2 - 0

Full time

Reading

Saturday 2 August 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Martin Woods

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

Neither side had played a League One game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.

Overview

Lineups

Form

Table

Match stats

Lincoln City v Reading, full match

34%

Possession

66%

1.56

Expected goals (xG)

0.35

6

Shots

9

2

Shots on target

3

Corners

9

14

Fouls

4

1

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

20'

Own goal

Finley Burns LIN

67'

Goal

Reeco Hackett-Fairchild LIN

73'

Yellow card

Sonny Bradley LIN

Lineups

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

Lincoln City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

George Wickens

DEFENDERS

2

6

15

MIDFIELDERS

8

Tom Bayliss

14

Conor McGrandles

Jack Moylan

FORWARDS

7

Reeco Hackett-Fairchild

17

SUBSTITUTES

22

34

Reading

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Joel Pereira

DEFENDERS

3

MIDFIELDERS

8

10

FORWARDS

SUBSTITUTES

25

6

11

32

Referee: Martin Woods

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

Cards per game

3.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.6

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

22.1

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.35

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

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Form

Home / Away

All games

Lincoln City

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

Reading

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

Head to head

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

Lincoln City and Reading 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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