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
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.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · J. Whitworth
- 90+4'Goal · K. McDonald
- 90+11'Yellow card · Ethan Brierley
Head-to-head
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