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Lincoln City

12th · 3-2-3 · 11 pts · -1
YES!
Lincoln City beat Bristol City
Lincoln City3-2-2 1 – 0 Bristol City4-1-3
FT · Tue, Sep 15

Match Details

Ashton Gate (Bristol) · 18,666 fans

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Bristol City 0, Lincoln City 1.
  • 90'+8'Second Half ends, Bristol City 0, Lincoln City 1.
  • 90'+7'Offside, Lincoln City. Rob Street is caught offside.
  • 90'+7'Gibson Yah (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+7'Foul by Ben House (Lincoln City).
  • 90'+6'Substitution, Lincoln City. Tom Bayliss replaces Ivan Varfolomeev.
  • 90'+5'Attempt missed. Dom Ballard (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Elijah Adebayo with a headed pass.
  • 90'+1'Handball by Jason Knight (Bristol City).
  • 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  • 87'Attempt missed. Lisav Eissat (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rio Cardines with a cross following a corner.
  • 87'Attempt blocked. Yu Hirakawa (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dom Ballard.
  • 87'Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Rob Street.

Line Score

12T
LCN 01 1
BRC 00 0

Match Leaders

Lincoln City
Bristol 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
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Key Events

90'+6'Substitution, Lincoln City. Tom Bayliss replaces Ivan Varfolomeev.
86'Substitution, Bristol City. Sam Bell replaces Cameron Pring.
76'Substitution, Bristol City. Elijah Adebayo replaces Lorent Tolaj.
76'Substitution, Bristol City. Sam Greenwood replaces Scott Twine.
76'Substitution, Bristol City. Rob Atkinson replaces Rob Dickie because of an injury.
71'Substitution, Lincoln City. Daniel Oyegoke replaces Adam Reach.
71'Substitution, Lincoln City. Rob Street replaces Freddie Draper.
69'George Wickens (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card.
68'Ryley Towler (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63'Substitution, Lincoln City. Reeco Hackett replaces Chiedozie Ogbene.
59'Substitution, Bristol City. Dom Ballard replaces Jed Wallace.
53'Goal! Bristol City 0, Lincoln City 1. Freddie Draper (Lincoln City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben House.
45'Freddie Draper (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41'Lorent Tolaj (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.
37'Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28'Lisav Eissat (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
14'Ben House (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

Lincoln CityBristol City
General
32.6 Possession % 67.4
9 Shots 18
3 On Target 4
2 Offsides 0
4 Corners 13
19 Fouls 13
Passing & Defense
159 Passes Completed 431
4 Crosses Won 9
8 Tackles Won 3
19 Interceptions 8
41 Clearances 39
Discipline
5 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Saves 2

Recent Form

Bristol City D W W W L
Lincoln City W D D L W

Starting Lineups

Bristol City4-2-3-1
1 Tickle
21 Cardines 16 Dickie 2 Eissat 3 Pring
12 Knight 27 Yah
17 Wallace 10 Twine 7 Hirakawa
9 Tolaj
27 Ogbene
34 Draper 53' 18 House A
3 Reach 14 McGrandles 24 Varfolomeev 16 Jefferies
6 Towler 15 Bradley 25 Elerewe
1 Wickens
Lincoln City3-4-2-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Bristol City

  1. ST #1 Sam TickleG
  2. LE #2 Lisav EissatCD-L
  3. RD #16 Robert DickieCD-R
  4. CP #3 Cameron PringLB
  5. RC #21 Rio CardinesRB
  6. ST #10 Scott TwineAM
  7. GY #27 Gibson YahLM
  8. JK #12 Jason KnightRM
  9. LT #9 Lorent TolajF
  10. YH #7 Yu HirakawaAM-L
  11. JW #17 Jed WallaceAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

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. IV #24 Ivan VarfolomeevCM-R
  7. AR #3 Adam ReachLM
  8. DJ #16 Dom JefferiesRM
  9. FD #34 Freddie DraperF53'
  10. CO #27 Chiedozie OgbeneCF-L
  11. BH #18 Ben HouseCF-R
Substitutes · 4 used

Roster

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News

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