Cardiff City FC vs Lincoln City FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2025-26

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Sat 7 Mar 2026 · 12:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Cardiff City FC vs Lincoln City FC — League One .

Cardiff City FC 46 games · 91 pts (2026/27)
Lincoln City FC 46 games · 103 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Tom Reeves

3 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 5.0 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Lincoln City FC	46	103
2	Cardiff City FC	46	91
3	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	75
4	Exeter City FC	46	49
5	Port Vale FC	46	42
6	Rotherham United FC	46	41
7	Northampton Town FC	46	35
8	Huddersfield Town AFC	1	3
9	Stockport County FC	1	3
10	Bradford City AFC	1	3
11	Luton Town FC	1	3
12	Cambridge United FC	1	3
13	Mansfield Town FC	1	3
14	Sheffield Wednesday FC	1	3
15	Bromley FC	1	3
16	Oxford United FC	1	1
17	Milton Keynes Dons FC	1	1
18	Stevenage FC	1	1
19	Wycombe Wanderers FC	1	1
20	Blackpool FC	1	1
21	Burton Albion FC	1	1
22	Leicester City FC	1	1
23	Notts County FC	1	1
24	Reading FC	1	0
25	Wigan Athletic FC	1	0
26	Doncaster Rovers FC	1	0
27	Leyton Orient FC	1	0
28	Barnsley FC	1	0
29	Plymouth Argyle FC	1	0
30	Peterborough United FC	1	0
31	AFC Wimbledon	1	0

Head-to-Head

Cardiff City FC 2 games · Avg 2.5 goals Lincoln City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-03-07 Cardiff City FC 0–2 Lincoln City FC 2025-12-20 Lincoln City FC 2–1 Cardiff City FC

Recent Form

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Mar	Lincoln City FC	H	0–2	L
28 Feb	Doncaster Rovers FC	A	4–0	W
21 Feb	Plymouth Argyle FC	A	2–5	L
17 Feb	AFC Wimbledon	H	4–1	W
14 Feb	Luton Town FC	H	3–1	W
07 Feb	Rotherham United FC	A	3–0	W

Lincoln City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Mar	Cardiff City FC	A	2–0	W
28 Feb	Blackpool FC	H	4–0	W
21 Feb	Mansfield Town FC	A	2–0	W
17 Feb	Northampton Town FC	H	4–0	W
14 Feb	Bolton Wanderers FC	H	1–1	D
07 Feb	Plymouth Argyle FC	A	4–1	W

Season Stats

Cardiff City FC		Lincoln City FC
#2	Position	#1
91	Points	103
46	Played	46
27 / 10 / 9	W / D / L	31 / 10 / 5
90	Scored	89
50	Conceded	41
+40	GD	+48
1.98	PPG	2.24
59%	Win %	67%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Cardiff City FC are 2nd (91 pts). Lincoln City FC are 1st (103 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Cardiff City FC welcome Lincoln City FC for this crunch clash at .
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Lincoln City FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

Lincoln City FC Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.21 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.79 Lincoln City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC27% Draw26% Lincoln City FC47%

Actual: Lincoln City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

53%

Draw or Lincoln City FC

73%

Cardiff City FC or Lincoln City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC20% Draw44% Lincoln City FC36%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.7%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 1

8.2%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

6.7%

2 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 3

5.5%

1 – 0

5.2%

0 – 3

4.6%

2 – 0

3.6%

2 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Lincoln City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	14%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	22%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	15%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Lincoln City FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.