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Saturday 20 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Richard Eley

Lincoln City v Cardiff City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Lincoln City's last 10 home games and Cardiff City's last 9 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 9 of 19, over 2.5 goals in 7 of 19, with 10.1 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.2 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Lincoln City's 20 League One games and Cardiff City's 19 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Lincoln City v Cardiff City, full match

33%

Possession

67%

1.26

Expected goals (xG)

1.80

18

Shots

11

7

Shots on target

4

Corners

3

12

Fouls

11

3

Yellow cards

1

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

22'

Yellow card

Tom Hamer LIN

34'

Yellow card

Conor McGrandles LIN

40'

Own goal

Alex Robertson LIN

44'

Yellow card

Omari Kellyman CAR

49'

Goal

Perry Ng CAR

67'

Goal

Sonny Bradley LIN

80'

Yellow card

George Wickens LIN

At a glance

Lincoln City

1st in the table

D

W

L

W

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Lincoln City's home games and Cardiff City's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Lincoln City's last 10 home games and Cardiff City's last 9 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

47%

9/19 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

58%

11/19 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

37%

7/19 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

32%

6/19 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

47%

9/19 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

53%

10/19 games · League 56%

Lincoln City clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City clean sheet

56%

5/9 games · League 27%

Lincoln City fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

22%

2/9 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.3

League 2.6

Corners

10.1

League 10.0

Cards

4.2

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Lincoln City

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

George Wickens

DEFENDERS

2

3

15

22

MIDFIELDERS

7

Reeco Hackett-Fairchild

8

Tom Bayliss

10

Jack Moylan

14

Conor McGrandles

FORWARDS

17

Robert Street

34

Freddie Draper

SUBSTITUTES

13

6

12

16

24

19

20

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

41

Matthew Turner

DEFENDERS

2

3

38

48

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ryan Wintle

8

Omari Kellyman

18

Alex Robertson

FORWARDS

16

Chris Willock

22

Yousef Salech

45

Cian Ashford

SUBSTITUTES

12

44

11

14

27

39

47

Referee: Richard Eley

7 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.9

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

27.6

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.00

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

LIN

CAR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.5

2.9

2.7

2.5

Over 0.5

95%

19/20

95%

18/19

95%

37/39

94%

Over 1.5

65%

13/20

68%

13/19

67%

26/39

71%

Over 2.5

45%

9/20

58%

11/19

51%

20/39

47%

Over 3.5

30%

6/20

37%

7/19

33%

13/39

23%

Over 4.5

10%

2/20

16%

3/19

13%

5/39

10%

Bet

LIN

CAR

Match

League

Yes

45%

9/20

47%

9/19

46%

18/39

50%

Yes and win

20%

4/20

32%

6/19

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

35%

7/20

42%

8/19

38%

15/39

37%

Yes and draw

20%

4/20

5%

1/19

13%

5/39

18%

Yes and loss

5%

1/20

11%

2/19

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/20

11%

2/19

5%

2/39

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Bet

LIN

CAR

Match

League

Corners per match

9.3

10.1

9.7

9.8

Over 7.5

75%

15/20

79%

15/19

77%

30/39

75%

Over 8.5

60%

12/20

74%

14/19

67%

26/39

61%

Over 9.5

35%

7/20

63%

12/19

49%

19/39

48%

Over 10.5

30%

6/20

42%

8/19

36%

14/39

38%

Over 11.5

30%

6/20

32%

6/19

31%

12/39

31%

Over 12.5

25%

5/20

21%

4/19

23%

9/39

22%

Referee Richard Eley: 3.9 cards and 27.6 fouls per game in 7 games this season

Bet

LIN

CAR

Match

League

Cards per match

4.1

3.7

3.9

3.8

Over 2.5

60%

12/20

84%

16/19

72%

28/39

75%

Over 3.5

50%

10/20

58%

11/19

54%

21/39

54%

Over 4.5

40%

8/20

21%

4/19

31%

12/39

31%

Over 5.5

30%

6/20

11%

2/19

21%

8/39

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Yousef Salech

16 starts · 0.5 per 90

13%

2/16

44%

7/16

6%

1/16

0%

0/16

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Lincoln City

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Blackpool

(A)

2-2

D

9 Dec

Barnsley

(H)

3-1

W

29 Nov

Port Vale

(H)

1-0

W

22 Nov

Wycombe Wanderers

(A)

2-3

L

15 Nov

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

2-1

W

Cardiff City

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

4-3

W

9 Dec

Stevenage

(A)

1-0

W

6 Dec

Huddersfield Town

(H)

3-2

W

29 Nov

Mansfield Town

(H)

3-0

W

22 Nov

Northampton Town

(A)

3-1

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Lincoln City and Cardiff City haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Lincoln City v Cardiff City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Lincoln City

Cardiff City

Referee: Richard Eley

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Lincoln City

Cardiff City

Head to head

League One table