Lincoln vs Birmingham

England • Championship • 2026/2027 • Round 13

Lincoln

12:3031 October 2026

Birmingham

Match information

Country: England
Competition: Championship
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 13
Date: 31 October 2026
Kick-off: 12:30
Stadium: LNER stadium
Referee: L. Smith

Prediction

Lincoln win18%

Draw24%

Birmingham win58%

Full prediction

Clubs

Lincoln

Founded: 1884
Country: England
Stadium: LNER Stadium
City: Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Capacity: 10 780
Surface: grass

Birmingham

Founded: 1875
Country: England
Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium
City: Birmingham
Capacity: 30 009
Surface: grass

Recent form

Lincoln

LLLDW

Birmingham

DWWWL

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
6	Southampton	12	+12	20
7	Birmingham	12	+8	20
8	QPR	12	+8	20
…
14	Bristol City	12	-3	15
15	Lincoln	12	-7	15
16	Cardiff	12	+2	14

Full standings

Head-to-head

8 March 2025 • League One • Birmingham City 1 : 0 Lincoln City (Half-time 0 : 0)
11 January 2025 • FA Cup • Birmingham City 2 : 1 Lincoln City (Half-time 1 : 0)
19 October 2024 • League One • Lincoln City 1 : 3 Birmingham City (Half-time 1 : 1)

Full H2H

1X2 odds

Bookmaker	1	X	2
WilliamHill	3.25	3.30	2.10
bet365	3.30	3.50	2.10
Marathon	3.34	3.44	2.06
Betfair	3.30	3.50	2.15
BetVictor	3.30	3.40	2.10
Pncl	3.36	3.45	2.16
Sbo	2.95	2.99	2.09
1xBet	3.34	3.44	2.08
Betano	3.30	3.45	2.20
Dafabet	3.35	3.50	2.20

Best odds: 1 - 3.36 | X - 3.50 | 2 - 2.20

Double Chance

1X: 1.70
X2: 1.36
12: 1.30

Both Teams To Score

Yes: 1.75
No: 2.05

Over / Under

Over 0.5: 1.07
Under 0.5: 10.00
Over 1.5: 1.32
Under 1.5: 3.56
Over 2.5: 1.97
Under 2.5: 1.91
Over 3.5: 3.40
Under 3.5: 1.34
Over 4.5: 7.00
Under 4.5: 1.13
Over 5.5: 13.00
Under 5.5: 1.04

Asian Handicap

Handicap	Lincoln	Birmingham
-2.5 / +2.5	1.05	1.01
-1.5 / +1.5	7.10	1.10
-1 / +1	6.10	1.06
0 / 0	2.47	1.58
+1 / -1	1.35	3.35
+1.5 / -1.5	1.24	4.05
+2 / -2	1.03	7.20
+2.5 / -2.5	1.02	8.50

Match result probability

Lincoln win18%

Draw24%

Birmingham win58%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 42%
X2: 82%
12: 76%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 72%
Under 1.5: 28%
Over 2.5: 47%
Under 2.5: 53%
Over 3.5: 25%
Under 3.5: 75%

Both teams to score

Yes: 46%
No: 54%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Lincoln	Birmingham
+4.5 / -4.5	98%	2%
+3.5 / -3.5	95%	5%
+2.5 / -2.5	85%	15%
+1.5 / -1.5	67%	33%
+0.5 / -0.5	42%	58%
-0.5 / +0.5	18%	82%
-1.5 / +1.5	6%	94%
-2.5 / +2.5	1%	99%
-3.5 / +3.5	0%	100%
-4.5 / +4.5	0%	100%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Lincoln: Chris Cohen
Birmingham: Chris Davies

Missing players

Lincoln

2Tendayi Darikwa - injured
10Mason Melia - injured

Birmingham

8Seung-Ho Paik - injured

Squad - Lincoln

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	George Wickens	24	11	0	0	1	6.70
21	Jamie Pardington	26	-	-	-	-	-
46	Joe Gauci	26	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
4	Andrei Coubis	23	8	1	1	1	6.98
6	Ryley Towler	24	10	0	0	2	6.64
20	Callum Elder	31	5	0	1	1	7.06
22	Tom Hamer	27	-	-	-	-	-
23	Joshua Honohan	25	1	0	0	0	6.70
25	Deji Elerewe	23	11	0	0	2	6.60
33	Daniel Oyegoke	23	4	0	0	0	6.62
Midfielders
2	Tendayi Darikwa injured	34	2	0	1	0	6.10
3	Adam Reach	33	10	1	0	0	7.01
8	Tom Bayliss	27	10	0	0	2	6.65
14	Conor McGrandles	31	10	0	0	4	6.65
15	Sonny Bradley	35	7	0	1	0	6.70
16	Dom Jefferies	24	8	0	0	1	6.86
24	Ivan Varfolomeev	22	-	-	-	-	-
26	Emre Konak Yunus	20	5	0	0	0	6.50
	Donald Inyama	-	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
7	Reeco Hackett-Fairchild	28	9	2	1	0	6.91
10	Mason Melia injured	19	2	0	0	0	6.50
11	Mikkel Ladefoged	23	5	1	0	0	6.67
17	Robert Street	25	11	1	0	1	7.04
18	Ben House	27	9	1	1	3	6.90
19	Tanto Olaofe	26	4	0	0	1	6.35
27	Chiedozie Ogbene	29	6	0	0	0	6.55
29	Ethan Wheatley	20	-	-	-	-	-
34	Freddie Draper	22	11	2	0	5	6.54

Squad - Birmingham

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	James Beadle	22	11	0	0	0	6.92
21	Ryan Allsop	34	-	-	-	-	-
30	Bradley Mayo	22	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Ethan Laird	25	7	0	0	0	6.68
3	Lee Buchanan	25	-	-	-	-	-
4	Billy Burrell	19	-	-	-	-	-
4	Christoph Klarer	26	11	0	0	2	7.14
5	Phil Neumann	29	11	2	0	3	7.19
19	Taylor Gardner-Hickman	24	2	0	0	0	6.80
20	Alexander Cochrane	26	11	0	2	3	7.21
23	Dael Fry	29	2	0	0	0	7.20
25	Kristoffer Lund	24	2	0	0	0	6.60
26	Bright Osayi-Samuel	28	11	0	0	4	6.81
Midfielders
4	Luca McCourtie	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Dynaeo Martin-Moore	18	-	-	-	-	-
8	Seung-Ho Paik injured	29	8	1	0	0	6.58
10	Menzi Mazwi	20	-	-	-	-	-
14	Elmer Solis Romero Jhon	22	9	0	1	2	6.78
18	Max Bird	26	4	0	1	0	6.80
24	Tomoki Iwata	29	11	0	2	0	6.81
Forwards
7	Carlos Vicente	27	11	2	0	3	6.72
9	August Priske	22	10	4	1	1	6.75
9	Briar Bateman	20	-	-	-	-	-
10	Demarai Gray	30	8	3	0	0	7.07
11	Scott Wright	29	-	-	-	-	-
14	Alezandro Da Silva	19	-	-	-	-	-
16	Patrick Roberts	29	8	0	3	1	6.97
17	Liam Millar	27	7	4	3	1	7.67
28	Jay Stansfield	23	11	1	1	1	6.60
32	Luis Vazquez	25	9	0	1	2	6.44
33	Marvin Ducksch	32	6	0	0	0	6.51

Head-to-head

Last 3 meetings

Lincoln wins0

Draws0

Birmingham wins3

Goals: Lincoln: 2 (0.7)
Goals: Birmingham: 6 (2.0)
Goals per match: 2.7
Both teams scored: 2 / 3
Over 2.5 goals: 2 / 3

Results

8 March 2025 • League One • Birmingham City 1 : 0 Lincoln City (Half-time 0 : 0)
11 January 2025 • FA Cup • Birmingham City 2 : 1 Lincoln City (Half-time 1 : 0)
19 October 2024 • League One • Lincoln City 1 : 3 Birmingham City (Half-time 1 : 1)

Form: last 10 matches

	Lincoln	Birmingham
W-D-L	3-3-4	5-3-2
Scored (per match)	10 (1.0)	18 (1.8)
Conceded (per match)	19 (1.9)	10 (1.0)
Clean sheets	3 / 10	3 / 10
Both teams scored	4 / 10	6 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 10	7 / 10

Recent form - Lincoln

W24 October 2026 • Championship • Lincoln 4 : 1 Burnley (Half-time 1 : 1)
D17 October 2026 • Championship • Millwall 2 : 2 Lincoln (Half-time 0 : 2)
L14 October 2026 • Championship • Lincoln 0 : 6 West Ham (Half-time 0 : 1)
L10 October 2026 • Championship • Sheffield Utd 3 : 0 Lincoln (Half-time 1 : 0)
L19 September 2026 • Championship • Lincoln 1 : 2 Swansea (Half-time 1 : 0)
W15 September 2026 • Championship • Bristol City 0 : 1 Lincoln (Half-time 0 : 0)
W12 September 2026 • Championship • Preston 0 : 1 Lincoln (Half-time 0 : 0)
L8 September 2026 • League Cup • Bournemouth 4 : 0 Lincoln (Half-time 1 : 0)
D5 September 2026 • Championship • Lincoln 1 : 1 Southampton (Half-time 0 : 1)
D1 September 2026 • Championship • Lincoln 0 : 0 Blackburn (Half-time 0 : 0)

Recent form - Birmingham

L24 October 2026 • Championship • Cardiff 1 : 0 Birmingham (Half-time 1 : 0)
W17 October 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 3 : 0 QPR (Half-time 1 : 0)
W13 October 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 4 : 0 Preston (Half-time 3 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Championship • West Brom 0 : 1 Birmingham (Half-time 0 : 1)
D19 September 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 2 : 2 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 1)
W12 September 2026 • Championship • Derby 1 : 2 Birmingham (Half-time 1 : 1)
L9 September 2026 • Championship • Norwich 2 : 1 Birmingham (Half-time 2 : 0)
D6 September 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 2 : 2 Wolves (Half-time 2 : 2)
D1 September 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 1 : 1 Southampton (Half-time 0 : 1)
W28 August 2026 • Championship • Wrexham 1 : 2 Birmingham (Half-time 0 : 1)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	12	7	4	1	27	17	+10	25
2	Swansea	12	7	2	3	16	13	+3	23
3	West Ham	12	6	4	2	32	15	+17	22
4	Wolves	12	6	3	3	20	16	+4	21
5	West Brom	12	6	3	3	16	13	+3	21
6	Southampton	12	7	3	2	24	12	+12	20
7	Birmingham	12	5	5	2	20	12	+8	20
8	QPR	12	5	5	2	20	12	+8	20
9	Stoke	12	6	2	4	18	16	+2	20
10	Blackburn	12	5	3	4	19	16	+3	18
11	Portsmouth	12	5	3	4	16	15	+1	18
12	Sheffield Utd	12	4	4	4	16	15	+1	16
13	Millwall	12	4	3	5	19	20	-1	15
14	Bristol City	12	4	3	5	12	15	-3	15
15	Lincoln	12	4	3	5	13	20	-7	15
16	Cardiff	12	3	5	4	19	17	+2	14
17	Wrexham	12	3	5	4	15	18	-3	14
18	Bolton	12	4	2	6	16	23	-7	14
19	Charlton	12	3	5	4	11	18	-7	14
20	Norwich	12	4	0	8	20	22	-2	12
21	Watford	12	3	2	7	10	20	-10	11
22	Burnley	12	1	5	6	17	25	-8	8
23	Derby	12	1	4	7	10	21	-11	7
24	Preston	12	1	2	9	10	25	-15	5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton	6	5	1	0	16	4	+12	16
2	Middlesbrough	6	4	2	0	14	9	+5	14
3	Cardiff	6	3	3	0	13	6	+7	12
4	Blackburn	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12
5	QPR	6	3	2	1	13	5	+8	11
6	Swansea	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
7	Wolves	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
8	West Brom	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
9	West Ham	6	3	1	2	17	8	+9	10
10	Birmingham	6	2	4	0	14	7	+7	10
11	Stoke	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
12	Portsmouth	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
13	Watford	6	3	1	2	8	9	-1	10
14	Charlton	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	9
15	Millwall	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	8
16	Wrexham	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2	8
17	Sheffield Utd	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8
18	Norwich	6	2	0	4	10	10	0	6
19	Bristol City	6	2	0	4	3	6	-3	6
20	Bolton	6	2	0	4	7	12	-5	6
21	Lincoln	6	1	2	3	7	13	-6	5
22	Burnley	6	0	4	2	8	10	-2	4
23	Preston	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5	4
24	Derby	6	0	2	4	4	10	-6	2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	West Ham	6	3	3	0	15	7	+8	12
2	Swansea	6	4	0	2	9	10	-1	12
3	Middlesbrough	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
4	Wolves	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
5	Birmingham	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
6	West Brom	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
7	Lincoln	6	3	1	2	6	7	-1	10
8	Stoke	6	3	1	2	8	10	-2	10
9	QPR	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9
10	Bristol City	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	9
11	Portsmouth	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
12	Southampton	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
13	Sheffield Utd	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
14	Bolton	6	2	2	2	9	11	-2	8
15	Millwall	6	2	1	3	8	12	-4	7
16	Blackburn	6	1	3	2	8	9	-1	6
17	Norwich	6	2	0	4	10	12	-2	6
18	Wrexham	6	1	3	2	5	10	-5	6
19	Derby	6	1	2	3	6	11	-5	5
20	Charlton	6	1	2	3	6	13	-7	5
21	Burnley	6	1	1	4	9	15	-6	4
22	Cardiff	6	0	2	4	6	11	-5	2
23	Watford	6	0	1	5	2	11	-9	1
24	Preston	6	0	1	5	5	15	-10	1

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	A. Armstrong	Southampton	11	0	0
1	Will Lankshear	Middlesbrough	11	0	0
2	Z. Vipotnik	Swansea	11	0	0
3	M. Whittaker	Middlesbrough	10	0	0
4	B. Thomas-Asante	Coventry	10	0	0
4	R. Burrell	QPR	10	0	0
6	E. Simms	Coventry	10	0	0
6	J. Gelhardt	Hull	10	0	0
6	K. Moore	Wrexham	10	0	0
9	C. Morris	Derby	10	0	0
9	J. Makama	Norwich	10	0	0
11	S. Thomas	Stoke	9	0	0
12	O. McBurnie	Hull	9	0	0
13	J. James	Leicester	9	0	0
14	J. Philogene	Ipswich	9	0	0
15	H. Wright	Coventry	9	0	0
16	A. Mehmeti	Bristol City	8	0	0
17	A. Heggebo	West Brom	8	0	0
17	J. Stansfield	Birmingham	8	0	0
19	J. Clarke	Ipswich	8	0	0
13	A. Priske	Birmingham City	4	1	0
14	Liam Millar	Birmingham City	4	0	3
36	Demarai Gray	Birmingham City	3	1	0
44	Ladefoged Mikkel	Lincoln C.	3	0	0