Lincoln City

vs

Huddersfield Town

Preview

Lincoln City

• Lincoln City have won three and drawn one of their last four League One games, losing only to Huddersfield Town in the EFL Trophy.
• The 2nd-placed home team have taken 38 points from 21 games to put pressure on the automatic promotion spots in League One.

Huddersfield Town

• Huddersfield Town have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five games, hammering Port Vale 5-0 on Boxing Day.
• The 7th-placed visitors have 31 points from 21 games and still have to work to close the gap to the playoff places.

Head-to-Head

• Lincoln City and Huddersfield Town have split their last four competitive meetings.
• Huddersfield won the last meeting of the two clubs 2-0 on 2 December 2025 in the EFL Trophy with goals by Joseph Taylor and Murray Wallace.

Key Players

• Reeco Hackett-Fairchild’s pace and directness offers a focal point for Lincoln City attacks.
• James Collins and Freddie Draper both scored key goals in December for the Imps.
• Leo Castledine is in red-hot form for Huddersfield, scoring a brace and dominating midfield in their 5-0 win over Port Vale.
• Lee Grant has an excellent frontline in Bojan Radulović and Alfie May.
• Ben House’s fitness and involvement for the Imps and whether Grant has attacking options back for Huddersfield could swing this game.

Betting Insights

• Lincoln City should be a slight favorite given their consistency, home advantage and higher standing in the league.
• The odds are listed around 2.36 for Lincoln, and we’ll take Huddersfield at 2.75 and the draw at 3.2 for value.
• Both Teams to Score looks a sensible alternative given both sides’ recent scoring trends.

Prediction

• This should be an interesting clash of pressing styles and tempo with Lincoln perhaps the better organized unit and Huddersfield the more direct.
• The home side’s organisation and collective attacking threat should see them through, but Huddersfield can win in transition and from set-pieces.
• We’ll take Lincoln to win in 90 minutes and a draw for smaller wagers in the Draw No Bet market.