
D Lembikisa DEF	2			-
J Moylan MID	2			-
D Jefferies MID	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	9	2	3
J Collins	J Collins	T Darikwa	T Hamer

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

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
651	32	110
G Wickens	B House	T Hamer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Wickens GLK	651	1	11
T Darikwa DEF	486	24	50
S Bradley DEF	476	6	82
C McGrandles MID	464	29	86
T Bayliss MID	440	27	53
T Hamer DEF	371	22	110
A Reach MID	300	15	34
A Jackson DEF	220	7	50
R Street FWD	218	15	83
J Collins FWD	197	11	64
F Draper FWD	197	17	78
R Towler DEF	174	12	31
R Hackett FWD	171	26	45
B House FWD	167	32	76
I Varfolomeev MID	70	4	7
F. Okoronkko FWD	59	9	22
J. Obikwu FWD	42	3	12
J Moylan MID	29	1	3
E Ring FWD	27	2	6
D Lembikisa DEF	20	2	3
O. Thorn FWD	17	1	5
D Jefferies MID	4		1

Port Vale League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	4	2	4
C Hall	D Cole	R Paton	C Humphreys

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Hall DEF	15	1		1 -
J Debrah DEF	14			1 -
R Croasdale MID	14	2		2 -
R Curtis FWD	14	1		1 -
C Humphreys DEF	13			4 -
G Byers MID	13		1	2 1
B Heneghan DEF	11			2 -
B Garrity MID	11			-
J Gauci GLK	10			-
K John DEF	10			1 -
D Cole FWD	10	4	1	1 -
F Ojo MID	9			3 -
R Paton FWD	9	1	2	2 -
J. Headley DEF	8			1 1
G Hall MID	8		1	-
J Shipley MID	8		1	1 -
D Brown FWD	8		1	-
M Faal FWD	8			-
L Gordon DEF	7			2 -
M Clark DEF	7		1	2 -
R. Walters MID	6			-
M Marosi GLK	5			-
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	5	1		3 -
B Waine FWD	5			1 -
J Stockley FWD	5			-
M Johnson MID	4			-
B Amos GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	12	2	4
D Cole	D Cole	R Paton	R Paton

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Cole FWD	4	12	1	3
R Croasdale MID	2	4		1
C Hall DEF	1	3		3
R Curtis FWD	1	5		3
R Paton FWD	1	3	2	4
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	1	2
J Debrah DEF				1
C Humphreys DEF				1
G Byers MID		2	1	1
B Heneghan DEF		1
B Garrity MID		5		1
J Gauci GLK				1
K John DEF				1
F Ojo MID		1		2
J. Headley DEF		2
G Hall MID			1	2
J Shipley MID			1	2
D Brown FWD		1	1	2
M Faal FWD		4
L Gordon DEF				2
M Clark DEF			1	1
R. Walters MID		4
B Waine FWD		2		1
J Stockley FWD		2
M Johnson MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
609	27	89
C Hall	G Byers	C Hall

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	609	18	89
G Byers MID	535	27	64
C Humphreys DEF	532	5	47
J Debrah DEF	383	11	71
B Garrity MID	320	19	81
J Gauci GLK	312		3
R Croasdale MID	287	19	42
F Ojo MID	215	6	24
R Curtis FWD	212	15	63
B Heneghan DEF	177	3	34
M Clark DEF	177	10	30
M Marosi GLK	177		3
J. Headley DEF	166	13	28
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	148	3	21
D Cole FWD	142	7	52
K John DEF	139	17	43
J Shipley MID	139	6	10
L Gordon DEF	137	9	22
R Paton FWD	103	4	13
R. Walters MID	96	7	28
M Johnson MID	87	3	10
G Hall MID	62	7	26
M Faal FWD	58	1	24
D Brown FWD	51	4	16
J Stockley FWD	42	1	28
B Waine FWD	29	1	10
B Amos GLK	15