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Lincoln City v Cambridge United : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 8th Feb, 15:00 BST, Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Garry Monk pays counterpart Michael Skubala a visit on Saturday afternoon in the League One, as their Cambridge United and Lincoln City charges go head to head at the Sincil Bank. In this preview you'll find the best odds for 17 different betting markets as well as predictions, statistics and head-to-head data for both teams. You can access it all using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Lincoln or Cambridge are in the kind of form that would leave us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 75% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lincoln are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 54% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.73.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lincoln
54%
8/11
4%
8/11
2%
Draw
24%
12/5
6%
13/5
4%
Cambridge
22%
17/4
5%
19/5
4%
Lincoln 1-0
12%
5/1
8%
19/4
Draw 1-1
11%
11/2
7%
11/2
Lincoln 2-0
10%
13/26/1
Lincoln 2-1
10%
15/27/1
7%
Draw 0-0
7%
15/2
11%
7/1
6%
Cambridge 1-0
7%
11/1
8%
9/1
Cambridge 2-1
6%
16/112/1
Lincoln 3-0
6%
12/110/1
Lincoln 3-1
5%
14/112/1
8%
Draw 2-2
5%
16/114/1
Cambridge 2-0
3%
25/118/1
Lincoln 3-2
3%
28/122/1
10%
Lincoln 4-0
2%
28/1
12%
20/1
11%
Lincoln 4-1
2%
33/1
17%
22/1
10%
Cambridge 3-1
2%
40/128/1
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
11/10
5%
21/20
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
7/10
6%
7/10
3%
Home 1st Goal
54%
1/2
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
42%
21/10-
No 1st Goal
4%
15/2
11%
-
BTTS - Yes
51%
1/1
3%
1/1
BTTS - No
49%
3/4
3%
8/11
1%
BTTS - Home Win
23%
3/1
7%
29/10
3%
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/14/1
BTTS - Away Win
10%
10/18/1
Home/draw
78%
1/6
3%
2/11
1%
Away/draw
46%
21/20
5%
21/20
5%
Home/away
76%
3/10
1%
2/7
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
1/3
2%
7/20
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
9/4
4%
2/1
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
11/4
7%
13/5
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
1/4
3%
1/4
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
7/1
14%
6/1
8%
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/12
2%
1/12
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
18/1
27%
12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/50
1%
1/50
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/14
1%
1/18
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
8/1
5%
7/1
6%
Home DNB
71%
1/42/7
3%
Away DNB
39%
11/412/5
6%
Lincoln win to nil
30%
13/8-
Cambridge win to nil
12%
7/1
11%
-
Lincoln / Lincoln
30%
7/4
5%
13/8
1%
Lincoln / Cambridge
2%
40/128/1
15%
Lincoln / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Lincoln
18%
10/310/3
3%
Draw / Cambridge
8%
9/18/1
5%
Draw / Draw
16%
4/1
9%
19/5
4%
Cambridge / Lincoln
4%
22/118/1
Cambridge / Cambridge
10%
15/213/2
Cambridge / Draw
5%
16/112/1
13%
Win / draw / win League One table

Lincoln have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 6 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 6 fixtures. Lincoln have outscored their opponents by 35 goals to 29 goals.

Home League Performance

Lincoln have played 14 games at home winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Cambridge are in 24th position in the League One on 22 points having played 28 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 28 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

28 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 7 and won 5. Cambridge have conceded 50 goals, scored 29, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lincoln
Cambridge
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham2719622763 
l
 
1-3F
Mar 8
May 3
Feb 11
2
Wycombe2917842559 
l
 
2-3F
Mar 29
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
3
Wrexham2916761855 
May 3
l
 
1-0A
Apr 1
d
 
2-2F
4
Stockport2914871650 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 26
Feb 22
l
 
2-0A
5
Huddersfield2814681548 
Apr 1
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-4A
Apr 18
6
L Orient28135101544 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 15
Apr 21
l
 
2-0A
7
Charlton281288844 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 5
Apr 12
l
 
2-1A
8
Reading2813510244 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 18
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-0A
9
Bolton2913511044 
Apr 21
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
10
Barnsley2912710243 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 1
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
11
Stevenage271179240 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Mar 4
w
 
0-2F
12
Lincoln Home2910910139 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Feb 8
13
Blackpool289118138 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
4-4A
Mar 11
14
Mansfield2711412137 
w
 
4-1F
Feb 18
w
 
3-2F
l
 
2-1A
15
Rotherham2810711037 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
16
Wigan289712-134 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-0F
Mar 8
17
Exeter299515-1332 
Mar 22
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 15
l
 
1-0A
18
Bristol R289415-1631 
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
19
Peterborough298615-1030 
w
 
5-1F
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
l
 
6-1A
20
Northampton297913-1730 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
Mar 29
d
 
0-00-0
21
Burton2951014-1425 
Feb 22
w
 
2-3A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
22
Crawley276615-2124 
Mar 4
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
Mar 1
23
Shrewsbury286517-2023 
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-1F
Apr 5
24
Cambridge Away285716-2122 
Feb 8
w
 
0-2F
-
-
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
8
Cambridge have not won in 8 consecutive away league games
Lincoln 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Cambridge 24TH
20 league games
Away
8
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Lincoln have beaten Cambridge in 3 consecutive league meetings
4
Lincoln have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive league meetings with Cambridge
League games at Lincoln since 2005
Lincoln
Cambridge
Goals: Scored
9
3
Games: Scored
3 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
3 / 6
LIN
2
D
3
CMU
1
League games at Cambridge since 2004
Cambridge
Lincoln
Goals: Scored
4
13
Games: Scored
3 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
4 / 7
LIN
5
D
1
CMU
1
Goal Statistics

Lincoln City's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Cambridge United have conceded in each of their last 13 League One outings. A PG of 1.7 for M. Skubala's side suggests that run should continue.

Lincoln 12th Cambridge 24th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 82% probability that Lincoln will score 1 or more goals
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Cambridge scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Lincoln have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
-32
Cambridge have scored 32% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Lincoln
PG (predicted goals)
Cambridge
1.7
1
Attack rating
%
better
LIN
CMU
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
LIN
CMU
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Lincoln v Cambridge League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
295310
S RoughanB HouseT DarikwaP O'Connor
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Roughan DEF2912
2
-
T Darikwa DEF2843
7
-
P O'Connor DEF2823
9
1
E Erhahon  MID26
7
2
J Makama FWD2623
3
-
C McGrandles MID25
6
-
J Moylan MID252
1
-
F Draper FWD253
3
-
G Wickens GLK24
3
-
B House FWD2451
9
-
D Jefferies MID2212
2
-
B Cadamarteri FWD225
1
-
E Hamilton MID18
1
-
T Bayliss MID1713
1
-
R Hackett FWD1612
3
-
A Jackson DEF1521
2
1
E Ring FWD1511
-
L Montsma  DEF121
2
-
T Hamer DEF1121
-
Z Jeacock GLK6
-
J Collins FWD32
1
-
Cambridge League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25638
J BrophyE KachungaD AndrewD Andrew
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Brophy MID281
5
-
D Andrew DEF2713
8
-
L. Bennett DEF251
5
-
E Kachunga FWD256
8
-
M Morrison DEF231
3
1
K Smith MID231
6
-
J Okedina DEF20
1
J Cousins MID2011
1
-
B Njoku FWD201
2
-
D N'Lundulu FWD1941
2
-
S Kaikai FWD173
3
-
R Loft FWD172
4
-
Z Rossi DEF15
3
-
P Digby MID15
5
-
J Gibbons DEF14
2
-
J Stokes MID1432
1
-
D. Barton MID12
-
S Lavery FWD1242
2
-
K Watts DEF112
-
E Longelo DEF1012
-
J Stevens GLK7
1
-
T Richards MID5
-
M Marosi GLK2
-
D Osong FWD2
-
D Ballard FWD2
-
B Stevenson MID1
-
G Hoddle MID1
-