

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Lincoln City win with a probability of 44.53%. A win for Cheltenham Town had a probability of 29.21% and a draw had a probability of 26.3%.
The most likely scoreline for a Lincoln City win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.22%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.98%) and 0-2 (8.07%). The likeliest Cheltenham Town win was 1-0 (8.68%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.48%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5% likelihood.
| Result | ||
| Cheltenham Town | Draw | Lincoln City | 
| 29.21% | 26.27% | 44.53% | 
| Both teams to score 51.18% | 
| Goals | 
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 | 
| 46.9% | 53.1% | 
| Over 3.5 | Under 3.5 | 
| 25.32% | 74.68% | 
| Cheltenham Town Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 67.12% | 32.89% | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 30.54% | 69.46% | 
| Lincoln City Goals | 
| Over 0.5 | Under 0.5 | 
| 76.26% | 23.74% | 
| Over 1.5 | Under 1.5 | ||||||||
| 42.12% | 57.88% | 
| Score Analysis | 
| Cheltenham Town | Draw | Lincoln City | 
| 1-0 @ 8.68% 2-1 @ 6.94% 2-0 @ 4.83% 3-1 @ 2.57% 3-2 @ 1.85% 3-0 @ 1.79% Other @ 2.54% Total : 29.21% | 1-1 @ 12.48% 0-0 @ 7.81% 2-2 @ 4.99% Other @ 0.98% Total : 26.26% | 0-1 @ 11.22% 1-2 @ 8.98% 0-2 @ 8.07% 1-3 @ 4.3% 0-3 @ 3.87% 2-3 @ 2.39% 1-4 @ 1.55% 0-4 @ 1.39% Other @ 2.75% Total : 44.52% | 

| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 
| 2 | Oxford UnitedOxford Utd | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 
| 3 | Stevenage | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 
| 4 | Port Vale | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 17 | 
| 5 | Barnsley | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 
| 6 | Exeter CityExeter | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 
| 7 | Bolton WanderersBolton | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 
| 8 | Peterborough UnitedPeterborough | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 
| 9 | Derby CountyDerby | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 
| 10 | Cambridge UnitedCambridge | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 
| 11 | Wycombe WanderersWycombe | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 13 | 
| 12 | Lincoln CityLincoln | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 
| 14 | Blackpool | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 11 | 
| 16 | Charlton AthleticCharlton | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 
| 17 | Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 9 | 
| 18 | Northampton TownNorthampton | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 7 | 
| 19 | Carlisle UnitedCarlisle | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 7 | 
| 20 | Burton Albion | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 6 | 
| 21 | Wigan AthleticWigan | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 
| 22 | Reading | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 5 | 
| 23 | Fleetwood TownFleetwood | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 2 | 
| 24 | Cheltenham TownCheltenham | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 | -15 | 1 | 
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