Birmingham City welcome Lincoln City at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium, Birmingham on Saturday, Jan 23 at 4:00 PM in a Championship fixture that's tighter on paper than the positions suggest — just 2 points split them in the table.

Birmingham City come into this fixture drawing too many games (3D in last 5). Lincoln City, meanwhile, arrive in mixed form (2W 2D 1L) — actually the better-performing side in recent weeks.

History strongly favours Birmingham City here — they've won 4 of 4 previous meetings against Lincoln City. Their last encounter ended in Birmingham City won 1–0. These two tend to produce goals — averaging 3.0 per game in recent meetings.

Verdict: This looks an evenly matched contest. Home advantage gives Birmingham City a slight edge, but Lincoln City are capable of causing problems. A draw would be a fair result.