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Championship · Matchday 12 Match report

Lincoln City 4-1 Burnley: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Lincoln City crest Lincoln City
4-1Full time
Burnley crest Burnley
ProAmpac Stadium, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Our picks against the result

7 of 12 right

  • Result Lincoln City win40% 4-1
  • Double chance Lincoln City or draw (1X)70% 4-1
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.551% 5 goals
  • More corners Lincoln City48% Burnley (2-5)
  • Yellow cards Above average 2 yellow cards · league 2.7
  • Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 3.5 Under64% 4.5 Under81% 5.5 Under91%
  • Corners Around average 7 corners · league 10.4
  • Corners 7 corners 8.5 Over62% 9.5 Over51% 10.5 Under59%

Match stats

Lincoln City Burnley
  • 4 Goals 1
  • 1 Yellow cards 1
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 2 Corners 5

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Lincoln City vs Burnley takes place at the ProAmpac Stadium on Saturday 24 October 2026 in the Championship, and for Matchday 12 our model picks a home win, with Lincoln City win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model leans towards Lincoln City at home, largely because the gap in long-run strength to Burnley is only slight and Lincoln sit above the Championship average on that measure, with home advantage adding another nudge. The clearest argument on the other side is Lincoln's attacking output across their last five matches: below the league average for shots, big chances created and time in the opposition box. What keeps the call standing is that Burnley have been giving up big chances more often than the league norm in their recent play, and the goal model reads the matchup as evenly set. It is a narrow call.

Form guide

Lincoln City

  • D 2-2 at Millwall (A) Championship · 17 Oct
  • L 0-6 vs West Ham United (H) Championship · 14 Oct
  • L 0-3 at Sheffield United (A) Championship · 10 Oct
  • L 1-2 vs Swansea City (H) Championship · 19 Sep
  • W 1-0 at Bristol City (A) Championship · 15 Sep

Burnley

  • L 1-2 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) Championship · 16 Oct
  • D 2-2 vs Charlton Athletic (H) Championship · 13 Oct
  • W 4-0 at Watford (A) Championship · 10 Oct
  • D 1-1 vs Derby County (H) Championship · 19 Sep
  • L 1-3 at Swansea City (A) Championship · 12 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Lincoln CityBurnley
Attack 43 83 0.8 goals per match this season1.5 goals per match this season
Defence 30 91 1.7 conceded per match this season1.9 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Championship clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

1Lincoln City wins
0draws
0Burnley wins

1 meeting since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 18 Feb 2017 · FA Cup Burnley 0-1 Lincoln City

Championship so far

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
18 Lincoln City 11 335 9:19 -10 12
22 Burnley 11 155 16:21 -5 8

Positions in our table of 24 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Championship, Matchday 12
Kick-off
Venue
ProAmpac Stadium, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Questions and answers

What was the score of Lincoln City vs Burnley?

Lincoln City 4-1 Burnley in the Championship (Matchday 12) on Saturday 24 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Lincoln City vs Burnley right?

Yes: our result pick was Lincoln City win, and the score after 90 minutes was 4-1. 7 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Lincoln City vs Burnley?

2 yellow cards (Lincoln City 1, Burnley 1), no red cards and 7 corners (Lincoln City 2, Burnley 5).

Other Championship results that day

All results

Times are UTC.