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Tuesday 19 August 2025 · 19:45 · HT 0-1 · Referee Oliver Yates

Northampton Town v Lincoln City: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Northampton Town's last 1 home game and Lincoln City's last 1 away game in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 0 of 2, over 2.5 goals in 0 of 2, with 9.0 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Northampton Town's 3 League One games and Lincoln City's 3 this season. Northampton Town and Lincoln City have only 3 games each, so treat these hit rates with care.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Northampton Town v Lincoln City, full match

61%

Possession

39%

1.02

Expected goals (xG)

0.17

10

Shots

3

Shots on target

1

6

Corners

1

9

Fouls

13

3

Yellow cards

4

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

20'

Goal

Freddie Draper LIN

42'

Yellow card

Ryley Towler LIN

54'

Yellow card

Ethan Wheatley NOR

58'

Yellow card

Conor McGrandles LIN

67'

Yellow card

Tyrese Fornah NOR

79'

Yellow card

George Wickens LIN

86'

Yellow card

Ethan Hamilton LIN

87'

Yellow card

Jack Perkins NOR

At a glance

Northampton Town

24th in the table

L

D

L

Lincoln City

1st in the table

W

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Northampton Town's last 1 home game and Lincoln City's last 1 away game this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

0%

0/2 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

50%

1/2 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/2 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

0%

0/2 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

1/2 games · League 56%

Northampton Town clean sheet

100%

1/1 games · League 27%

Lincoln City clean sheet

0%

0/1 games · League 27%

Northampton Town fail to score

100%

1/1 games · League 27%

Lincoln City fail to score

100%

1/1 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.0

League 2.6

Corners

9.0

League 10.0

Cards

4.5

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Northampton Town

3-3-1-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Lee Burge

DEFENDERS

15

Conor McCarthy

35

Max Dyche

Michael Forbes

MIDFIELDERS

30

Jack Burroughs

Nesta Guinness-Walker

Terry Taylor

Dean Campbell

FORWARDS

14

Tyrese Fornah

Ethan Wheatley

Cameron McGeehan

SUBSTITUTES

34

10

16

21

7

Lincoln City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

George Wickens

DEFENDERS

2

6

15

22

MIDFIELDERS

8

Tom Bayliss

14

Conor McGrandles

34

Freddie Draper

FORWARDS

7

Reeco Hackett-Fairchild

17

SUBSTITUTES

18

Referee: Oliver Yates

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

Cards per game

5.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.2

Red cards per game

0.16

Fouls per game

23.6

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.53

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

NOR

LIN

Match

League

Goals per match

2.0

3.0

2.5

2.6

Over 0.5

67%

2/3

100%

3/3

83%

5/6

92%

Over 1.5

67%

2/3

100%

3/3

83%

5/6

83%

Over 2.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

53%

Over 3.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

22%

Over 4.5

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

17%

1/6

14%

Bet

NOR

LIN

Match

League

Yes

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

53%

Yes and win

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

22%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

47%

Yes and draw

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

8%

Yes and loss

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

22%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

–

Bet

NOR

LIN

Match

League

Corners per match

9.7

10.0

9.8

9.4

Over 7.5

100%

3/3

100%

3/3

100%

6/6

78%

Over 8.5

67%

2/3

100%

3/3

83%

5/6

61%

Over 9.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

39%

Over 10.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

33%

Over 11.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

22%

Over 12.5

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/6

11%

Referee Oliver Yates: 5.3 cards and 23.6 fouls per game in 19 games this season

Bet

NOR

LIN

Match

League

Cards per match

4.0

4.3

4.2

4.1

Over 2.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

75%

Over 3.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

58%

Over 4.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

36%

Over 5.5

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

33%

2/6

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

James Collins

3 starts · 0.8 per 90

0%

0/3

33%

1/3

33%

1/3

0%

0/3

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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

Northampton Town

Last 5 games before this match

16 Aug

Stevenage

(A)

0-2

L

9 Aug

Bradford City

(H)

0-0

D

2 Aug

Wigan Athletic

(A)

1-3

L

Lincoln City

Last 5 games before this match

16 Aug

Plymouth Argyle

(H)

3-2

W

9 Aug

AFC Wimbledon

(A)

0-2

L

2 Aug

Reading

(H)

2-0

W

Head to head

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

Northampton Town and Lincoln 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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Northampton Town v Lincoln City: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Northampton Town

Lincoln City

Referee: Oliver Yates

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

Northampton Town

Lincoln City

Head to head

League One table