There have been 22 League games played between Lincoln City and Barnet FC since the Bees entered the League for the first time in 1991. There have been 77 goals in that time and 28 of those have come since the Bees returned to the fourth tier in 2004. Only one game has returned goalless and that was the game at Underhill in 1997, a season where the Imps would eventually go on to win promotion.

8 of the 22 games have also seen one of the two sides score four or more goals. Both sides have four such occasions, Barnet's being wins of 6-0, 5-3 4-3 and last season's 5-2. The Imps' big four results have seen the scoreline of 4-1 appear on three occasions, two of those coming at Sincil Bank in the past three seasons. The other big score was City's 5-0 win at Underhill in 2006.

Ben Wright almost joined Barnet last summer before John Deehan tempted him into joining the Imps, he has certainly made the Bees for their hesitency in signing him by score four goals in just 106 minutes, an average of a goal every 26 minutes and 30 seconds.

Now for arguably the most important fact as it proves that the modern day Barnet are dirty. In six games against the Imps since they returned to the League three years ago, they have committed an horrendous 75 fouls, and yet their fans claim that they are one of the cleanest sides in the division.

The sides met twice in 2005/6 and both games saw the Imps come from behind to win. The game at Sincil Bank saw Grazioli put the Bees in front before a heavily deflected Simon Yeo effort pulled City level. Jamie McCombe, Marvin Robinson and Scott Kerr completed the scoring that day. Exactly one month later and goals from Ben Strevens and Tresor Kandol meant that City were 2-0 down with 53 minutes gone. Goals from Jamie McCombe, Gary Birch and Nat Brown gave City a valuable three points.

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