English League Championship

Lincoln City vs Portsmouth, 2026-27 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Lincoln City
  • 32': Recco Hackett-Fairchild (P)
FT
1 - 3
Portsmouth
  • 7': Ryan Kavuma-Mcqueen
  • 16': Adrian Segecic
  • 69': Ebrima Adams

About

Lincoln City are hosting Portsmouth at LNER Stadium, Lincoln, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Rocco Shein (Portsmouth).
  • 1': Ben House (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 2': Foul by Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (Portsmouth).
  • 2': Tom Hamer (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Adam Reach (Lincoln City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth).
  • 2': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Nicolas Schmid.
  • 3': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Abu Kamara.
  • 3': Attempt blocked. Tendayi Darikwa (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 3': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Ryan Kavuma-McQueen.
  • 4': Offside, Lincoln City. Freddie Draper is caught offside.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Ben House (Lincoln City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Freddie Draper.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Reeco Hackett (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Reach with a cross.
  • 7': Attempt saved. Freddie Draper (Lincoln City) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is saved in the bottom right corner by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Conor McGrandles.
  • 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.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Abu Kamara (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 12': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Conor McGrandles.
  • 13': Attempt saved. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal by George Wickens (Lincoln City). Assisted by Adrian Segecic with a cross.
  • 14': Ben House (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Foul by Marlon Pack (Portsmouth).
  • 15': Foul by Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City).
  • 15': Abu Kamara (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Goal! Lincoln City 0, Portsmouth 2. Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 18': Foul by Reeco Hackett (Lincoln City).
  • 18': Zak Swanson (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Reeco Hackett (Lincoln City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Freddie Draper.
  • 22': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Ryan Kavuma-McQueen.
  • 23': Attempt missed. Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City) header from very close range misses to the left following a corner.
  • 24': Offside, Lincoln City. Reeco Hackett is caught offside.
  • 25': Ben House (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 25': Foul by Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth).
  • 26': Foul by Tom Hamer (Lincoln City).
  • 26': Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Terry Devlin.
  • 28': Foul by Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City).
  • 28': Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Dom Jefferies (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Terry Devlin (Portsmouth).
  • 30': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Terry Devlin.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Adam Reach (Lincoln City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 31': Penalty conceded by Zak Swanson (Portsmouth) with a handball in the penalty area.
  • 32': Goal! Lincoln City 1, Portsmouth 2. Reeco Hackett (Lincoln City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 34': Foul by Freddie Draper (Lincoln City).
  • 34': Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Freddie Draper (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 35': Offside, Lincoln City. Ben House is caught offside.
  • 36': Foul by Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City).
  • 36': Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Reeco Hackett (Lincoln City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Reach.
  • 39': Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Colby Bishop (Portsmouth).
  • 40': Attempt missed. Ivan Varfolomeev (Lincoln City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Reeco Hackett.
  • 41': Offside, Lincoln City. Ben House is caught offside.
  • 44': Foul by Ivan Varfolomeev (Lincoln City).
  • 44': Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by George Wickens (Lincoln City). Assisted by Abu Kamara.
  • 44': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by George Wickens.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Offside, Portsmouth. Abu Kamara is caught offside.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Ben House (Lincoln City).
  • 45'+2': Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Lincoln City 1, Portsmouth 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Lincoln City 1, Portsmouth 2.
  • 47': Offside, Lincoln City. Freddie Draper is caught offside.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Abu Kamara (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 49': George Wickens (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Colby Bishop (Portsmouth).
  • 51': Delay in match because of an injury Tendayi Darikwa (Lincoln City).
  • 52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 52': Foul by Freddie Draper (Lincoln City).
  • 52': Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Offside, Lincoln City. Freddie Draper is caught offside.
  • 54': Foul by Freddie Draper (Lincoln City).
  • 54': Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Substitution, Lincoln City. Andrei Coubis replaces Tendayi Darikwa because of an injury.
  • 55': Ben House (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 55': Foul by Rocco Shein (Portsmouth).
  • 55': Rocco Shein (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Offside, Portsmouth. Ryan Kavuma-McQueen is caught offside.
  • 57': Foul by Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City).
  • 57': Abu Kamara (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Substitution, Portsmouth. Josh Murphy replaces Ryan Kavuma-McQueen.
  • 58': Substitution, Portsmouth. Ebou Adams replaces Rocco Shein.
  • 59': Offside, Lincoln City. Ben House is caught offside.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Abu Kamara (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Terry Devlin.
  • 61': Foul by Andrei Coubis (Lincoln City).
  • 61': Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner by George Wickens (Lincoln City). Assisted by Abu Kamara with a cross.
  • 62': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by George Wickens.
  • 63': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Zak Swanson.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Ben House (Lincoln City) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Reeco Hackett with a cross following a corner.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Ben House (Lincoln City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Reeco Hackett with a cross.
  • 65': Ivan Varfolomeev (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Foul by Ebou Adams (Portsmouth).
  • 66': Substitution, Lincoln City. Tom Bayliss replaces Ivan Varfolomeev.
  • 66': Substitution, Lincoln City. Rob Street replaces Dom Jefferies.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Terry Devlin (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrian Segecic.
  • 68': Foul by Tom Bayliss (Lincoln City).
  • 68': Abu Kamara (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 68': Tom Bayliss (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.
  • 71': Foul by Tom Hamer (Lincoln City).
  • 71': Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Tom Hamer (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Foul by Adam Reach (Lincoln City).
  • 73': Abu Kamara (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 74': Offside, Lincoln City. Rob Street is caught offside.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Josh Murphy with a cross.
  • 75': Delay in match because of an injury Josh Murphy (Portsmouth).
  • 75': Substitution, Lincoln City. Mason Melia replaces Ben House.
  • 75': Substitution, Lincoln City. Isaac Olaofe replaces Freddie Draper.
  • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 77': Substitution, Portsmouth. Marezi replaces Josh Murphy because of an injury.
  • 78': Delay in match because of an injury Conor McGrandles (Lincoln City).
  • 78': Delay in match because of an injury Abu Kamara (Portsmouth).
  • 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 80': Foul by Mason Melia (Lincoln City).
  • 80': Ebou Adams (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Attempt saved. Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by George Wickens (Lincoln City). Assisted by Abu Kamara.
  • 86': Tom Bayliss (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Marezi (Portsmouth).
  • 86': Substitution, Portsmouth. Luke Brooke-Smith replaces Abu Kamara.
  • 86': Substitution, Portsmouth. Josh Knight replaces Marlon Pack.
  • 88': Andrei Coubis (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth).
  • 90': Tom Hamer (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth).
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Deji Elerewe (Lincoln City).
  • 90'+1': Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Tom Hamer (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Marezi (Portsmouth).
  • 90'+2': Offside, Lincoln City. Tom Hamer is caught offside.
  • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Rob Street (Lincoln City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Lincoln City. Conceded by Josh Knight.
  • 90'+5': Mason Melia (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Ebou Adams (Portsmouth).
  • 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'+7': Second Half ends, Lincoln City 1, Portsmouth 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Lincoln City 1, Portsmouth 3.

Statistics

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15 Fouls 17
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 9
3 Corner Kicks 8
4 Saves 4
61.4 Possession 38.6
13 SHOTS 15
7 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
271 Accurate Passes 140
369 Passes 219
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.6
6 Accurate Crosses 7
18 Crosses 21
0.3 Cross % 0.3
62 Long Balls 65
24 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 4
11 Effective Tackles 10
17 Tackles 16
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
6 Interceptions 8
44 Effective Clearances 37
44 Clearances 37

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: LNER Stadium
Location: Lincoln, England
Attendance: 10,545

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Swansea City 8 +7 17
2 West Ham United 8 +11 15
3 Middlesbrough 8 +4 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 +5 14
Full Standings

Line-Ups

LCN Lincoln City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 George Wickens (GK)
25 Ayodeji Elerewe
22 Thomas Hamer Yellow Card
3 Adam Reach
2 Tendayi Darikwa
18 Ben House
24 Ivan Varfolomeev
14 Conor McGrandles
34 Freddie Draper Yellow Card
16 Dom Jefferies
7 Recco Hackett-Fairchild
Lincoln City Substitutes:
Callum Elder, Joe Gauci, Isaac Olaofe, Tom Bayliss, Robert Street, Mason Melia, Ryley Towler, Yunus Konak, Andrei Coubis.

POR Portsmouth (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Nicolas Schmid (GK)
6 Conor Shaughnessy
2 Benjamin Arthur
22 Zak Swanson
24 Terry Devlin
10 Adrian Segecic
19 Rocco Robert Shein Yellow Card
7 Marlon Pack
9 Colby Bishop
25 Ryan Kavuma-Mcqueen
11 Abu Kamara
Portsmouth Substitutes:
Marko Milovanovic, Odin Bailey, Daniel Bielica, Josh Murphy, Ebrima Adams, John Swift, Luke Brooke-Smith, Josh Knight, Madiodio Dia.

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