Match Report
The table gap was wide: 54 points between Lincoln City (1st, 103 pts) and Exeter City (21st, 49 pts). Recent form flatters Exeter City's table spot — 12th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 21st. Per game in the league, Exeter City were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.33, Lincoln City 1.93 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Exeter City had not won in 9 games. Lincoln City had won four straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Exeter City had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Lincoln City, 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 4 Exeter City wins, 3 for Lincoln City, 6 draws, at 1.85 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 31% of the meetings. Goals have dried up lately: 0.8 per game across the last five meetings, against 1.85 across the full history.
The venue was St James Park, with room for 8,830 spectators. Lincoln City led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Lincoln City: Tom Hamer (32')
Key stats
Possession: Exeter City 61% · Lincoln City 39% · Total shots: 10-18 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 6-7