​[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).