Bolton VS Lincoln

Fixtures, lineups and Stats

VS

Bolton vs Lincoln has a mixed league balance, with Lincoln’s Championship and League One wins set against Bolton’s response and draws. Lincoln won 1-0 at Bolton on 29 August 2026 and 4-2 at home on 21 April 2025. Bolton answered with a 3-0 home win on 29 December 2024, while League One meetings also produced 1-1 draws. The EFL Trophy adds only secondary context.

Past matches, Bolton vs Lincoln

  • League Regular Season - 3
    Home Bolton
    0 - 1
    Lincoln Away
    Toughsheet Community Stadium
  • League Regular Season - 32
    Home Lincoln
    1 - 1
    Bolton Away
    LNER Stadium
  • League Regular Season - 5
    Home Bolton
    1 - 1
    Lincoln Away
    Toughsheet Community Stadium
  • League Regular Season - 44
    Home Lincoln
    4 - 2
    Bolton Away
    LNER Stadium
  • League 3rd Round
    Home Lincoln
    0 - 1
    Bolton Away
    LNER Stadium

Match center

Bolton
Bolton
0 - 1
FT
Lincoln
Lincoln

Starting eleven

Starting XI Bolton
  • 1
    G
  • 5
    D
  • 3
    D
  • 14
    D
  • 25
    D
  • 8
    M
  • 21
    M
  • 16
    M
  • 45
    M
  • 11
    M
  • 10
    F
Lincoln Starting XI
  • G
    1
  • D
    25
  • D
    6
  • D
    20
  • M
    16
  • M
    24
  • M
    14
  • M
    3
  • F
    7
  • F
    34
  • F
    18
Substitutes Bolton
  • 22
    D
  • 7
    F
  • 26
    F
  • 39
    F
  • 12
    M
  • 31
    G
  • 18
    D
  • 6
    D
  • 54
    M
Lincoln Substitutes
  • F
    17
  • F
    19
  • M
    8
  • D
    23
  • G
    46
  • D
    4
  • M
    26
  • F
    29
  • F
    10

Match events

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  • 30'
    Ben House Yellow Card
  • 61'
    Gaizka Larrazabal Akin Famewo
  • 61'
    Kyliane Dong Samuel Iling
  • 61'
    Kyliane Dong Samuel Iling Junior
  • 61'
    Gaizka Larrazabal Akin Famewo
  • 65'
    Robert Street Freddie Draper
  • 66'
    ⚽
    Ben House Normal Goal (Asst: Callum Elder)
  • 71'
    Jayden Nelson Thierry Gale
  • 72'
    Ryan Hardie John McAtee
  • 79'
    Ivan Varfolomeev Yellow Card
  • 80'
    David Watson Ethan Erhahon
  • 80'
    Tanto Olaofe Reeco Hackett-Fairchild
  • 85'
    Joshua Honohan Ben House
  • 85'
    Tom Bayliss Ivan Varfolomeev
  • 85'
    Tom Bayliss Ivan Varfolomeev
  • 85'
    Joshua Honohan Ben House
  • 90' +3
    Conor McGrandles Yellow Card

Stats for this game

Matchup Bolton VS Lincoln

Lincoln provide the stronger margins

Lincoln’s 1-0 Championship win at Bolton on 29 August 2026 and 4-2 League One result at home on 21 April 2025 give them the clearest positive markers. Bolton answered with a 3-0 home win in League One on 29 December 2024, so the comparison includes a meaningful response rather than a one-way story. The division context matters when weighing the scorelines.

Draws and the Trophy result stay secondary

The teams drew 1-1 at Bolton on 23 August 2025 and at Lincoln on 14 February 2026. Bolton also won 1-0 at Lincoln in the EFL Trophy on 14 January 2025, but that knockout result should carry less weight than the league meetings. The draws temper the contrast. A future Championship encounter will ask whether Lincoln can build on its narrow away win or Bolton can restore the home response without erasing the draws that keep the balance open.

Past head to head stats
Bolton VS Lincoln

Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time

Bolton
Lincoln

Points per match over time

Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games

Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 13 games

Bolton VS Lincoln
Head-to-Head History

Regular Season - 3
Bolton
0 - 1
Lincoln
Toughsheet Community Stadium
Regular Season - 32
Lincoln
1 - 1
Bolton
LNER Stadium
Regular Season - 5
Bolton
1 - 1
Lincoln
Toughsheet Community Stadium
Regular Season - 44
Lincoln
4 - 2
Bolton
LNER Stadium
3rd Round
Lincoln
0 - 1
Bolton
LNER Stadium
Regular Season - 23
Bolton
3 - 0
Lincoln
Toughsheet Community Stadium
Regular Season - 24
Lincoln
0 - 1
Bolton
LNER Stadium
Regular Season - 1
Bolton
3 - 0
Lincoln
Toughsheet Community Stadium
Regular Season - 24
Lincoln
1 - 1
Bolton
LNER Stadium
Regular Season - 12
Bolton
2 - 0
Lincoln
University of Bolton Stadium
Regular Season - 35
Bolton
3 - 1
Lincoln
University of Bolton Stadium
Regular Season - 3
Lincoln
0 - 1
Bolton
LNER Stadium
Regular Season - 16
Lincoln
5 - 1
Bolton
Sincil Bank

Previous games Bolton

Regular Season - 7
Bolton
1 - 0
Cardiff
Toughsheet Community Stadium
Regular Season - 6
Bolton
2 - 3
West Ham
Toughsheet Community Stadium
Regular Season - 5
Millwall
4 - 0
Bolton
The Den
Regular Season - 4
Sheffield Utd
3 - 2
Bolton
Bramall Lane
Regular Season - 3
Bolton
0 - 1
Lincoln
Toughsheet Community Stadium

Previous games Lincoln

Regular Season - 6
Bristol City
0 - 1
Lincoln
Ashton Gate Stadium
Regular Season - 7
Preston
0 - 1
Lincoln
Deepdale
Round of 32
Bournemouth
4 - 0
Lincoln
 
Regular Season - 5
Lincoln
1 - 1
Southampton
 
Regular Season - 4
Lincoln
0 - 0
Blackburn
 

Upcoming games Bolton

- Regular Season - 8
Norwich
Bolton
 
- Regular Season - 9
Bolton
Stoke City
Toughsheet Community Stadium
- Regular Season - 10
Wolves
Bolton
 
- Regular Season - 11
Southampton
Bolton
 
- Regular Season - 12
Bolton
Middlesbrough
Toughsheet Community Stadium

Upcoming games Lincoln

- Regular Season - 8
Lincoln
Swansea
 
- Regular Season - 9
Sheffield Utd
Lincoln
Bramall Lane
- Regular Season - 10
Lincoln
West Ham
 
- Regular Season - 11
Millwall
Lincoln
The Den
- Regular Season - 12
Lincoln
Burnley