Bolton Wanderers vs Lincoln City Prediction & Preview
Bolton Wanderers face Lincoln City in the Championship on Saturday 29 August 2026, with kick-off at 15:00 BST, as one side looks to build on an unbeaten start and the other looks for its first league points of the season.
- Fixture: Bolton Wanderers v Lincoln City
- Competition: Championship
- Date: Saturday 29 August 2026
- Kick-off: 15:00 BST
What time is kick-off for Bolton Wanderers vs Lincoln City?
Kick-off at the Toughsheet Community Stadium is at 15:00 BST on Saturday 29 August 2026. Full details and a live match page are available at the Bolton Wanderers vs Lincoln City match page.
Team news
Lincoln City go into this game without captain Tendayi Darikwa, who ruptured his ACL in last weekend's 1-3 Championship defeat to Portsmouth and has been ruled out for the rest of the season. It is a significant loss for a Lincoln side already searching for its first league win of the campaign. No equivalent injury news has been confirmed for Bolton Wanderers ahead of this fixture.
Head-to-head
There is no previous meeting between Bolton Wanderers and Lincoln City recorded in our archive, so this will be the first fixture between the two sides on file. That puts extra weight on how each team is playing right now.
Recent form for Bolton Wanderers and Lincoln City
Bolton Wanderers are unbeaten in the Championship so far this season, drawing 0-0 away at Queens Park Rangers on 22 August and beating Preston North End 2-1 at home on 15 August. Their one blemish came in the EFL Cup, losing 1-0 away to Sheffield Wednesday on 8 August.
Lincoln City's league form reads very differently. They lost 1-3 at home to Portsmouth on 22 August and 2-1 away at Middlesbrough on 15 August, leaving them without a point from their opening two Championship games. The League Cup has been kinder: Lincoln won 2-1 away at Derby County on 8 August and thrashed Blackpool 4-1 on 25 August, both games coming either side of their league defeats.
Bolton Wanderers vs Lincoln City prediction
Bolton Wanderers should beat Lincoln City in this Championship fixture on 29 August 2026. Bolton have taken four points from two league games and have not lost in the Championship this season, while Lincoln have lost both of their opening league matches and now go into this one without their captain, Tendayi Darikwa, for the rest of the campaign. Lincoln have shown they can score goals, with four in their last cup outing, but conceding five across their two league games points to problems at the other end that Bolton's home form should be able to exploit.
Our prediction: Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Lincoln City
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