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Lincoln

Vs

Reading

Since 16/12/2023

LIN wins

Draws

REA wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

9 Lincoln · 3 Reading

Goals per game

2.00

both sides combined

Over 1.5

83%

of meetings

Over 2.5

17%

of meetings

BTTS

50%

of meetings

Last meeting

1-2

06 Apr 2026

Next game

–

none scheduled

Lincoln vs Reading: the head-to-head

Lincoln’s recent dominance is unmistakable, having won four of the six encounters since the series began in 2023. The overall tally reads 4-0-2 in favour of Lincoln, with a total of 12 goals scored across the meetings, averaging two goals per game. The matches have been relatively high-scoring, with 83% featuring at least two goals, while only 17% have produced three or more. Both sides have managed to find the net in half of the fixtures, giving a 50% both-teams-to-score rate. The latest clash, on 06 April 2026 in Reading, ended 1-2 to Reading, a narrow defeat for Lincoln. Lincoln have been effective at home, winning two of three home games, and equally successful away, securing two victories from three away fixtures. The next encounter is yet to be scheduled.

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

01Head-to-head record⚖

Lincoln

Reading

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 6 games between these two clubs

67%

win %

2.00

avg goals

2.00

83%

over 1.5 %

83%

17%

over 2.5 %

17%

over 3.5 %

1.50

scored

0.50

conceded

1.50

50%

btts

50%

clean sheet

8.33

corners

8.33

4.00

cards

4.00

Top three rows are this fixture: 6 meetings, 4 to Lincoln, 2 drawn, 0 to Reading, at 2.00 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Lincoln

Won at home

67%

2 of 3 home meetings

Won away

67%

2 of 3 away meetings

Drawn

33%

2 of 6 meetings

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

Reading

Won at home

0 of 3 home meetings

Won away

0 of 3 away meetings

Drawn

33%

2 of 6 meetings

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

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Lincoln
06 Apr 2026	League One	Reading	1-2	Lincoln	W	view
02 Aug 2025	League One	Lincoln	2-0	Reading	W	view
18 Apr 2025	League One	Reading	0-1	Lincoln	W	view
21 Dec 2024	League One	Lincoln	2-0	Reading	W	view
06 Apr 2024	League One	Reading	1-1	Lincoln	D	view
16 Dec 2023	League One	Lincoln	1-1	Reading	D	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

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)

Reading · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.8

Avg scored

1.5

Avg conceded

1.3

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)	1.60	1.27	2.00	1.43	1.25	1.12
vs Stronger (5)	2.00	1.80	1.75	1.75	3.00	2.00
vs Similar (25)	1.52	1.16	2.10	1.30	1.13	1.07
vs Weaker (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clean sheet %	23% (-5pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Lincoln

DWWWWLLWWD

Last 10: 19 scored, 12 conceded.

Reading

LLLDLDLDWW

Last 10: 15 scored, 13 conceded.

Lincoln

Home · last 10

DWWWWWWWLD

7 won · 23 scored, 9 conceded

Away · last 10

WDWDWWWLWW

7 won · 19 scored, 9 conceded

Reading

Home · last 10

WDWDWLLLLW

4 won · 21 scored, 16 conceded

Away · last 10

WLWLDLDDDW

3 won · 11 scored, 9 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Lincoln

The Goal Clock

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

1st half / 2nd half

Scored33% / 67%

Conceded50% / 50%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 2 games. Most goals land in 1-15'.

From this fixture only: 2 of 6 meetings have goal timings on record. See Lincoln's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Reading

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%

Conceded33% / 67%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 2 games. Most goals land in 16-30'.

From this fixture only: 2 of 6 meetings have goal timings on record. See Reading'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💰

LincolnReading

€11.6m

squad value

€9.6m

€11.4m

attack

€10.7m

€6.4m

midfield

€8.9m

€16.2m

defence

€15.7m

players

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

08Recent results📅

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

Reading

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
06 Apr	vs Lincoln	1-2	L
11 Apr	@ Doncaster	0-1	L
18 Apr	vs Cardiff	1-3	L
25 Apr	@ Rotherham	1-1	D
02 May	vs Blackpool	0-1	L
08 Aug	@ Bromley	1-1	D
15 Aug	vs Luton	3-4	L
22 Aug	@ AFC Wimbledon	0-0	D
25 Aug	@ Stevenage	3-0	W
02 Sep	vs Mansfield	5-0	W