Ninety
Lincoln City
EFL Championship
Show score
0 - 0
Full time
Blackburn
Lincoln City vs Blackburn: match report
Lincoln City hosted Blackburn Rovers at LNER Stadium on Tuesday 1 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 4). Will Finnie is the referee, averaging 3.2 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.9.
Result and scorers
Lincoln City 0-0 Blackburn. Attendance: 10,267.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 13' Yellow card: Tom Atcheson (Blackburn)
- 69' Second yellow: Tom Atcheson (Blackburn)
- 85' Yellow card: Jake Garrett (Blackburn)
- 90'+4' Yellow card: Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City)
- 90'+5' Yellow card: Adam Forshaw (Blackburn)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 40% | Possession | 60% |
| 18 | Shots | 8 |
| 1 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 5 | Corners | 7 |
| 12 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 1 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
Line-ups
Lincoln City 3-4-3
Coach: Tom Shaw
- 1 George Wickens GK
- 25 Deji Elerewe DEF
- 6 Ryley Towler DEF
- 20 Callum Elder DEF
- 16 Dom Jefferies MID
- 8 Tom Bayliss MID
- 14 Conor McGrandles MID
- 3 Adam Reach MID
- 17 Robert Street FWD
- 34 Freddie Draper FWD
- 7 Reeco Hackett FWD
Bench
- 19 Tanto Olaofe FWD
- 24 Ivan Varfolomeev MID
- 11 Mikkel Ladefoged FWD
- 4 Andrei Coubiș DEF
- 10 Mason Melia FWD
- 46 Joe Gauci GK
- 23 Joshua Honohan DEF
- 26 Yunus Emre Konak MID
- 29 Ethan Wheatley FWD
Blackburn 4-2-3-1
Coach: Tony Mowbray
- 1 Aynsley Pears GK
- 2 Ryan Alebiosu DEF
- 6 Tom Atcheson DEF
- 15 Sean McLoughlin DEF
- 4 Yuri Ribeiro DEF
- 8 Sam Morsy MID
- 31 Kristi Montgomery MID
- 25 Ryoya Morishita FWD
- 10 Todd Cantwell MID
- 21 Oladapo Afolayan FWD
- 9 Andri Guðjohnsen FWD
Bench
- 28 Adam Forshaw MID
- 11 Jayden Fevrier FWD
- 30 Jake Garrett MID
- 47 Lucas Houghton DEF
- 37 Felix Goddard GK
- 46 Michael Decandia DEF
- 39 Harvey Pates DEF
- 53 Frank Vare MID
- 36 James Edmondson MID
Previous meetings
- Tuesday 28 August 2018: Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Lincoln City