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Bolton

Vs

Lincoln

Since 17/08/2021

BOL wins

Draws

LIN wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

18 Bolton · 9 Lincoln

Goals per game

2.45

both sides combined

Over 1.5

73%

of meetings

Over 2.5

36%

of meetings

BTTS

45%

of meetings

Last meeting

0-1

29 Aug 2026

Next game

17 Apr

Saturday, Championship

Bolton vs Lincoln: the head-to-head

Bolton’s recent encounters with Lincoln have been a study in narrow margins, with 11 meetings since 2021 yielding a split of 6-2-3. The average of 2.45 goals per game reflects a moderately high scoring affair, and 73% of matches have seen at least two goals, while 36% have crossed the three-goal threshold. Both sides have scored in 45% of the ties, underscoring the competitive nature of the fixtures. The latest clash, on 29 August 2026 in the Championship, ended 0-1 in favour of Lincoln, a result that kept the overall tally at 18-9 for Bolton and 9-18 for Lincoln. Home advantage has tilted the balance for Bolton, who have won four of six home games, whereas away they have secured two wins from five outings. The next meeting is scheduled for 17 April 2027 in the Championship.

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 The Goal Clock – in this fixture 06 League Table 07 Squad value analysis 08 Recent results 09 Upcoming fixtures

Next meeting

Lincoln vs Bolton

Saturday 17 April 2027 · Championship

See the prediction ↗

01Head-to-head record⚖

Bolton

Lincoln

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 11 games between these two clubs

55%

win %

18%

2.45

avg goals

2.45

73%

over 1.5 %

73%

36%

over 2.5 %

36%

18%

over 3.5 %

18%

1.64

scored

0.82

conceded

1.64

45%

btts

45%

clean sheet

10.45

corners

10.45

4.36

cards

4.36

Top three rows are this fixture: 11 meetings, 6 to Bolton, 3 drawn, 2 to Lincoln, at 2.45 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Bolton

Won at home

67%

4 of 6 home meetings

Won away

40%

2 of 5 away meetings

Drawn

27%

3 of 11 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Lincoln

Won at home

20%

1 of 5 home meetings

Won away

17%

1 of 6 away meetings

Drawn

27%

3 of 11 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Bolton
29 Aug 2026	Championship	Bolton	0-1	Lincoln	L	view
14 Feb 2026	League One	Lincoln	1-1	Bolton	D	view
23 Aug 2025	League One	Bolton	1-1	Lincoln	D	view
21 Apr 2025	League One	Lincoln	4-2	Bolton	L	view
29 Dec 2024	League One	Bolton	3-0	Lincoln	W	view
26 Dec 2023	League One	Lincoln	0-1	Bolton	W	view
05 Aug 2023	League One	Bolton	3-0	Lincoln	W	view
30 Dec 2022	League One	Lincoln	1-1	Bolton	D	view
01 Oct 2022	League One	Bolton	2-0	Lincoln	W	view
22 Feb 2022	League One	Bolton	3-1	Lincoln	W	view
17 Aug 2021	League One	Lincoln	0-1	Bolton	W	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Bolton · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.4

Avg scored

1.3

Avg conceded

1.1

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.31 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.63	1.23	2.21	1.43	1.12	1.06
vs Stronger (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
vs Similar (21)	1.57	1.43	2.18	1.64	0.90	1.20
vs Weaker (9)	1.78	0.78	2.33	0.67	1.50	0.83
Clean sheet %	23% (-5pp vs league)

Lincoln · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

3.1

Avg scored

1.9

Avg conceded

1.2

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.31 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	2.20	0.83	2.43	0.93	2.00	0.75
vs Stronger (1)	1.00	2.00	-	-	1.00	2.00
vs Similar (28)	2.29	0.82	2.54	1.00	2.07	0.67
vs Weaker (1)	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	-	-
Clean sheet %	47% (+19pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Bolton

DLWWWLWDLL

Last 10: 13 scored, 11 conceded.

Lincoln

DWWWWLLWWD

Last 10: 19 scored, 12 conceded.

Bolton

Home · last 10

WDDWDLWWWL

5 won · 22 scored, 14 conceded

Away · last 10

WDLWLDWLDL

3 won · 13 scored, 12 conceded

Lincoln

Home · last 10

DWWWWWWWLD

7 won · 23 scored, 9 conceded

Away · last 10

WDWDWWWLWW

7 won · 19 scored, 9 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Bolton

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored0% / 100%

Conceded50% / 50%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 3 games. Most goals land in 76-90'.

From this fixture only: 3 of 11 meetings have goal timings on record. See Bolton's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Lincoln

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored50% / 50%

Conceded0% / 100%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 3 games. Most goals land in 1-15'.

From this fixture only: 3 of 11 meetings have goal timings on record. See Lincoln's full Goal Clock across all their games.

06League Table🏆

Record						Goals							Props / game						Squad value €m				Strengths
Rank	Team	MP	Pts	Win%	PPG	GF	GA	GD	G/G	O1.5	O2.5	O3.5	Cor	Cor O%	Crd	Crd O%	Fls	Fls O%	Tot	Att	Mid	Def	Att/g	Def/g	Poss%
1	Huddersfield	4	10	75%	2.5	9	3	+6	3.0	100%	75%	25%	7.0	0%	3.2	50%	22.2	50%	16	4	4	8	2.2	0.8	50%
2	Sheffield Weds	4	9	75%	2.2	11	5	+6	4.0	75%	75%	25%	12.2	75%	3.0	25%	27.2	100%	21	7	6	8	2.8	1.2	-
3	Blackpool	4	7	50%	1.8	8	4	+4	3.0	100%	75%	25%	12.5	50%	5.0	67%	19.5	25%	11	4	3	4	2.0	1.0	46%
4	Burton	4	7	50%	1.8	8	5	+3	3.2	100%	75%	25%	7.2	25%	4.3	67%	30.0	100%	5	1	1	2	2.0	1.2	46%
5	Barnsley	4	7	50%	1.8	5	3	+2	2.0	50%	50%	25%	13.0	75%	5.5	75%	22.2	75%	8	2	3	3	1.2	0.8	52%
6	Cambridge	4	7	50%	1.8	7	6	+1	3.2	100%	75%	25%	10.5	50%	1.8	0%	20.5	25%	5	2	1	2	1.8	1.5	-
7	Luton	4	7	50%	1.8	10	10	+0	5.0	100%	75%	75%	9.8	75%	4.8	50%	25.5	75%	29	13	4	12	2.5	2.5	56%
8	Leyton Orient	4	6	50%	1.5	9	5	+4	3.5	100%	75%	50%	9.5	50%	5.2	100%	29.2	100%	10	4	3	3	2.2	1.2	52%
9	Stockport	4	6	50%	1.5	9	6	+3	3.8	100%	75%	50%	11.2	75%	2.3	0%	18.0	25%	10	3	3	4	2.2	1.5	55%
10	Notts County	4	6	25%	1.5	6	5	+1	2.8	100%	50%	25%	9.2	50%	5.5	75%	29.0	100%	6	2	2	2	1.5	1.2	-
11	Bradford	4	6	50%	1.5	4	4	+0	2.0	75%	25%	0%	14.0	100%	3.0	25%	24.5	75%	7	3	1	3	1.0	1.0	50%
12	Mansfield	4	6	50%	1.5	8	10	-2	4.5	100%	100%	50%	8.8	25%	3.5	50%	24.2	75%	6	1	3	2	2.0	2.5	46%
13	Leicester	4	5	25%	1.2	4	3	+1	1.8	75%	25%	0%	10.8	50%	3.8	50%	23.5	50%	69	20	13	36	1.0	0.8	-
14	Reading	3	4	33%	1.3	8	4	+4	4.0	67%	67%	67%	9.3	33%	3.0	33%	25.3	100%	10	3	3	4	2.7	1.3	50%
15	Oxford	3	4	33%	1.3	5	6	-1	3.7	100%	100%	67%	11.3	67%	4.7	100%	32.7	100%	20	6	6	8	1.7	2.0	-
16	Plymouth	4	4	25%	1.0	4	6	-2	2.5	100%	25%	25%	11.5	75%	3.2	50%	24.2	75%	13	4	3	6	1.0	1.5	48%
17	Peterboro	4	4	25%	1.0	2	7	-5	2.2	75%	50%	25%	8.2	25%	4.0	67%	23.8	50%	7	3	1	3	0.5	1.8	55%
18	AFC Wimbledon	4	4	25%	1.0	2	7	-5	2.2	50%	50%	25%	12.0	75%	4.8	75%	22.8	75%	5	2	1	2	0.5	1.8	46%
19	Bromley	4	4	25%	1.0	4	13	-9	4.2	75%	50%	50%	8.8	25%	4.0	50%	24.8	75%	4	1	1	2	1.0	3.2	-
20	Doncaster	4	3	0%	0.8	4	5	-1	2.2	75%	50%	25%	11.2	50%	3.2	25%	22.5	75%	7	2	2	3	1.0	1.2	50%
21	Stevenage	4	3	0%	0.8	4	5	-1	2.2	75%	50%	25%	9.8	50%	3.3	33%	29.5	75%	7	2	2	3	1.0	1.2	45%
22	Wigan	4	3	25%	0.8	5	7	-2	3.0	75%	50%	50%	11.0	75%	4.2	75%	23.0	75%	7	2	2	3	1.2	1.8	45%
23	Milton Keynes Dons	4	3	0%	0.8	4	6	-2	2.5	75%	50%	50%	11.8	75%	3.8	50%	21.2	50%	15	5	7	3	1.0	1.5	-
24	Wycombe	4	2	0%	0.5	4	9	-5	3.2	100%	50%	25%	10.5	75%	4.0	67%	22.5	75%	10	3	2	5	1.0	2.2	54%

League One 2026/27 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full League One stats & trends →

07Squad value analysis💰

BoltonLincoln

€16.6m

squad value

€11.6m

€27.7m

attack

€11.4m

€8.8m

midfield

€6.4m

€21.3m

defence

€16.2m

players

Transfermarkt squad values, most recent season on record. Bolton carries the more valuable squad.

08Recent results📅

Bolton

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
25 Apr	@ Bradford	1-1	D
02 May	vs Luton	2-3	L
09 May	vs Bradford	1-0	W
14 May	@ Bradford	1-0	W
24 May	vs Stockport	4-1	W
08 Aug	@ Sheffield Weds	0-1	L
15 Aug	vs Preston	2-1	W
22 Aug	@ QPR	0-0	D
29 Aug	vs Lincoln	0-1	L
01 Sep	@ Sheffield United	2-3	L

Lincoln

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
18 Apr	@ Stevenage	2-2	D
21 Apr	@ Doncaster	2-0	W
25 Apr	vs Wycombe	4-3	W
02 May	@ Port Vale	2-0	W
08 Aug	@ Derby	2-1	W
15 Aug	@ Middlesbrough	1-2	L
22 Aug	vs Portsmouth	1-3	L
25 Aug	@ Blackpool	4-1	W
29 Aug	@ Bolton	1-0	W
01 Sep	vs Blackburn	0-0	D