Pick of the stats: Watford v Lincoln City

[BBC] Watford and Lincoln City meet in the league for the first time in 47 years on Tuesday (19:45 GMT). Both sides have won just one of their past six games in the Championship. This is the first meeting between Watford and Lincoln City since November 1981, with the Hornets winning a League Cup third round replay 3-2 at Sincil Bank. This is the fourth league campaign in which Watford and Lincoln City have met. They drew both games in 1961-62 (third tier), Lincoln won both in 1975-76 (fourth tier) and Watford won both in 1978-79 (third tier). Watford have lost five of their past nine league games against promoted sides (W2 D2), going down 5-1 at Cardiff City already this season. Watford beat Charlton 2-0 in their last home league game, last winning consecutively at Vicarage Road in December/January last season. Lincoln have kept more away league clean sheets than any other side in England's top four tiers in 2026 (9).