Lincoln City 3-1 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Lincoln City 3-1 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 17 March 2018, 13:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Lincoln City 3-1 Grimsby Town: match report

Lincoln City won against Grimsby Town 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 17 March 2018. The half-time score was 3-1.

Lee Frecklington opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Lincoln City's goals came from Lee Frecklington (31'), Matt Green (34') and Scott Wharton (39'). Grimsby Town scored through Ben Davies (45+2', penalty).

Discipline: Lincoln City received 1 yellow card; Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 8th on 57 points from 36 and Grimsby Town 21st on 37 points from 37. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 7th with 76 points, and Grimsby Town 18th with 51.

Lincoln City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Grimsby Town in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Lincoln City win, 5 draws and 3 for Grimsby Town.

Going into the match Lincoln City's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Grimsby Town's D-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Harry CliftonGrimsby Town
  • 31'Goal · Lee FrecklingtonLincoln City · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Matt GreenLincoln City · 2-0
  • 39'Goal · Scott WhartonLincoln City · 3-0
  • 45+2'Penalty goal · Ben DaviesGrimsby Town · 3-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Ollie PalmerLincoln City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Lincoln City 1, draws 5, Grimsby Town 3.

Team news

Lincoln City line-up (4-3-3)

Ryan Allsop, Samuel Habergham, Scott Wharton, Neal Eardley, Elliott Whitehouse, Michael Bostwick, Lee Frecklington, Alex Woodyard, Matthew Rhead, Matt Green, Jordan Williams

Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)

James McKeown, Ben Davies, Nathan Clarke, Danny Collins, Andrew Fox, Reece Hall-Johnson, James Berrett, Harry Clifton, Martyn Woolford, Harry Cardwell, Jamille Matt