English League Championship

Lincoln City

12th · 3-2-3 · 11 pts · -1
Ugh, no.
Lincoln City lost to Swansea City
Swansea City5-2-1 2 – 1 Lincoln City3-2-3
FT · Sat, Sep 19

Match Details

LNER Stadium (Lincoln)

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Lincoln City 1, Swansea City 2.
  • 90'+4'Second Half ends, Lincoln City 1, Swansea City 2.
  • 90'+3'Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Yunus Konak.
  • 90'+3'Lawrence Vigouroux (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3'Foul by Freddie Draper (Lincoln City).
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Filip Lissah (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'Foul by Filip Lissah (Swansea City).
  • 90'Freddie Draper (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89'Filip Lissah (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89'Foul by Freddie Draper (Lincoln City).
  • 86'Attempt saved. Ronald (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by George Wickens (Lincoln City). Assisted by Melker Widell.

Line Score

12T
SWA 02 2
LCN 10 1

Match Leaders

Swansea City
Lincoln City

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Swansea 8 5 2 1 +7 17
2 West Ham 8 4 3 1 +11 15
3 Boro 8 4 3 1 +4 15
4 Wolves 7 4 2 1 +5 14
5 West Brom 8 4 2 2 +2 14
6 QPR 8 3 4 1 +3 13
7 Stoke 8 4 1 3 +1 13
8 Bristol City 8 4 1 3 -1 13
9 Charlton 8 3 3 2 -3 12
10 Birmingham 8 2 5 1 +1 11
11 Millwall 8 3 2 3 0 11
12 Lincoln City 8 3 2 3 -1 11
13 Southampton 8 4 2 2 +9 10
14 Wrexham 8 2 4 2 -3 10
15 Bolton 8 3 1 4 -4 10
16 Blackburn 8 2 3 3 0 9
17 Norwich City 8 3 0 5 -1 9
18 Sheffield Utd 8 2 3 3 -2 9
19 Portsmouth 7 2 2 3 -1 8
20 Watford 8 2 2 4 -3 8
21 Cardiff 8 1 4 3 -2 7
22 Derby 8 1 2 5 -7 5
23 Preston 8 1 1 6 -7 4
24 Burnley 8 0 4 4 -8 4
PromotionPromotion playoffsRelegation

Key Events

90'Filip Lissah (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82'Substitution, Swansea City. Jenson Seelt replaces Stephen Welsh.
77'Substitution, Lincoln City. Rob Street replaces Ryley Towler.
77'Substitution, Swansea City. Gonçalo Franco replaces Stephen Eustaquio.
64'Substitution, Lincoln City. Mikkel Ladefoged replaces Ben House.
64'Substitution, Lincoln City. Yunus Konak replaces Conor McGrandles.
64'Substitution, Lincoln City. Chiedozie Ogbene replaces Adam Reach.
60'Substitution, Swansea City. Joseph Opoku replaces Elijah Just.
60'Substitution, Swansea City. Ronald replaces Moussa Yeo.
60'Substitution, Swansea City. Zan Vipotnik replaces Adam Idah.
51'Goal! Lincoln City 1, Swansea City 2. Stephen Eustaquio (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Filip Lissah.
47'Goal! Lincoln City 1, Swansea City 1. Moussa Yeo (Swansea City) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Melker Widell.
39'Goal! Lincoln City 1, Swansea City 0. Reeco Hackett (Lincoln City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
25'Ryley Towler (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
6'Ben House (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

Swansea CityLincoln City
General
68.5 Possession % 31.5
10 Shots 13
4 On Target 4
0 Offsides 4
1 Corners 2
11 Fouls 12
Passing & Defense
461 Passes Completed 147
1 Crosses Won 6
7 Tackles Won 11
5 Interceptions 18
35 Clearances 19
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 2

Recent Form

Lincoln City D D L W W
Swansea City W W D L W

Starting Lineups

Swansea City4-3-3
22 Vigouroux
26 Lissah A 5 Cabango 23 Welsh 14 Tymon
8 Just 6 Stamenic 46 Eustáquio 51'
49 Yeo 47' 33 Idah 7 Widell A
18 House
34 Draper 7 Hackett-Fairchild 39'
3 Reach 14 McGrandles 8 Bayliss 4 Coubis
6 Towler 15 Bradley 25 Elerewe
1 Wickens
Lincoln City3-4-2-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Lincoln City

  1. GW #1 George WickensG
  2. SB #15 Sonny BradleyCD
  3. RT #6 Ryley TowlerCD-L
  4. AE #25 Ayodeji ElereweCD-R
  5. CM #14 Conor McGrandlesCM-L
  6. TB #8 Tom BaylissCM-R
  7. AR #3 Adam ReachLM
  8. AC #4 Andrei CoubisRM
  9. FD #34 Freddie DraperF
  10. BH #18 Ben HouseCF-L
  11. RH #7 Recco Hackett-FairchildCF-R39'
Substitutes · 4 used

Swansea City

  1. LV #22 Lawrence VigourouxG
  2. SW #23 Stephen WelshCD-L
  3. BC #5 Ben CabangoCD-R
  4. JT #14 Josh TymonLB
  5. FL #26 Filip LissahRB
  6. MS #6 Marko StamenicCM
  7. SE #46 Stephen EustáquioLM51'
  8. EJ #8 Elijah JustRM
  9. AI #33 Adam IdahF
  10. MW #7 Melker WidellLF
  11. MY #49 Moussa YeoRF47'
Substitutes · 5 used

Roster

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News

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