Championship (England) WON 1–1
Sat, Sep 5 · 13:30 · LNER stadium
Lincoln Home
VS
Southampton Away
Lincoln vs Southampton — Championship
Tipster's pick Draw or Southampton
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.22 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate75%
This price needs82%
Expert analysis

Southampton Attack Tests Lincoln Home Resistance

Southampton carry more attacking threat after averaging 2.5 goals per game in their recent outings while Lincoln manage only 0.8 overall. Lincoln’s home scoring dips further to 0.5 per match which limits their ability to control proceedings. The visitors’ form of LWWD shows greater consistency than Lincoln’s LLWD sequence. Their single previous meeting ended in a Southampton victory which adds context to the current matchup. Lincoln keep clean sheets in half their games but concede 1.3 on average so Southampton’s forward line still finds openings. Southampton avoid failing to score in every fixture so they maintain pressure throughout. Lincoln’s injuries to key defenders like Darikwa reduce their defensive stability against the stronger squad.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 72.6% win rate
Result
1–1 WON

Our pick “Draw or Southampton” at odds 1.22 won — final score 1–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Conor McGrandles 43'
  3. Welington assist James Ward-Prowse 44'
  4. Second half
  5. C. Cohen 54'
  6. Ivan Varfolomeev 56'
  7. Divin Mubama ↓ Cyle Larin 62'
  8. Samuel Edozie ↓ Léo Scienza 63'
  9. Mikkel Ladefoged ↓ Robert Nicholas Street 64'
  10. Reeco Hackett-Fairchild ↓ Sonny Bradley 64'
  11. Yunus Konak ↓ Ivan Varfolomeev 64'
  12. F. Draper 75'
  13. Tom Bayliss ↓ Conor McGrandles 76'
  14. Chiedozie Ogbene ↓ Ben House 76'
  15. Lewis Dobbin ↓ Finn Azaz 78'
  16. Ryan Manning ↓ Welington 78'
  17. Nathan Wood-Gordon ↓ Kuryu Matsuki 84'
  18. Mikkel Ladefoged assist Reeco Hackett-Fairchild 87'
This season
Lincoln Southampton
Over 2.5 goals 0% 50%
Clean sheet 50% 0%
Failed to score 25% 0%
Scored per game 0.8 2.5
Conceded per game 1.3 1.3
Scored home / away 0.5 / 1.0 4.0 / 1.0

Across 4 and 4 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
16 DER Derby 4 1 1 2 4
17 LIN Lincoln ▲ 4 1 1 2 4
18 SOU Southampton ▲ 4 2 1 1 3
19 CAR Cardiff 4 0 3 1 3
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Lincoln LLWWD
L @ Middlesbrough 1–2 Aug 15
L vs Portsmouth 1–3 Aug 22
W @ Blackpool 4–1 Aug 25
W @ Bolton 1–0 Aug 29
D vs Blackburn 0–0 Sep 1
Southampton LWLWD
L @ Watford 1–2 Aug 16
W vs Stoke City 3–1 Aug 22
L vs West Ham 1–4 Aug 25
W vs Millwall 5–1 Aug 29
D @ Birmingham 1–1 Sep 1
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Lincoln
Scored 1.4 avg
1 1 4 1 0
Conceded 1.2 avg
2 3 1 0 0
Southampton
Scored 2.2 avg
1 3 1 5 1
Conceded 1.8 avg
2 1 4 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
0 Lincoln
0 Draws
1 Southampton
Dec 2022 Southampton 2–1 Lincoln Southampton

Over 2.5 goals in 1 of the last 1 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Lincoln 3-4-3
  • 1 G. Wickens G
  • 25 D. Elerewe D
  • 6 R. Towler D
  • 15 S. Bradley D
  • 4 A. Coubiș M
  • 24 I. Varfolomeev M
  • 14 C. McGrandles M
  • 3 A. Reach M
  • 17 R. Street F
  • 34 F. Draper F
  • 18 B. House F
Bench T. Bayliss, C. Elder, J. Gauci, R. Hackett, D. Jefferies, Y. Konak, M. Ladefoged, C. Ogbene, I. Olaofe

Chris Cohen

Southampton 4-2-3-1
  • 1 Daniel Peretz G
  • 14 J. Bree D
  • 13 K. Schlotterbeck D
  • 5 J. Stephens D
  • 34 Welington D
  • 4 F. Downes M
  • 30 J. Ward-Prowse M
  • 27 K. Matsuki M
  • 10 F. Azaz M
  • 7 Léo Scienza M
  • 9 C. Larin F
Bench Z. Abbott, Cameron Bragg, L. Dobbin, S. Edozie, T. Fellows, G. Long, R. Manning, D. Mubama, N. Wood-Gordon

Tonda Eckert

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Lincoln
  • OUT T. Darikwa Knee Injury
  • DOUBT S. Bradley Knock
  • DOUBT T. Hamer Health problems
  • OUT T. Darikwa Knee Injury
  • DOUBT S. Bradley Knock
  • DOUBT T. Hamer Health problems
Southampton
  • OUT C. Jander Lacking Match Fitness
  • OUT C. Jander Lacking Match Fitness