Lincoln City v Watford

Championship · Matchweek 28

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Season context

Lincoln City	at home	Stat	league	away	Watford
36.4 #24	–	Ball possession	50.1	–	43.4 #21
12.6 #15	–	Shots total	13.4	–	11.9 #19
2.9 #23	–	Shots on target	4.2	–	3.9 #15
4.4 #21	–	Corners	5.4	–	3.4 #23
14.0 #2	–	Fouls	11.2	–	11.0 #13
2.9 #4	–	Offsides	2.1	–	1.0 #23
18.7 #1	–	Tackles	14.8	–	15.6 #6
81.3 #23	–	Attacks	93.5	–	85.3 #19
42.9 #17	–	Dangerous attacks	46.3	–	39.9 #20
272.4 #24	–	Passes	418.1	–	374.1 #16
2.7 #2	–	Yellowcards	1.8	–	2.6 #3
0.7 #17	–	Assists	1.0	–	0.4 #22
– #19	–	Btts	66.3	–	– #7
– #1	–	Cleansheet	21.1	–	– #18
– #9	–	Draw	28.9	–	– #9
1.5 #11	–	Expected goals	1.5	–	1.2 #18
-0.7 #23	–	Expected goals difference	-0.1	–	-0.2 #16
– #14	–	Failed to score	21.0	–	– #7
0.9 #21	0.7	Goals	1.4	0.3	1.0 #17
0.9 #22	1.3	Goals conceded	1.4	1.3	1.3 #15
0.1 #11	–	Injury time goals	0.2	–	0.3 #1
11.4 #4	–	Interceptions	8.8	–	10.7 #5
– #13	–	Lost	35.5	–	– #7
0.1 #4	–	Penalties scored	0.2	–	–
6.9 #7	–	Rating	6.8	–	6.7 #20
4.0 #11	–	Shots blocked	3.8	–	3.9 #12
8.6 #13	–	Shots insidebox	9.1	–	8.7 #11
5.7 #10	–	Shots off target	5.4	–	4.1 #20
4.0 #13	–	Shots outsidebox	4.4	–	3.1 #21
– #7	–	Win	35.6	–	– #15

Season averages per match; # = rank in league of 24.

League this season · 2026/2027

Played: 81 of 552
Goals / match: 2.86 (home 1.63 · away 1.23)
Home / draw / away: 42% · 28% · 30%
BTTS · over 2.5: 67% · 63%
Cards / match: 3.74 (reds 0.02)

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Bench

Key players · top 3 by influence, ranks within the current squad

Lincoln City · 2026/2027 · Championship

Adam Reach 3 · Left Back

Rating 7.05 (82th pct) · G+A 1 + 0 (17% of team goals) · 97% of minutes

Ben House 18 · Left Wing

Rating 6.99 (73th pct) · G+A 1 + 1 (33% of team goals) · 77% of minutes

George Wickens 1 · Goalkeeper

Rating 7.2 (96th pct) · G+A 0 + 0 (0% of team goals) · 100% of minutes

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Watford · 2026/2027 · Championship

Iker Bravo 17 · Centre Forward

Rating 6.95 (64th pct) · G+A 1 + 1 (29% of team goals) · 83% of minutes

Mattie Pollock 6 · Centre Back

Rating 6.97 (76th pct) · G+A 0 + 0 (0% of team goals) · 100% of minutes

Hector Kyprianou 5 · Defensive Midfield

Rating 6.81 (37th pct) · G+A 0 + 0 (0% of team goals) · 100% of minutes

All key players

Competition

Stage: Regular Season
Round: 28

Venue

Stadium: LNER Stadium, Lincoln
Capacity: 10,780
Surface: grass

Teams

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2026/2027

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	West Ham United	7	4	2	1	20	9	11	14	DWWWW
2	Swansea City	7	4	2	1	11	5	6	14	WWDLW
3	Middlesbrough	7	4	2	1	14	10	4	14	WDWWD
4	West Bromwich Albion	7	4	2	1	10	7	3	14	LDWWD
5	Queens Park Rangers	7	3	3	1	8	5	3	12	WWLDD
6	Charlton Athletic	7	3	3	1	6	7	-1	12	WDLDD
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	3	2	1	14	10	4	11	WWLDW
8	Lincoln City	7	3	2	2	6	6	0	11	WDDWW
9	Southampton (-4)	7	4	2	1	18	8	10	10	WDDWW
10	Birmingham City	7	2	4	1	10	9	1	10	WDDLW
11	Millwall	7	3	1	3	13	13	0	10	LLWLD
12	Stoke City	7	3	1	3	11	11	0	10	LWWDW
13	Bristol City	7	3	1	3	10	12	-2	10	WWWLL
14	Norwich City	7	3	0	4	13	13	0	9	WLWWL
15	Sheffield United	7	2	3	2	8	9	-1	9	DWLWL
16	Blackburn Rovers	7	2	2	3	10	10	0	8	LDLLW
17	Watford	7	2	2	3	7	9	-2	8	DLLWL
18	Portsmouth	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1	7	WLLWD
19	Wrexham	7	1	4	2	7	11	-4	7	LWDDL
20	Bolton Wanderers	7	2	1	4	7	12	-5	7	LLLLW
21	Cardiff City	7	0	4	3	7	11	-4	4	DLLDL
22	Derby County	7	1	1	5	6	13	-7	4	LWLLL
23	Preston North End	7	1	0	6	6	13	-7	3	LLWLL
24	Burnley	7	0	3	4	8	16	-8	3	LDLDL

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Southampton	4	4	0	0	15	4	11	12	WDDWW
2	Middlesbrough	4	3	1	0	11	7	4	10	WDWWD
3	West Ham United	4	3	0	1	14	4	10	9	DWWWW
4	Swansea City	4	2	2	0	5	1	4	8	WWDLW
5	West Bromwich Albion	4	2	2	0	6	3	3	8	LDWWD
6	Charlton Athletic	4	2	2	0	3	1	2	8	WDLDD
7	Watford	4	2	1	1	6	5	1	7	DLLWL
8	Millwall	3	2	0	1	7	3	4	6	LLWLD
9	Stoke City	3	2	0	1	6	2	4	6	LWWDW
10	Norwich City	3	2	0	1	7	4	3	6	WLWWL
11	Blackburn Rovers	4	2	0	2	7	6	1	6	LDLLW
12	Bolton Wanderers	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6	LLLLW
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	1	0	6	3	3	4	WWLDW
14	Queens Park Rangers	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	WWLDD
15	Sheffield United	4	1	1	2	4	6	-2	4	DWLWL
16	Birmingham City	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3	WDDLW
17	Cardiff City	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3	DLLDL
18	Portsmouth	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3	WLLWD
19	Bristol City	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3	WWWLL
20	Preston North End	4	1	0	3	4	8	-4	3	LLWLL
21	Burnley	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2	LDLDL
22	Wrexham	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2	LWDDL
23	Lincoln City	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	2	WDDWW
24	Derby County	4	0	1	3	3	8	-5	1	LWLLL

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Lincoln City	4	3	0	1	4	2	2	9	WDDWW
2	Queens Park Rangers	4	2	2	0	6	3	3	8	WWLDD
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	2	1	1	8	7	1	7	WWLDW
4	Birmingham City	4	2	1	1	5	4	1	7	WDDLW
5	Bristol City	4	2	1	1	8	8	0	7	WWWLL
6	Swansea City	3	2	0	1	6	4	2	6	WWDLW
7	West Bromwich Albion	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6	LDWWD
8	West Ham United	3	1	2	0	6	5	1	5	DWWWW
9	Sheffield United	3	1	2	0	4	3	1	5	DWLWL
10	Wrexham	4	1	2	1	4	7	-3	5	LWDDL
11	Portsmouth	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4	WLLWD
12	Middlesbrough	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	WDWWD
13	Charlton Athletic	3	1	1	1	3	6	-3	4	WDLDD
14	Millwall	4	1	1	2	6	10	-4	4	LLWLD
15	Stoke City	4	1	1	2	5	9	-4	4	LWWDW
16	Derby County	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3	LWLLL
17	Norwich City	4	1	0	3	6	9	-3	3	WLWWL
18	Blackburn Rovers	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2	LDLLW
19	Southampton	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2	WDDWW
20	Watford	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1	DLLWL
21	Cardiff City	4	0	1	3	3	7	-4	1	DLLDL
22	Bolton Wanderers	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1	LLLLW
23	Burnley	4	0	1	3	4	11	-7	1	LDLDL
24	Preston North End	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3	0	LLWLL

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Lincoln City

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Watford

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No previous meetings on record.

Metric	Lincoln City all · 7	Lincoln City at home · 3	Watford all · 7	Watford away · 3
Results
Matches	7	–	7	–
Points per game	1.57	–	1.14	–
W / D / L	3 / 2 / 2	–	2 / 2 / 3	–
Goals for / match	0.86	–	1.00	–
Goals against / match	0.86	–	1.29	–
Clean sheets	57%	–	0%	–
Failed to score	14%	–	29%	–
Both teams scored	43%	–	71%	–
Over 2.5	29%	–	43%	–
Expected goals
xG for / match	1.51	–	1.17	–
xG against / match	1.35	–	1.78	–
xG difference	0.16	–	-0.60	–
Finishing vs xG	-0.66	–	-0.17	–
xPts / match	1.50	–	1.01	–
Points vs xPts	0.08	–	0.13	–
Game state
Scored first	57%	–	43%	–
PPG when scoring first	2.25	–	1.67	–
PPG when conceding first	0.50	–	0.75	–
Came back from behind	33%	–	25%	–
Leads held	75%	–	50%	–
Minutes leading	19%	–	17%	–
Minutes level	61%	–	44%	–
Minutes trailing	20%	–	39%	–
First goal (min)	55	–	41	–
First goal conceded (min)	38	–	28	–
Timing
Goals scored in 2nd half	67%	–	43%	–
Goals conceded in 2nd half	50%	–	22%	–
Late goals for (76'+)	0.29	–	0.29	–
Late goals against	0.14	–	0.00	–
Style
Possession	36%	–	43%	–
Shots	12.6	–	11.7	–
On target	3.0	–	3.7	–
Shot conversion	7%	–	8%	–
Shots inside box	68%	–	73%	–
Big chances created	1.7	–	1.7	–
Corners	4.4	–	3.4	–
xG from set plays	46%	–	22%	–
Goals from headers	50%	–	29%	–
Pressure index	9.4	–	9.3	–
Dominant minutes	37.1	–	42.6	–
Pass accuracy	69%	–	79%	–
Fouls	13.6	–	11.1	–
Cards	2.57	–	2.57	–

Goal timing for / against per 15 min

Lincoln City

0–15'11

16–30'01

31–45'11

46–60'10

61–75'12

76–90'21

Watford

0–15'22

16–30'23

31–45'02

46–60'02

61–75'10

76–90'20

Pressure DNA · intensity v an average side in the same situations, SD units

Lincoln City · 7 matches

Pressure in line with an average side in the same situations (-0.10) · stands out: late chase (76+, behind) -0.60

Tempo

Overall intensity-0.107

Early press (0-15, level)+0.357

Late push (76+, level)-0.504

Late chase (76+, behind)-0.603

Game state

When ahead-0.184

When level-0.047

When behind-0.183

10 min after conceding+0.083

10 min after scoring+0.346

Situations

At home-0.033

Away-0.164

3 days rest or fewer-0.122

4+ days rest-0.105

Opposition

v mid-tier opponents-0.092

v bottom-tier opponents-0.115

Evenly matched-0.134

As underdog-0.063

Conceded

Pressure conceded+0.187

Conceded when ahead+0.204

Conceded late (76+)+0.217

Congested vs rested -0.02 · Ahead vs level -0.14 · Behind vs level -0.14

Watford · 7 matches

Pressure in line with an average side in the same situations (-0.09) · stands out: late push (76+, level) -0.45

Tempo

Overall intensity-0.097

Early press (0-15, level)-0.117

Late push (76+, level)-0.453

Late chase (76+, behind)-0.193

Game state

When ahead-0.144

When level-0.157

When behind+0.004

10 min after conceding-0.177

10 min after scoring-0.015

Situations

At home-0.234

Away+0.093

3 days rest or fewer+0.062

4+ days rest-0.155

Opposition

v mid-tier opponents+0.024

v bottom-tier opponents-0.122

As underdog-0.085

Conceded

Pressure conceded+0.277

Conceded when ahead+0.454

Conceded late (76+)-0.017

Congested vs rested +0.21 · Ahead vs level +0.01 · Behind vs level +0.16

Lincoln City

Current: unbeaten 5 · wins 2 · scoring 3 · clean sheets 2

Formation	Use	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA
3-4-2-1	3 43%	2.33	1.0	0.33	1.46	0.96
3-4-3	2 29%	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.17
5-3-2	1 14%	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.89	2.9
4-2-3-1	1 14%	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.34	1.38

Watford

Current: winless 1 · scoring 2 · conceding 14

Formation	Use	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA
4-2-3-1	6 86%	0.83	0.83	1.33	1.03	1.75
4-1-4-1	1 14%	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.02	1.93

Metric	Lincoln City all · 10	Lincoln City at home · 4	Watford all · 10	Watford away · 10
Results
Matches	10	–	10	10
Points per game	1.50	–	0.80	0.50
W / D / L	4 / 3 / 3	–	2 / 2 / 6	1 / 2 / 7
Goals for / match	1.20	–	0.80	0.70
Goals against / match	1.20	–	2.10	2.10
Clean sheets	40%	–	0%	0%
Failed to score	10%	–	40%	40%
Both teams scored	60%	–	60%	60%
Over 2.5	40%	–	60%	50%
Expected goals
xG for / match	1.51	–	1.17	1.21
xG against / match	1.35	–	1.82	1.94
xG difference	0.16	–	-0.64	-0.72
Finishing vs xG	-0.66	–	-0.37	-0.51
xPts / match	1.50	–	0.99	0.98
Points vs xPts	0.08	–	-0.19	-0.48
Game state
Scored first	50%	–	30%	20%
PPG when scoring first	2.00	–	1.67	2.00
PPG when conceding first	1.00	–	0.43	0.13
Came back from behind	40%	–	14%	12%
Leads held	67%	–	50%	50%
Minutes leading	24%	–	12%	6%
Minutes level	49%	–	36%	36%
Minutes trailing	26%	–	52%	58%
First goal (min)	52	–	42	54
First goal conceded (min)	36	–	24	26
Timing
Goals scored in 2nd half	58%	–	50%	71%
Goals conceded in 2nd half	50%	–	38%	43%
Late goals for (76'+)	0.30	–	0.20	0.40
Late goals against	0.40	–	0.20	0.40
Style
Possession	38%	–	43%	49%
Shots	13.4	–	11.5	11.3
On target	4.2	–	3.6	3.6
Shot conversion	9%	–	7%	6%
Shots inside box	68%	–	72%	58%
Big chances created	1.7	–	1.9	2.5
Corners	4.7	–	3.0	3.9
xG from set plays	46%	–	17%	17%
Goals from headers	30%	–	25%	14%
Pressure index	13.5	–	8.7	8.1
Dominant minutes	41.0	–	38.3	39.0
Pass accuracy	73%	–	80%	80%
Fouls	13.9	–	11.9	11.5
Cards	2.60	–	2.50	2.60

Goal timing for / against per 15 min

Lincoln City

0–15'14

16–30'21

31–45'21

46–60'30

61–75'12

76–90'34

Watford

0–15'23

16–30'25

31–45'05

46–60'14

61–75'12

76–90'22

Lincoln City

Current: unbeaten 5 · wins 2 · scoring 3 · clean sheets 2

Formation	Use	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA
3-4-2-1	3 30%	2.33	1.0	0.33	1.46	0.96
5-3-2	2 20%	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.89	2.9
4-2-3-1	2 20%	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.34	1.38
3-4-3	2 20%	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.17
3-1-4-2	1 10%	3.0	4.0	3.0	–	–

Watford

Current: winless 1 · scoring 2 · conceding 14

Formation	Use	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA
4-2-3-1	6 60%	0.83	0.83	1.33	1.03	1.75
3-5-1-1	1 10%	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.61	1.41
3-5-2	1 10%	0.0	1.0	5.0	1.13	2.51
4-4-2	1 10%	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.79	1.83
4-1-4-1	1 10%	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.02	1.93

Metric	Lincoln City all · 8	Lincoln City at home · 3	Watford all · 49	Watford away · 25
Results
Matches	8	–	49	25
Points per game	1.50	–	1.22	0.80
W / D / L	3 / 3 / 2	–	15 / 15 / 19	4 / 8 / 13
Goals for / match	0.88	–	1.14	0.96
Goals against / match	0.88	–	1.49	1.80
Clean sheets	50%	–	14%	8%
Failed to score	12%	–	29%	32%
Both teams scored	50%	–	61%	64%
Over 2.5	25%	–	49%	52%
Expected goals
xG for / match	1.51	–	1.35	1.19
xG against / match	1.35	–	1.33	1.47
xG difference	0.16	–	0.03	-0.27
Finishing vs xG	-0.66	–	-0.21	-0.23
xPts / match	1.50	–	1.40	1.24
Points vs xPts	0.08	–	-0.17	-0.44
Game state
Scored first	62%	–	26%	20%
PPG when scoring first	2.00	–	2.23	1.80
PPG when conceding first	0.50	–	0.85	0.53
Came back from behind	33%	–	44%	32%
Leads held	60%	–	65%	40%
Minutes leading	24%	–	16%	8%
Minutes level	59%	–	47%	45%
Minutes trailing	17%	–	37%	47%
First goal (min)	51	–	48	53
First goal conceded (min)	51	–	30	25
Timing
Goals scored in 2nd half	57%	–	59%	71%
Goals conceded in 2nd half	57%	–	44%	40%
Late goals for (76'+)	0.25	–	0.31	0.28
Late goals against	0.25	–	0.22	0.28
Style
Possession	38%	–	50%	50%
Shots	12.6	–	13.6	11.8
On target	3.4	–	4.4	3.5
Shot conversion	7%	–	8%	8%
Shots inside box	68%	–	60%	60%
Big chances created	1.7	–	2.2	2.1
Corners	4.6	–	4.9	4.5
xG from set plays	46%	–	26%	29%
Goals from headers	50%	–	14%	13%
Pressure index	15.5	–	11.0	9.5
Dominant minutes	44.3	–	45.9	41.1
Pass accuracy	69%	–	80%	79%
Fouls	14.6	–	10.7	10.4
Cards	3.00	–	2.16	2.28

Goal timing for / against per 15 min

Lincoln City

0–15'11

16–30'11

31–45'11

46–60'10

61–75'12

76–90'22

Watford

0–15'711

16–30'616

31–45'1014

46–60'911

61–75'910

76–90'1511

Pressure DNA · intensity v an average side in the same situations, SD units

Lincoln City · 8 matches

Pressure in line with an average side in the same situations (-0.09) · stands out: late chase (76+, behind) -0.60

Tempo

Overall intensity-0.098

Early press (0-15, level)+0.238

Late push (76+, level)-0.504

Late chase (76+, behind)-0.603

Game state

When ahead-0.115

When level-0.048

When behind-0.183

10 min after conceding+0.083

10 min after scoring+0.287

Situations

At home-0.033

Away-0.135

3 days rest or fewer-0.122

4+ days rest-0.086

Opposition

v mid-tier opponents-0.092

v bottom-tier opponents-0.115

Evenly matched-0.105

As underdog-0.063

Conceded

Pressure conceded+0.118

Conceded when ahead-0.025

Conceded late (76+)+0.148

Congested vs rested -0.04 · Ahead vs level -0.07 · Behind vs level -0.14

Watford · 49 matches

Pressure in line with an average side in the same situations (+0.02) · stands out: with ten men -0.27

Tempo

Overall intensity+0.0249

Early press (0-15, level)+0.0149

Late push (76+, level)+0.0820

Late chase (76+, behind)-0.0419

Game state

When ahead-0.0223

When level+0.0649

When behind-0.0134

10 min after conceding-0.2042

10 min after scoring+0.2433

Situations

With ten men-0.273

At home-0.0424

Away+0.0825

3 days rest or fewer+0.1117

4+ days rest-0.0332

Opposition

v mid-tier opponents-0.0127

v bottom-tier opponents+0.0415

As favourite+0.0714

Evenly matched-0.0320

As underdog+0.0515

Conceded

Pressure conceded+0.1049

Conceded when ahead+0.1523

Conceded late (76+)-0.1843

Congested vs rested +0.14 · Ahead vs level -0.08 · Behind vs level -0.07

Lincoln City

Current: unbeaten 5 · wins 2 · scoring 3 · clean sheets 2

Formation	Use	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA
3-4-2-1	3 38%	2.33	1.0	0.33	1.46	0.96
3-4-3	2 25%	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.17
4-2-3-1	2 25%	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.34	1.38
5-3-2	1 12%	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.89	2.9

Watford

Current: winless 1 · scoring 2 · conceding 14

Formation	Use	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA
4-4-2	21 43%	1.48	1.29	1.29	1.25	1.32
4-2-3-1	16 33%	1.13	1.06	1.19	1.17	1.18
3-4-1-2	3 6%	2.33	2.0	1.33	3.0	1.2
3-5-2	2 4%	0.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	1.79
5-4-1	2 4%	0.0	0.5	3.5	1.16	1.82

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Lincoln City · 2026/2027 · Championship

Watford · 2026/2027 · Championship

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Watford

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Lincoln City · 8 matches

Watford · 49 matches

Lincoln City

Watford

Pre-match movement · ends at kick-off

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