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Lincoln City vs Swansea: match report

Lincoln City hosted Swansea City at LNER Stadium on Saturday 19 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 8). Anthony Backhouse is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Lincoln City 1-2 Swansea. Goals: Recco Hackett-Fairchild 39' (pen) for Lincoln City; Moussa Yeo 47' for Swansea; Stephen Eustáquio 51' for Swansea.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 6' Yellow card: Ben House (Lincoln City)
  • 25' Yellow card: Ryley Towler (Lincoln City)
  • 39' Penalty: Recco Hackett-Fairchild (Lincoln City) 1-0
  • 47' Goal: Moussa Yeo (Swansea) 1-1
  • 51' Goal: Stephen Eustáquio (Swansea) 1-2
  • 90' Yellow card: Filip Lissah (Swansea)
Match stats (contains the result)
31.5%Possession68.5%
13Shots10
4Shots on target4
2Corners1
12Fouls11
4Offsides0
2Saves3
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Lincoln City 3-4-2-1

Coach: Tom Shaw

  1. 1 George Wickens GK
  2. 25 Deji Elerewe DEF
  3. 15 Sonny Bradley DEF
  4. 6 Ryley Towler DEF
  5. 4 Andrei Coubiș MID
  6. 8 Tom Bayliss MID
  7. 14 Conor McGrandles MID
  8. 3 Adam Reach MID
  9. 7 Reeco Hackett MID
  10. 18 Ben House MID
  11. 34 Freddie Draper FWD

Bench

  • 26 Yunus Emre Konak MID
  • 27 Chiedozie Ogbene FWD
  • 11 Mikkel Ladefoged FWD
  • 17 Robert Street FWD
  • 46 Joe Gauci GK
  • 33 Daniel Oyegoke DEF
  • 16 Dom Jefferies MID
  • 24 Ivan Varfolomeev MID
  • 29 Ethan Wheatley FWD

Swansea 4-3-3

Coach: Vitor Matos

  1. 22 Lawrence Vigouroux GK
  2. 26 Filip Lissah DEF
  3. 5 Ben Cabango DEF
  4. 23 Stephen Welsh DEF
  5. 14 Josh Tymon DEF
  6. 8 Elijah Just MID
  7. 6 Marko Stamenić MID
  8. 46 Stephen Eustaquio MID
  9. 49 Moussa Kounfolo Yeo FWD
  10. 33 Adam Idah FWD
  11. 7 Melker Widell FWD

Bench

  • 35 Ronald FWD
  • 9 Žan Vipotnik FWD
  • 30 Joseph Opoku FWD
  • 17 Gonçalo Franco MID
  • 3 Jenson Seelt DEF
  • 1 Andrew Fisher GK
  • 20 Tiago Parente DEF
  • 4 Jay Fulton MID
  • 16 Tom Iorpenda MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 9 April 2005: Lincoln City 1-0 Swansea City
  • Monday 30 August 2004: Swansea City 1-0 Lincoln City
  • Saturday 10 April 2004: Lincoln City 2-1 Swansea City
  • Saturday 4 October 2003: Swansea City 2-2 Lincoln City
  • Saturday 25 January 2003: Swansea City 2-0 Lincoln City