The Imps record against Stevenage has been hard fought, with the Imps holding the upper hand overall.
The sides have met sparingly in league competition compared with other rivals, but encounters between the two clubs have often proved tight, physical, and decisive in promotion or survival contexts. Across all competitions, Lincoln have won five, drawn three and lost three of the eleven competitive meetings.
Head-to-head v Stevenage
| Lincoln wins | Draws | Stevenage wins | |
|---|---|---|---|
| League | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Clashes
Lincoln and Stevenage were both League One sides during the 2024/25 campaign, renewing a fixture that has become increasingly familiar since Boro’s rise under Steve Evans and then Alex Revell. The Imps took four points from the two meetings, starting with a 1–0 win at the Lamex Stadium in August 2024 thanks to a Jack Moylan penalty.
That match was notable for its discipline and drama: Paudie O’Connor saw red late on for a scuffle with Carl Piergianna, but the visitors held firm to claim a valuable early-season victory.
The return fixture at the Bank in January 2025 ended goalless, with both sides cancelling each other out. It was a disciplined defensive display from Michael Skubala’s side, but one where we struggled going forward, having a late Makama miss to rue for the lack of three points.
In the previous season, the points were shared across two similarly hard-fought encounters. Jamie Reid’s goal secured a 1–0 home win for Stevenage in November 2023, that being Michael Skubala’s first game in charge of the Imps.
A tense 0–0 draw at Sincil Bank followed in March 2024, a game in which it felt like our play-off chances had slipped away. Indeed, a win in that game would have seen us safe in the top six when Portsmouth arrived on the final day. Those four recent clashes produced just two goals across 393 minutes of football, perfectly encapsulating the attritional nature of modern meetings between the two clubs.
Earlier Meetings
The rivalry first took shape in the lower leagues. In 2018/19, Lincoln’s promotion-winning side under Danny Cowley were held 2–2 at home after a late Ilias Chair brace stunned the Bank, though the Imps had earlier won 1–0 away in December thanks to a disciplined performance.
A year earlier, the 2017/18 League Two meetings had both gone Lincoln’s way. A 2–1 victory at the Lamex in September 2017 was followed by a convincing 3–0 win on Boxing Day, with goals from Harry Anderson, Matt Green, and Josh Ginnelly lighting up Sincil Bank.
The clubs had first crossed paths in the Football League during the 2010/11 season, when Stevenage won both fixtures en route to the play-offs, condemning the Imps to a painful relegation.
Lincoln’s only earlier triumph came in the FA Cup in December 1998, a commanding 4–1 win that remains their highest-scoring success in the fixture.
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