Lincoln City 0-1 Exeter City: result and report

League One · Saturday 4 October 2025

Result

Lincoln City 0-1 Exeter City

League One · Saturday 4 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Lincoln City 0-1 Exeter City: match report

Lincoln City were beaten by Exeter City 0-1 in the League One on Saturday 4 October 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from K. McDonald of Exeter City in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Lincoln City received no yellow cards; Exeter City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 3rd on 21 points from 10 and Exeter City 19th on 9 points from 10. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and Exeter City 21st with 49.

Lincoln City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Exeter City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Fitzwater of Exeter City (7.6), ahead of Freddie Draper (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lincoln City wins, 6 draws and 2 for Exeter City.

Going into the match Lincoln City's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Exeter City's L-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · J. WhitworthExeter City
  • 90+4'Goal · K. McDonaldExeter City · 0-1
  • 90+11'Yellow card · Ethan BrierleyExeter City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lincoln City 2, draws 6, Exeter City 2.

Team news

Lincoln City line-up (4-4-2)

George Wickens, Tendayi Darikwa, Adam Jackson, Sonny Bradley, Adam Reach, Rob Street, Ivan Varfolomeev, Tom Bayliss, Ben House, Freddie Draper, James Collins

Exeter City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Jack Fitzwater, J. Yfeko, Ilmari Niskanen, J. McMillan, Ethan Brierley, Danny Andrew, Reece Cole, Jayden Wareham, Josh Magennis