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Lincoln City — Birmingham City, 31 October 2026, 12:30 UTC : score 1:3

match finished Championship · Matchday 13 Saturday 31 October · 12:30 UTC
LNER stadium · referee L. Smith
Match predictionSafe

Lincoln City +2.5

91% · Lincoln City games average 3.1 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Lincoln City +2.5”, and the match finished 1:3.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Lincoln City 28% draw 24% Birmingham City 48%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Birmingham City win, and the match finished 1:3. Fans backed Birmingham City win — they got it right.

fans 49 votes
Lincoln City 27% draw 16% Birmingham City 57%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
A. Priske 0-1 16'
M. Ladefoged 25'
L. Millar 27'
E. Laird 32'
C. Cohen 35'
D. Jefferies 42'
A. Priske assist: C. Klarer 0-2 60'
T. Bayliss assist: M. Ladefoged 1-2 63'
A. Cochrane assist: R. Allsop 1-3 73'
Y. E. Konak 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Lincoln City Lincoln City 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Birmingham City Birmingham City
1 George Wickens
4 Andrei Coubiș 25 Deji Elerewe 15 Sonny Bradley 3 Adam Reach
26 Yunus Konak 24 Ivan Varfolomeev
7 Reeco Hackett-Fairchild 18 Ben House 16 Dom Jefferies
11 Mikkel Ladefoged
9 August Priske
16 Patrick Roberts 28 Jay Stansfield 17 Liam Millar
24 Tomoki Iwata 14 Jhon Solís
2 Ethan Laird 5 Phil Neumann 4 Christoph Klarer 20 Alex Cochrane
1 James Beadle
Lincoln City bench
  1. 20Callum Elder
  2. 27Chiedozie Ogbene
  3. 33Daniel Oyegoke
  4. 34Freddie Draper
  5. 46Joe Gauci
  6. 17Robert Street
  7. 6Ryley Towler
  8. 19Tanto Olaofe
  9. 8Tom Bayliss
Birmingham City bench
  1. 26Bright Osayi-Samuel
  2. 7Carlos Vicente
  3. 10Demarai Gray
  4. 3Lee Buchanan
  5. 32Luis Vázquez
  6. 33Marvin Ducksch
  7. 18Max Bird
  8. 21Ryan Allsop
  9. 19Taylor Gardner-Hickman

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
55%Possession45%
11Shots17
6Shots on target6
4Shots off target6
1Blocked shots5
10Shots inside box8
1Shots outside box9
87Attacks106
52Dangerous attacks50
3Corners3
2Offsides2
13Fouls8
3Yellow cards2
2Saves5
372Passes308
251Accurate passes207
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
0Penalties0
Lincoln CityLincoln CityBirmingham CityBirmingham CityThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Lincoln City and Birmingham City met on matchday 13 of the Championship on 31 October at LNER stadium. Final score — 1:3.

Lincoln City sit 19th on 15 points after 10 matches (3 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses), winless in 3 matches. Birmingham City sit 3th on 26 points after 9 matches (7 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 3 matches, 4 matches without conceding.

Season form

all competitions of the season
Lincoln City Lincoln City last five Birmingham City Birmingham City
LLLWD form WWWLW
10 Matches 9
3 — 1 — 6 Wins — draws — defeats 7 — 1 — 1
11 — 20 Scored — conceded 20 — 6
1 Points per game 2.44
1.1 Goals scored per game 2.22
2 Clean sheets 4
3 Failed to score 1
winless in 3 Current streak unbeaten in 3

Lincoln City at home: 4 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 6—12, 0.75 points per match.

Birmingham City away: 4 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 6—3, 2.25 points per match.

League table

after the match
#TeamPWDLGoalsPts
3Wolverhampton WanderersWolverhampton Wanderers1584326—1828
4Birmingham CityBirmingham City1475226—1326
5Swansea CitySwansea City1482421—1626
…
18Cardiff CityCardiff City1436522—2315
19Lincoln CityLincoln City1443714—2415
20WatfordWatford1442813—2314
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