Ninety
Lincoln City
EFL Championship
Show score
1 - 1
Full time
Southampton
Lincoln City vs Southampton: match report
Lincoln City hosted Southampton at LNER Stadium on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 5). Andrew Kitchen is the referee, averaging 3.0 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.
Result and scorers
Lincoln City 1-1 Southampton. Goals: Welington 44' for Southampton; Mikkel Ladefoged 87' for Lincoln City. Attendance: 10,758.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 43' Yellow card: Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City)
- 44' Goal: Welington (Southampton) 0-1
- 56' Yellow card: Ivan Varfolomeev (Lincoln City)
- 75' Yellow card: Freddie Draper (Lincoln City)
- 87' Goal: Mikkel Ladefoged (Lincoln City) 1-1
Match stats (contains the result)
| 39% | Possession | 61% |
| 19 | Shots | 16 |
| 5 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 4 | Corners | 6 |
| 14 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Lincoln City 3-4-2-1
Coach: Tom Shaw
- 1 George Wickens GK
- 25 Deji Elerewe DEF
- 15 Sonny Bradley DEF
- 6 Ryley Towler DEF
- 4 Andrei Coubiș MID
- 24 Ivan Varfolomeev MID
- 14 Conor McGrandles MID
- 3 Adam Reach MID
- 18 Ben House MID
- 17 Robert Street MID
- 34 Freddie Draper FWD
Bench
- 7 Reeco Hackett MID
- 26 Yunus Emre Konak MID
- 11 Mikkel Ladefoged FWD
- 8 Tom Bayliss MID
- 27 Chiedozie Ogbene FWD
- 46 Joe Gauci GK
- 20 Callum Elder DEF
- 16 Dom Jefferies MID
- 19 Tanto Olaofe FWD
Southampton 4-2-3-1
Coach: Tonda Eckert
- 1 Daniel Peretz GK
- 14 James Bree DEF
- 5 Jack Stephens DEF
- 13 Keven Schlotterbeck DEF
- 34 Welington DEF
- 4 Flynn Downes MID
- 30 James Ward-Prowse MID
- 27 Kuryu Matsuki FWD
- 10 Finn Azaz MID
- 7 Léo Scienza FWD
- 9 Cyle Larin FWD
Bench
- 28 Divin Mubama FWD
- 23 Samuel Edozie MID
- 3 Ryan Manning DEF
- 11 Lewis Dobbin FWD
- 15 Nathan Wood DEF
- 25 George Long GK
- 6 Zach Abbott DEF
- 26 Cameron Bragg MID
- 18 Tom Fellows MID
Previous meetings
- Tuesday 20 December 2022: Southampton 2-1 Lincoln City