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Derby

Vs

Lincoln

Since 13/09/2022

DER wins

Draws

LIN wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

5 Derby · 6 Lincoln

Goals per game

2.20

both sides combined

Over 1.5

80%

of meetings

Over 2.5

40%

of meetings

BTTS

60%

of meetings

Last meeting

1-2

08 Aug 2026

Next game

19 Dec

Saturday, Championship

Derby vs Lincoln: the head-to-head

The Derby vs Lincoln rivalry has been surprisingly even, with two draws out of five encounters since 2022, making it hard to separate the sides. Derby have edged one match, while Lincoln have taken two, and the aggregate tally shows 5 goals for Derby and 6 for Lincoln, a total of 11 goals, giving an average of 2.2 goals per game. In 80% of these meetings at least two goals were scored, and 40% saw three or more, while both teams found the net in 60% of the fixtures. The most recent clash on 8 August 2026 ended 1-2 in favour of Lincoln, a League Cup fixture at Derby’s home ground. Derby’s home record in this series is one win, one draw and one loss from three games, whereas away they have yet to win, drawing once and losing once. The next encounter is set for 19 December 2026 in the Championship.

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 League Table 06 Squad value analysis 07 Recent results 08 Upcoming fixtures

Next meeting

Derby vs Lincoln

Saturday 19 December 2026 · Championship

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01Head-to-head record⚖

Derby

Lincoln

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 5 games between these two clubs

20%

win %

40%

2.20

avg goals

2.20

80%

over 1.5 %

80%

40%

over 2.5 %

40%

20%

over 3.5 %

20%

1.00

scored

1.20

conceded

1.00

60%

btts

60%

20%

clean sheet

40%

9.60

corners

9.60

4.00

cards

4.00

Top three rows are this fixture: 5 meetings, 1 to Derby, 2 drawn, 2 to Lincoln, at 2.20 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Derby

Won at home

33%

1 of 3 home meetings

Won away

0 of 2 away meetings

Drawn

40%

2 of 5 meetings

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

Lincoln

Won at home

50%

1 of 2 home meetings

Won away

33%

1 of 3 away meetings

Drawn

40%

2 of 5 meetings

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

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Derby
08 Aug 2026	England - League Cup	Derby	1-2	Lincoln	L	view
20 Jan 2024	League One	Lincoln	0-0	Derby	D	view
21 Dec 2023	League One	Derby	3-1	Lincoln	W	view
14 Feb 2023	League One	Derby	1-1	Lincoln	D	view
13 Sep 2022	League One	Lincoln	2-0	Derby	L	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Derby · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

3.0

Avg scored

1.3

Avg conceded

1.7

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 1.25 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.43	1.37	1.33	1.27	1.53	1.47
vs Stronger (4)	1.25	2.50	1.00	2.33	2.00	3.00
vs Similar (26)	1.46	1.19	1.42	1.00	1.50	1.36
vs Weaker (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clean sheet %	30% (+1pp 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📈

Derby

LWLWLLLDLW

Last 10: 13 scored, 17 conceded.

Lincoln

DWWWWLLWWD

Last 10: 19 scored, 12 conceded.

Derby

Home · last 10

WWWWWWLLDL

6 won · 15 scored, 11 conceded

Away · last 10

LLLWLLLWLW

3 won · 13 scored, 18 conceded

Lincoln

Home · last 10

DWWWWWWWLD

7 won · 23 scored, 9 conceded

Away · last 10

WDWDWWWLWW

7 won · 19 scored, 9 conceded

05League 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	Swansea	4	10	75%	2.5	7	1	+6	2.0	75%	50%	0%	9.2	25%	4.2	100%	22.2	75%	91	56	9	26	1.8	0.2	55%
2	QPR	4	10	75%	2.5	7	3	+4	2.5	75%	75%	25%	8.5	50%	2.8	25%	18.8	25%	71	29	15	27	1.8	0.8	46%
3	Charlton	4	10	75%	2.5	6	3	+3	2.2	75%	50%	0%	10.5	75%	3.0	25%	24.5	75%	31	18	3	10	1.5	0.8	42%
4	Southampton	4	7	50%	1.8	10	5	+5	3.8	100%	75%	50%	11.2	50%	6.5	75%	22.0	25%	205	72	53	79	2.5	1.2	56%
5	Wolves	4	7	50%	1.8	11	8	+3	4.8	100%	100%	100%	10.0	50%	4.2	75%	23.2	50%	273	79	79	116	2.8	2.0	-
6	Middlesbrough	4	7	50%	1.8	7	5	+2	3.0	100%	75%	25%	10.2	75%	3.0	50%	21.0	25%	142	74	27	41	1.8	1.2	59%
7	Bristol City	4	7	50%	1.8	7	6	+1	3.2	100%	75%	50%	10.5	75%	3.2	25%	22.5	50%	66	29	19	18	1.8	1.5	49%
8	West Brom	4	7	50%	1.8	7	6	+1	3.2	100%	75%	50%	10.5	75%	2.0	0%	21.8	25%	52	15	22	15	1.8	1.5	52%
9	Birmingham	4	6	25%	1.5	5	4	+1	2.2	75%	50%	25%	9.2	50%	3.7	33%	23.0	75%	93	46	12	35	1.2	1.0	54%
10	Sheffield United	4	6	25%	1.5	5	4	+1	2.2	50%	50%	50%	10.8	75%	3.3	67%	23.2	75%	110	29	32	49	1.2	1.0	52%
11	Millwall	4	6	50%	1.5	6	8	-2	3.5	100%	75%	25%	11.2	75%	4.0	50%	20.8	50%	85	30	29	25	1.5	2.0	48%
12	Wrexham	4	5	25%	1.2	6	4	+2	2.5	100%	50%	0%	10.8	50%	2.5	0%	23.5	100%	77	15	23	39	1.5	1.0	48%
13	West Ham	4	5	25%	1.2	8	7	+1	3.8	100%	75%	50%	12.5	100%	4.0	75%	20.0	25%	274	84	48	141	2.0	1.8	-
14	Blackburn	4	5	25%	1.2	5	5	+0	2.5	75%	75%	25%	10.0	75%	4.5	100%	21.8	50%	36	15	7	14	1.2	1.2	48%
15	Watford	4	5	25%	1.2	4	5	-1	2.2	100%	25%	0%	11.8	75%	4.8	75%	20.2	25%	88	28	38	22	1.0	1.2	51%
16	Bolton	4	4	25%	1.0	4	5	-1	2.2	50%	50%	25%	11.0	75%	3.2	25%	19.8	25%	17	4	4	9	1.0	1.2	-
17	Derby	4	4	25%	1.0	5	7	-2	3.0	100%	75%	25%	11.8	75%	4.2	50%	23.5	100%	57	25	14	18	1.2	1.8	44%
18	Lincoln	4	4	25%	1.0	3	5	-2	2.0	50%	50%	25%	12.2	100%	3.2	50%	25.0	75%	12	3	2	6	0.8	1.2	-
19	Cardiff	4	3	0%	0.8	6	7	-1	3.2	100%	75%	50%	13.2	75%	3.5	50%	22.5	100%	29	15	4	10	1.5	1.8	-
20	Norwich	4	3	25%	0.8	5	7	-2	3.0	75%	75%	25%	9.2	50%	4.8	75%	23.0	75%	107	46	31	29	1.2	1.8	54%
21	Portsmouth	4	3	25%	0.8	5	8	-3	3.2	100%	75%	50%	11.8	100%	2.8	25%	25.0	50%	32	13	5	14	1.2	2.0	50%
22	Stoke	4	3	25%	0.8	4	9	-5	3.2	75%	75%	50%	7.8	0%	5.5	100%	26.8	100%	79	35	11	32	1.0	2.2	52%
23	Burnley	4	2	0%	0.5	5	10	-5	3.8	100%	75%	75%	8.5	25%	4.8	75%	20.0	0%	115	70	8	37	1.2	2.5	-
24	Preston	4	0	0%	0.0	3	9	-6	3.0	75%	75%	50%	8.5	25%	3.5	50%	25.0	75%	43	17	3	22	0.8	2.2	46%

Championship 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 Championship stats & trends →

06Squad value analysis💰

DerbyLincoln

€56.6m

squad value

€11.6m

€60.8m

attack

€11.4m

€32.1m

midfield

€6.4m

€65.2m

defence

€16.2m

players

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

07Recent results📅

Derby

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
11 Apr	@ Southampton	1-2	L
18 Apr	vs Oxford	1-0	W
21 Apr	@ Norwich	1-2	L
25 Apr	@ QPR	3-2	W
02 May	vs Sheffield United	1-2	L
08 Aug	vs Lincoln	1-2	L
15 Aug	@ Charlton	1-2	L
22 Aug	vs Cardiff	2-2	D
29 Aug	vs Swansea	0-3	L
01 Sep	@ Portsmouth	2-0	W

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