Lincoln City 1-1 Southampton: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 September 2026
Result
Lincoln City 1-1 Southampton
Championship · Saturday 5 September 2026, 11:30 UTC · LNER Stadium, Lincoln · half-time 0-1
Lincoln City 1-1 Southampton: match report
Lincoln City drew with Southampton 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 September 2026 at LNER Stadium. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Welington opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Lincoln City's goal came from Mikkel Ladefoged (87'). Southampton scored through Welington (44').
Discipline: Lincoln City received 4 yellow cards; Southampton received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Lincoln City were 18th on 4 points from 4 and Southampton 4th on 7 points from 4. In the current table Lincoln City are 17th on 15 points and Southampton are 1st on 28 points.
Lincoln City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Southampton in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Ward-Prowse of Southampton (8.3), ahead of Welington (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lincoln City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Southampton.
Going into the match Lincoln City's last five read D-W-L-L and Southampton's D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 43'Yellow card · Conor McGrandles
- 44'Goal · Welington
- 54'Yellow card · Chris Cohen
- 56'Yellow card · Ivan Varfolomeev
- 75'Yellow card · Freddie Draper
- 87'Goal · Mikkel Ladefoged
Form and table
- Lincoln CityLast five: L L W D
- SouthamptonLast five: L W W D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southampton | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 28 | WDWWD |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 15 | LDWLL |
Head-to-head
Team news
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Lincoln City line-up (3-4-2-1)
George Wickens, Deji Elerewe, Sonny Bradley, Ryley Towler, Andrei Coubiș, Ivan Varfolomeev, Conor McGrandles, Adam Reach, Ben House, Rob Street, Freddie Draper
Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Peretz, James Bree, Jack Stephens, Keven Schlotterbeck, Welington, Flynn Downes, James Ward-Prowse, Kuryu Matsuki, Finn Azaz, Léo Scienza, Cyle Larin
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