Lincoln City face a critical home test against Burnley this Saturday aiming to snap a four-match winless run. The Imps could lose three consecutive games at Sincil Bank for the first time since December 2021, a record they are desperate to avoid. Their recent form of one win, one draw, and three defeats in their last five matches, including a 2-2 draw at Millwall last Saturday, has left them 18th in the Championship with 12 points from 11 games.
Currently 18th in the <a href="/standings">Championship table</a> with 12 points from 11 games, Lincoln's recent form shows one win, one draw, and three defeats in their last five outings. Their last result was a 2-2 draw at Millwall, where Andrei Coubiș and Robert Nicholas Street found the net. That point halted a slide but the home form remains a major concern, with the club one of only three in the division yet to win on their own ground this season. The team's overall record of three wins, three draws, and five losses this season is compounded by a concerning goal difference of minus ten, having scored only nine times while conceding 19.
Burnley arrive with their own struggles, sitting just one point from safety and winless in their last four matches. However, they have lost only one of their last four and have proven resilient, having dropped a league-high 15 points from losing positions this campaign. They are unbeaten in their last two visits to Lincoln, with one win and one draw.
This is the first league meeting between the sides since the 1998-99 third-tier season, when both fixtures ended 1-1. Lincoln will need to tighten up defensively to stand a chance against a Burnley side seeking to win successive away league games for the first time since April 2025.
The <a href="/fixtures">next fixture</a> kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday, 24 October, at Sincil Bank, with both managers under pressure to turn their respective seasons around.
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