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Portsmouth

19th · 2-2-3 · 8 pts · -1

YES!

Portsmouth beat Lincoln City

1-0-1 3 – 1

0-0-2

FT · Sat, Aug 22

Match Details

LNER Stadium (Lincoln) · 10,545 fans · Paramount+

Commentary

·Match ends, Lincoln City 1, Portsmouth 3.
90'+7'Second Half ends, Lincoln City 1, Portsmouth 3.
90'+5'Attempt missed. Rob Street (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tom Bayliss with a cross following a set piece situation.
90'+5'Foul by Ebou Adams (Portsmouth).
90'+5'Mason Melia (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+4'Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Josh Knight.
90'+4'Attempt blocked. Rob Street (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
90'+2'Offside, Lincoln City. Tom Hamer is caught offside.
90'+1'Foul by Marezi (Portsmouth).
90'+1'Tom Hamer (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1'Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1'Foul by Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City).

Line Score

	1	2	T
POR	2	1	3
LCN	1	0	1

Match Leaders

Portsmouth

RK Ryan Kavuma-Mcqueen · 1Goals
AS Adrian Segecic · 4Total Shots
NS Nicolas Schmid · 4Saves
BA Benjamin Arthur · 14Defensive Interventions
TD Terry Devlin · 35Accurate Passes

Lincoln City

RH Recco Hackett-Fairchild · 1Goals
RH Recco Hackett-Fairchild · 4Total Shots
GW George Wickens · 4Saves
TH Thomas Hamer · 18Defensive Interventions
AE Ayodeji Elerewe · 18Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
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

86'Substitution, Portsmouth. Josh Knight replaces Marlon Pack.

86'Substitution, Portsmouth. Luke Brooke-Smith replaces Abu Kamara.

77'Substitution, Portsmouth. Marezi replaces Josh Murphy because of an injury.

75'Substitution, Lincoln City. Isaac Olaofe replaces Freddie Draper.

75'Substitution, Lincoln City. Mason Melia replaces Ben House.

71'Tom Hamer (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

69'Goal! Lincoln City 1, Portsmouth 3. Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.

68'Tom Bayliss (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

66'Substitution, Lincoln City. Rob Street replaces Dom Jefferies.

66'Substitution, Lincoln City. Tom Bayliss replaces Ivan Varfolomeev.

58'Substitution, Portsmouth. Ebou Adams replaces Rocco Shein.

58'Substitution, Portsmouth. Josh Murphy replaces Ryan Kavuma-McQueen.

55'Rocco Shein (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

55'Substitution, Lincoln City. Andrei Coubis replaces Tendayi Darikwa because of an injury.

34'Freddie Draper (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

32'Goal! Lincoln City 1, Portsmouth 2. Reeco Hackett (Lincoln City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.

16'Goal! Lincoln City 0, Portsmouth 2. Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.

7'Goal! Lincoln City 0, Portsmouth 1. Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abu Kamara.