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Championship · 2026/2027 · provider tag opta

Lincoln City

21st on points, with 15. 16th on season xG difference. 15 league matches, 19.98 xG for, 22.17 against, goal difference -11.

Season xGD
-2.19
GF minus xG
-4.98
Last 10 xGD
-3.55
xG per match
1.33

Chances and goals

Goals for xG for Goals against xG against
07132026

Cumulative league totals. A line pulling away from its pair is a gap between goals and chances, not a verdict.

Ratings that feed the price

Attack is xG for divided by the league’s home or away average. Defence is xG against divided by what the opposition usually creates in that venue. Both are shrunk towards the league with four phantom matches, so two bright afternoons cannot set the price on their own. Home attack 1.04 from 7 home matches. Home defence 1.10. Away attack 0.84 from 8 away matches. Away defence 0.93.

Next in the eight-day window: Lincoln City v Wrexham, Sat 21 Nov, 15:00. The model’s fair prices are home 39.6% (32/21), draw 26.3% (14/5), away 34.1% (31/16). λ 1.36, μ 1.24. That is a method. It is not a selection.

No regression flag. The gap between goals and xG is inside the line used from matchweek 8.

League matches

Lincoln City league matches with xG
DateH/AOpponentScorexGxGAGF−xG
7 NovAQueens Park Rangers1-21.521.73-0.52
3 NovAWatford0-10.770.63-0.77
31 OctHBirmingham City1-31.602.07-0.60
24 OctHBurnley4-12.132.46+1.87
17 OctAMillwall2-21.322.12+0.68
14 OctHWest Ham United0-60.353.21-0.35
10 OctASheffield United0-31.390.68-1.39
19 SeptHSwansea City1-22.110.92-1.11
15 SeptABristol City1-00.531.53+0.47
12 SeptAPreston North End1-00.660.58+0.34
5 SeptHSouthampton1-11.930.67-0.93
1 SeptHBlackburn Rovers0-01.460.24-1.46
29 AugABolton Wanderers1-01.321.89-0.32
22 AugHPortsmouth1-32.321.21-1.32
15 AugAMiddlesbrough1-20.572.23+0.43

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