Lincoln City 1-1 Reading: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 December 2023

Result

Lincoln City 1-1 Reading

League One · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lincoln City 1-1 Reading: match report

Lincoln City drew with Reading 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 16 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lincoln City's goal came from an own goal by Nelson Abbey (3'). Reading scored through Harvey Knibbs (56').

Discipline: Lincoln City received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Lincoln City were 10th on 31 points from 21 and Reading 20th on 18 points from 20. Lincoln City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Reading 15th with 59.

Lincoln City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Harvey Knibbs of Reading (7.8), ahead of Lukas Jensen (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Own goal · Nelson AbbeyLincoln City · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Nelson AbbeyReading
  • 23'Red card · Rubén Sellés SalvadorReading
  • 38'Yellow card · Dylan DuffyLincoln City
  • 41'Yellow card · Lukas JensenLincoln City
  • 56'Goal · Harvey KnibbsReading · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Harvey KnibbsReading
  • 75'Yellow card · Andy YiadomReading
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ethan HamiltonLincoln City

Team news

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

Lukas Jensen, Paudie O'Connor, Adam Jackson, Timothy Eyoma, Lasse Sørensen, Ethan Hamilton, Teddy Bishop, Jack Burroughs, Daniel Mandroiu, Jovon Makama, Dylan Duffy

Reading line-up (4-4-2)

David Button, Andy Yiadom, Tom Holmes, Nelson Abbey, Jeriel Dorsett, Femi Azeez, Michael Craig, Lewis Wing, Paul Mukairu, Sam Smith, Harvey Knibbs